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P-51 MUSTANG/44-72400
P-51 Mustang

Serial #: 44-72400
Construction #: 122-38859
Civil Registration:
  NX69406
  NX13Y
  N502
  N913Y
  N13Y
Model(s):
  P-51D Mustang
  RP-51D Mustang
Name: None
Status: Under restoration
Last Info: 2001
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-72400, 19??.
Woody Edmondson, Lynchburg, VA, 19??-1946.
- Registered as NX69406.
- Flew as racer #42/"City Of Lynchburg VA", July 1, 1946.
- Registered as NX13Y, December 5, 1946.
DiPonti Aviation, Minneapolis, MN, December 21, 1946.
Anson Johnson, Miami, FL, July 21, 1947-1959.
- Flew as race #45.
- Attempted piston air speed record, 1952.
Robert Bean, Danville, IL, September 28, 1959.
- Registered as N502.
John Juneau & George Nesmith, Opa Locka, FL, May 1962.
John Juneau, Opa Locka, FL, November 1962.
Robert D'Orsay, Opa Locka, FL, December 1962.
Frank Lloyd, Miami, FL, 1963-1964.
Walter E. Ohlrich, Tulsa, OK, February 1965.
Richard Vartanian, Pasadena, CA, March 1966-1972.
- Registered as N913Y.
Leonard Tanner, Granby, CT, July 19, 1972.
Bradley Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT, August 16, 1972-1988.
- Registered as N13Y.
- Purchase for $12,000.
- Stored, awaiting planned restoration, 1972-1988.
New England Air Museum, Windsor Locks, CT, 1988-2001.
- Stored, awaiting planned restoration, 1988-199?.
- Restoration has begun.
-- Planned restoration to racing configuration.
Source(s):
New England Air Museum
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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