1945: Jan 07, Del. USAAF 8th AF Command
Flown by Lt Hjalmar Johnsen, 401st FS, 370th FG, 9th Air Force
(thanks to Ed Kettler, museum volunteer for above info)
1947: Swedish AF Fv26115 F4 coded bK
1952: Dominicana FAD 1918
1984: May 19, Johnson Aviation, Miami FL
1984: Sep, Elmo Hahn, Muskegon MI, return to U.S.
1985: Nov, N51EH, Elmo Hahn, Muskegon MI
1991: N251JC, James Cavanaugh / Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison TX
2001: Jan, N51JC (#2), James Cavanaugh / Cavanaugh Flight Museum, Addison TX
2008: Aug 21, N51JC, Cavanaugh Air LLC, Addison TX
2009: Restoration at Ezell Aviation
2011: June 23 - flying as The Brat III assigned to the 9th Air Force, 370th Fighter Group, 401st Fighter Squadron, and was flown by Lt. Hjalmar Johnsen
2013: Sep - blown engine, off field landing on dirt road by Chuck Gardner. Both pilot and P-51 are safe. Great flying Chuck.
2023: Apr 14, N51JC, Cavanaugh Air LLC, Addison TX
The Last of the Wild Horses
P-51 Survivors book featuring images from Dick Phillips and John Dienst, with Mark Phillips.
To order, goto The Last of the Wild Horses. You can order online.
Price is $100 for pages and pages of P-51 Survivor history and photos. Over 2,500 photos!
The late Dick Phillips shared hundreds of his P-51 images with us at MustangsMustangs over the last 25 years. If you can, help support his life-long passion. I recently ordered my copy.
Thank you!
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