Jim Church:Case #45 shows P-51H, 44-64415, when it was registered N313H, and owned by William Hogan, of Hamilton, Ohio. It had served with the National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, as NACA130. It is now owned by Don Whittington, and based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, as N49WB. It is one of only two airworthy 'H' models in existence.

Mike Shelton: Think this is / was Bill Hogans H that was sold to the whittingtons andis listed as for sale or possibly sold......thats my guess....

Vlado Lenoch: Rare pix of this bird in its red paint. It was repainted in gold. Owned by Ben Hogan from Dayton OH area. He flew it several years during the 70s. Now owned by the Whittington Bros. In a RAF camo style paint scheme.

Mike Meek: That is the ex William Hogan H model,now n49wb.whittington bros. world jet.

William D. Yoak: The subject of case no. 49 is in fact the P-51H that is last known to have been under the ownership of the Whittington Bros. The last known N-number was N49WB which was the number they obtained following the purchase of this rare Mustang.I will admit that much of the information I am providing is supported in your Mustangs Today section of this website. This aircraft was in fact the one owned by Bill Hogan of Hamilton, Ohio from 1966 to 1978 as N313H.The airplane went through a lengthy restoration following Bill Whittington's incident at Reno '78. If I remember correctly, this incident was do to the failure of the prop governor. Bill had to intentionally ground loop the aircraft to avoid hitting some "free-loading spectators" who were in close proximity to the runway overrun area. Fortunately, he also avoided hitting a ditch that could have made the accident much worse.The aircraft was not seen at Reno again until 1983, shortly after its completion . Many parts had to be made from scratch due to the rarity of the H-model. My father built the replacement belly scoop for the Whittingtons from blueprints obtained from the Smithsonian. Much research of Smithsonian archives was required under the direction of the Whittingtons and that of Daryl Skurich who rebuilt the aircraft at his facility in Ft. Collins Co.

Dave Hackett: I believe that case 45 is the H model, as painted when owned by Bill Hogan. It was owned (and may still be) by the Wittington's in Fort Lauderdale and is N49WB now. Registry shows sale pending. If it is, then its serial number is 44-64415.


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