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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:Mustang IV
    Last Military Serial:9270 RCAF
    Construction Number:122-41014
    Last Civil Registration:N451MG
    Compressed ID:NA Mustang IV sn 9270 RCAF cn 122-4...
    Latest Owner or Location:Liberty Foundation Inc, Miami, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51D-30-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa October 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-74474.

    By October 1945

    Transferred to 3028th Base Unit, Luke Army Air Field, AZ.

    24 October 1945

    Crashed.
    Crash landing due to mechanical failure 10 miles southwest of Wittman, AZ.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-74474.

    1948

    Redesignated as F-51D.

    11 January 1951

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9270 as a Mustang IV.
    Assigned to Air Defence Command and Training Command.

    November 1956

    To Intercontinental Airways/James H. Defuria and Fred J. Ritts, Canastota, NY with new c/r N6341T.

    From 1957 to 1961

    Assigned to RCAF Station Carberry, MB for storage.
    Stored unconverted.

    Circa 1957


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection

    10 May 1960

    To Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN keeping c/r N6341T.

    20 September 1960

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    July 1962

    Ferry flight.
    Flown from Carberry, to Winnipeg, to Elkhart.

    From 27 August 1962 to 1965

    To Margaret Kahlow, Madisonville, KY keeping c/r N6341T.

    Circa 1963


    Photographer: Collect-Air Photos

    From 12 June 1965 to 1970

    To William L. Sullivan/Audubon Service Inc, Henderson, KY keeping c/r N6341T.

    From 29 July 1970 to 1971

    To TAS Flight Services, Granville, OH keeping c/r N6341T.

    From 3 November 1971 to By 1981

    To A. C. Lofgren, Hickory Corners, MI keeping c/r N6341T.

    From 1981 to 1992

    To Bob Byrne Aviation, Bloomfield Hills, MI keeping c/r N6341T.
    Markings added: Rascal, RF-B, 474774

    By June 1983


    Photographer: Dick Phillips Warbird Images Collection

    4 June 1983


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Waukegan, IL

    7 November 1987

    Crashed.
    The accident occurred at the Detroit City Airport (DET) Detroit, MI, United States while taxiing. The damage was minor. The pilot of north american P-51D, N6341T, was southbound on twy alpha as the pilot of piper PA-28 cherokee, N8253E, taxied from the run-up area to the hold line for runway 33, which was near the intxn of twys alpha india. The pilot of the tail-wheel equipped P-51 was s-turning as he taxied to clear the area ahead...
    For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

    26 September 1994

    To Roush Technologies/Jack Roush, Livonia, MI keeping c/r N6341T.
    Markings added: 414450/B6-S Old Crow

    December 1994

    Civil registration N51RZ reserved but not taken up.

    28 July 1998

    Damaged.
    Damaged by gear up landing at Oshkosh, WI.

    8 April 1999


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends at Kissimmee, FL.

    7 February 2000

    Damaged.
    Damaged in collision with parked aircraft at Battle Creek, MI.

    From October 2003 to 2005

    To Jack Rousch/Rousch Industries Inc, Livonia, MI with new c/r N6341T.

    26 January 2004

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL451MG (P-51D, 44-74774) issued.

    5 May 2006

    To Jim Hagerdorn/Old Crow Llc, Columbus, OH keeping c/r N6341T.

    17 August 2006

    To Old Crow Llc, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N451MG.

    Based at Fighter Enterprises, Indiantown Airport, Indiantown, FL.
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    28 July 2022


    Photographer: Dan Stijovich
    Notes: Old Crow departing Oshkosh on an early morning flight

    17 August 2022

    To Old Crow Llc, Columbus, OH keeping c/r N451MG.

    24 January 2024

    To unknown owner with c/r N451MG.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Miami, FL.

    15 February 2024

    To Liberty Foundation Inc, Miami, FL keeping c/r N451MG.


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    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden

    Internet Sources
    Aviation Archaeology
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Transportation Safety Board
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield
    Terry Fletcher

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