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44-63634 N551JP "Big Beautiful Doll"
Walter Bagdasarian,
P-51 Survivor 44-63634 N551JP
Status: Crashed / Wreckage Stored
NAA Type: P-51D-20NA
Serial #: 44-63634
Adopted:
44-85634
Registry: N551JP
.. past:   N6165U
  N51JV
  N51ES
  N6149U
  N2114
  N351BD
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History: 44-63634 N551JP "Big Beautiful Doll"
44-63634:
1944: Nov 29, accepted USAAF
1948: Swedish AF Fv26121
1955: possibly Nicaraguan GN 96
also rep. to GN 93 and N6165U
1963: N6149U, MACO Sales
1968: N2114
1968: Apr 21, crashed Springfield IL. Forced gear up landing, engine coolant leak, engine failure
1968: written off

44-84634:
1955: rep. Nicaragua GN96 - possibly #2
1963: Sep 2, sold to US, N6165U, MACO Sales / Will Martin
1966: N6165U, Tom Kuchinsky, Menomonee Falls WI
1967: Apr 4, ground loop at Hartford WI
1968: flew as N6165U
1968: raced at Reno #18 - light blue w/ dark blue stripe down center
1969: flew as N6165U
1970: sold, Aviation Business Services Inc
1972: sold, Air Sales Inc, Fort Lauderdale FL
1978: Max Ramsay, Johnson KS
1979: flown in camo paint
1981: flown in silver paint w/ blue bar white stars around nose
1984: N51JV, Firebird Enterprises
1990: Ohio Assoc. Enterprises, Painesville OH

GN 96 is from the Swedish AF , no ID known
44-84634 not a Swedish AF P-51. GN 96 came from Sweden.
44-63634 is Swedish AF Fv26121, known to go to FAN, rep. as GN 93
Gn 93 is rep. to be 44-72331, not 44-63634
Fv 26121 is not known to any other GN #.

Reasonable to "assume" GN 96 as 44-63634, not 44-84634

19??: assumed id 44-85634 - not P-51 SN
1992: N51ES, Ed Shipley, restored Pacific Fighters / John Muszala as "Big Beautiful Doll"
2003: April, N351BD, sale, Mike Henningsen
2014: May 12, N351BD, sale, Jeffrey Pino, Chandler AZ
2014: Oct 24, N351DB, gear-up landing - nice job by pilot/owner Jeffrey Pino
2016: Feb 05, N551JP, crashed, 2 fatal - Jeffrey Pino and Passenger Nick Tramontano, Maricopa AZ
2019: Mar 18, N551JP, reg, Walter Bagdasarian, La Mesa CA
2020: Apr 29, N551JP, project, for sale

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