| Status: | Display |
| NAA Type: | P-51D-20NA |
| Serial #: | 44-72364 |
| Registry: | N723FH |
| .. past: | |
S/N 44-72364 C/N 122-38823
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1945: Jan 26, delivered to USAAF. Assigned 352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, based in Raydon England. Upupa Epops was flown by Lt. Harrison B. "Bud" Tordoff.
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1947: Swedish AF RSWAF as Fv26061
1952: sold, Dominican AF as FAD 1916
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photo at Trans-Florida Aviation, intact w/ drop tanks, Sarasota FL, mid 60's, as FAD 1916
- rudder and elevators off for re-covering?
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1984: Brian O'Farrell, USA
1985: Bengt Kuller / Plane Works
1999: N723FH, Flying Heritage Collection, restoration
2003: restoration completed
2018: Feb 02, N723FH, Vulcan Aircraft Inc, Seattle WA
2023: Mar 03, N723FH, Wartime History Museum Inc, Tacoma WA
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1945: Jan 26, delivered to USAAF. Assigned 352nd Fighter Squadron, 353rd Fighter Group, 8th Air Force, based in Raydon England. Upupa Epops was flown by Lt. Harrison B. "Bud" Tordoff.
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1947: Swedish AF RSWAF as Fv26061
1952: sold, Dominican AF as FAD 1916
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photo at Trans-Florida Aviation, intact w/ drop tanks, Sarasota FL, mid 60's, as FAD 1916
- rudder and elevators off for re-covering?
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1984: Brian O'Farrell, USA
1985: Bengt Kuller / Plane Works
1999: N723FH, Flying Heritage Collection, restoration
2003: restoration completed
2018: Feb 02, N723FH, Vulcan Aircraft Inc, Seattle WA
2023: Mar 03, N723FH, Wartime History Museum Inc, Tacoma WA
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