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P-51 MUSTANG/44-74311
P-51 Mustang

Serial #: 44-74311
Construction #: 122-40851
Civil Registration:
  C-GPSI
  N151KM
Model(s):
  P-51D-30NA Mustang
Name: RCAF 577
Status: Airworthy
Last Info: 2002
History:
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force as 9577.
- BOC: June 7, 1947.
- SOC: December 27, 1957.
James Defuria/Fred Ritts/Intercontinental Airways, Canastota, NY, November 1956-1960.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, 1960-1962.
Louis Hecklesberg, Bartlesville, OK, 1962-1984.
- Recovered from LaPorte, IN.
- Stored in RCAF crates.
Ritchie Rasmussen/Trans-Am Helicopters, Edmonton, Alberta, February 1985-1991.
- Registered as C-GPSI.
- Stored Edmonton, Alberta.
Removed from USCR civil registry, May 13, 1998.
Ken McBride, Reno, NV, August 25, 1998-2002.
- Registered as N151KM.
- Flown in RCAF scheme, 9577/PV 577.

P-51 Mustang
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.
Photo Source(s):
Scott Rose, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 1999
Steve Tournay, 1996

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