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P-51 MUSTANG/44-73216
P-51 Mustang

Serial #: 44-73216
Construction #: 122-39675
Civilian Registration:
  N6302T
  N3278D
Model(s):
  P-51D Mustang
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last Info: 1987
History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force as 9569.
- BOC: June 7, 1947.
- SOC: June 6, 1958.
James Defuria/Fred Ritts/Intercontinental Airways, Canastota, NY, May 20, 1958-1960.
- Registered as N6302T.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, August 15, 1960-1961.
Richard B. Dillard, Laredo, TX, May 7, 1961-1962.
- Crashed, Cape Girardeau, MS, May 7, 1961
Barrett Investment Co, San Antonio, TX, May 4, 1962-1964.
Stan E. Shaw, Saratoga, CA, August 28, 1964-1967.
- Collided with Cessna while taxying, San Jose, CA, August 28, 1966.
Jack R. Urich, Hacienda Heights, CA, March 1, 1967.
Joe H. Grant, Tulsa, OK, September 15, 1967-1969.
Dan Futrell, Nashville, TN, October 8, 1969-1971.
- Crashed and destroyed, Hot Springs, AR, March 24, 1971.
-- Stalled during take-off.
ID transferred to unknown P-51D rebuild.
Rick Brickert, Manhattan Beach, CA, 1981.
Jerry D. Owens, Scottsdale, AZ, September 1982-1987.
- Registered as N3278D.
Wayne Meylan, Elkhorn, NE, March 1987.
- Crashed and destroyed, Manistee, MI, June 26, 1987.
-- Meylan killed.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
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