1948: Feb 20, RAAF, BOC
1955: RAAF, taxiing accident
1957: Aug 24, RAAF, SOC, sold as scrap
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parts moved to U.S.
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1994: Mar, Ed Field / Mustang Fighter Trust, Hong Kong
1995: May, restoration project shipped from USA to Caboolture QLD
1997: Jan 13, VH-MFT, Mustang Pty Ltd. Caboolture QLD, - restoration at Sandora Aviation
2002: Jan 24, VH-MFT, first-flight, Caboolture Airport, everything OK - test pilot Ed Field
2018: May, VH-MFT, first-flight, post deep maintenance
2020: VH-MFT, rep. sale
2023: Aug 26, VH-MFT, sold, shipped to UK, Ultimate Warbird Flights
2023: Nov, VH-MFT, arrived Sywell UK
2024: Jan 25, G-JERK(not registered yet), repainted, "Jersey Jerk", Ultimate Warbird Flights operates out of Sywell UK
2024: May 05, first-flight, Sywell UK
- Congrats! beautiful paint job
- Great pics by George J. Land of Warbird Digest
The Last of the Wild Horses
P-51 Survivors book featuring images from Dick Phillips and John Dienst, with Mark Phillips.
To order, goto The Last of the Wild Horses. You can order online.
Price is $100 for pages and pages of P-51 Survivor history and photos. Over 2,500 photos!
The late Dick Phillips shared hundreds of his P-51 images with us at MustangsMustangs over the last 25 years. If you can, help support his life-long passion. I recently ordered my copy.
Thank you!
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