P-51 MUSTANG/44-74602
Serial #: 44-74602
Construction #: 122-41142
Civil Registration:
N6318T
N35N
N3580
Construction #: 122-41142
Civil Registration:
N6318T
N35N
N3580
History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-74602, 1945.
- Allocated to various training units.
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force as 9255.
- BOC: December 6, 1950.
- SOC: November 1, 1960.
- Allocated to 424th Squadron, Ontario.
- Coded as BA-U.
James Defuria/Intercontinental Airways, Canastota, NY, December 30, 1958.
- Registered as N6318T.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, August 19, 1961.
Robert E. King, South Bend, IN, November 1961-1963.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, March 27, 1963.
C.E. Crosby, Bellingham, WA, May 20, 1963-1967.
- Registered as N35N.
- Flew as race #3/"Mr. Choppers".
Jack C. Hovey/Hovey Machine Products, Walnut Creek/Oakland/Ione, CA, July 10, 1967-2002.
- Registered as N3580.
- Flown in RAF camo scheme/HM-P as race #2.
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-74602, 1945.
- Allocated to various training units.
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force as 9255.
- BOC: December 6, 1950.
- SOC: November 1, 1960.
- Allocated to 424th Squadron, Ontario.
- Coded as BA-U.
James Defuria/Intercontinental Airways, Canastota, NY, December 30, 1958.
- Registered as N6318T.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, August 19, 1961.
Robert E. King, South Bend, IN, November 1961-1963.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, March 27, 1963.
C.E. Crosby, Bellingham, WA, May 20, 1963-1967.
- Registered as N35N.
- Flew as race #3/"Mr. Choppers".
Jack C. Hovey/Hovey Machine Products, Walnut Creek/Oakland/Ione, CA, July 10, 1967-2002.
- Registered as N3580.
- Flown in RAF camo scheme/HM-P as race #2.
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.
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):
Chuck Gardner, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002
Chuck Gardner, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2002