Curtis Fowles	December 31, 2002 at 00:18:38
I'll give you a hint: the Nnumber ends in "V". Sorry, not much help. But notice a TF with a short tail...

Roger Baker

January 17, 2003 at 21:02:11

I gotta' admit I don't know what airplane this is...and the hint about the N number ending in V hasn't helped. As a guess, I would have said Bormon's N50FS...but doesn't work with the N number V. So, my real guess is that it is one of the TF conversions done by Elmer Ward/Square One at Chino (but I don't know which one). Bormans TF was built up from A68-187 and supposedly incorporated parts of 44-74839 which was registered N909V...see, there's an N number ending in V! I'll keep thinking on this...

Curtis Fowles	January 19, 2003 at 22:15:01
Nice try Roger, but it is not N909V. I'll give you and everyone else another hint (this hint should solve it). This is the first photo of this P-51 that I have seen and to my knowledge it exists today. Curtis

Curtis Fowles

February 07, 2003 at 08:54:14

OK, I can see this one is tough. It is a low tail TF. It does exist today, but it is not seen on the net at all. I have found zero pics of it. However, it is the centerfold of the most expensive P-51 Mustang book that I have ever seen. Dick recently mailed me this book to check out. There are dozens of excellent color photos of this P-51 and of another then called "Checkmate". The book was published in 1997. Good Luck.

Jim Church	February 12, 2003 at 08:34:16
O.K., this has gone on long enough! ;-) This would be TF-51D N7098V, s/n 44-7387, rebuilt by Pioneer Aero Service Inc. for the late Doug Arnold's Warbirds of Great Britain collection. It is now in storage in Florida. I'd love to get a copy of the expensive P-51 book that Ethell made, I just saw Mike Vadeboncouer's copy a few weeks ago..... WOW!!!! Anyone know where I could get a copy? Jim

Curtis Fowles	February 12, 2003 at 23:04:47
Thanks Jim and Roger. Thank you Dick for the photo and the look at the book.