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Status:	Crashed 1947
NAA Type:	P-51C-5NT

Serial #:	42-103725



Registry:	NX4814N
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History: 42-103725 NX4814N

S/N 42-103725 C/N 103-26279
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1945: Apr 27 - landing accident - pilot Laueon J Chesley - Venice AAF FL
1945: Oct 05, Surplus, Stillwater OK
1946: Feb 29, Paul Mantz Collection
- fuselage / wings / engine / prop
1946: sale, J.W. Heath and L.B. Hapgood, Henrietta TX
1946: sale, Frank J Abel, Witchita Falls TX
- assembled Witchita Falls TX
1946: NX4814N, Jack Hardwick, Monrovia CA, FAA records show registration 07/19/1947
1946: NX4814N, did not finish Kendall Trophy Race
1947: Sep, NX4814N, Engine failure during Thompson Trophy Race, lap 1 off-field landing,
- slid into trees to avoid spectators
- post-crash fire destroyed aircraft
- spectators pulled Hardwick from wreckage
- Hardwick escaped with minor injuries

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2 Images of 42-103725 NX4814N on file

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Image Credits:

Dick Phillips Warbird Images
Curtis Fowles Collection

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