P-51 MUSTANG/44-64265
Serial #: 44-64265
Construction #: 126-35691
Civil Registration:
None
Construction #: 126-35691
Civil Registration:
None
Model(s):
P-51H-5-NA Mustang
Name: Louisiana Heat Wave
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2017
P-51H-5-NA Mustang
Name: Louisiana Heat Wave
Status: Displayed
Last info: 2017
History:
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-64265.
- BOC: October 1945.
- SOC: May 1949.
- Assigned to Pinecastle AAF, FL.
- Transferred to Chanute AAF, IL as instructional airframe.
- Displayed at Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL, 1949-1993.
- Displayed as MASS ANG/444265.
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, 1993-2013.
- Restored for static display, 2003-2008.
- Displayed as 464195/PF-195/Louisiana Heat Wave
Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, GA, 2015-2017.
Delivered to United States Army Air Force as 44-64265.
- BOC: October 1945.
- SOC: May 1949.
- Assigned to Pinecastle AAF, FL.
- Transferred to Chanute AAF, IL as instructional airframe.
- Displayed at Chanute AFB, Rantoul, IL, 1949-1993.
- Displayed as MASS ANG/444265.
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum, Rantoul, IL, 1993-2013.
- Restored for static display, 2003-2008.
- Displayed as 464195/PF-195/Louisiana Heat Wave
Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB, GA, 2015-2017.
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.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013.
Photo Source(s):
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum
