| Status: | Crashed / Wreckage Stored |
| NAA Type: | P-51D-20NA |
| Serial #: | 44-63634 |
| Adopted: |
44-85634 |
| Registry: | N551JP |
| .. past: | N6165U N151GB N51JV N51ES N6149U N2114 N351BD |
44-63634:
1944: Nov 29, accepted USAAF
1948: Swedish AF Fv26121
1952: forced landing, engine failure
1955: Fv26121 rep. to Nicaragua as GN 93
- also possibly Nicaraguan GN 96, N6149U, N2114, both reg as 44-63634
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1965: Nov 09, N2114, Guglielmo Silini, Springfield IL, reg as 44-63634
1968: Apr 21, N2114, crashed Springfield IL. Forced gear up landing, engine coolant leak, engine failure
1968: written off
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1963: Sep 2, sold to US, N6165U, MACO Sales / Will Martin, rep. as parts
- no evidence of N6165U being ferried back to U.S.
1966: N6165U, Tom Kuchinsky, Menomonee Falls WI, reg as 44-84634 (destroyed 1945)
1967: Apr 4, N6165U, ground-looped, Hartford WI
1968: flew as N6165U
1968: N6165U, raced at Reno #18 - light blue w/ dark blue stripe down center
1969: flew as N6165U
1970: N6165U, sold, Aviation Business Services Inc
1971: N151GB, reg, photo, white w/ green or teal trim
1972: N6165U, sold, Air Sales Inc, Fort Lauderdale FL
1978: N6165U, Max Ramsay, Johnson KS
1979: N6165U, flown in camo paint
1981: N6165U, flown in silver paint w/ blue bar white stars around nose
1984: N51JV, Firebird Enterprises
1990: N51JV, Ohio Assoc. Enterprises, Painesville OH
44-84634: (note that USAAF lists 44-84634 as crashed/destroyed Jul 17 1945)
1955: rep. Nicaragua GN96 - GN 96 was from Sweden, 44-84634 not from Sweden
1963: Sep 2, rep. sold to US, N6165U, MACO Sales / Will Martin
- see above for N6165U
It is hard to know if we are looking at 2 P-51s or 1 P-51 with multiple identities.
19??: assumed id 44-85634 - not P-51 SN
1992: N51ES, Ed Shipley, restored Pacific Fighters / John Muszala as "Big Beautiful Doll"
1993: Jul, N51ES, first-flight
2003: April, N351BD, sale, Mike Henningsen
2014: May 12, N351BD, sale, Jeffrey Pino, Chandler AZ
2014: Oct 24, N351DB, gear-up landing - nice job by pilot/owner Jeffrey Pino
- repaired, Goss-Hawk Unlimited, Mesa AZ
2015: Aug 12, N351DB, first-flight
2016: Feb 05, N551JP, crashed, 2 fatal - Jeffrey Pino and Passenger Nick Tramontano, Maricopa AZ
2019: Mar 18, N551JP, reg, Walter Bagdasarian, La Mesa CA
2020: Apr 29, N551JP, project, for sale
1944: Nov 29, accepted USAAF
1948: Swedish AF Fv26121
1952: forced landing, engine failure
1955: Fv26121 rep. to Nicaragua as GN 93
- also possibly Nicaraguan GN 96, N6149U, N2114, both reg as 44-63634
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1965: Nov 09, N2114, Guglielmo Silini, Springfield IL, reg as 44-63634
1968: Apr 21, N2114, crashed Springfield IL. Forced gear up landing, engine coolant leak, engine failure
1968: written off
--------
1963: Sep 2, sold to US, N6165U, MACO Sales / Will Martin, rep. as parts
- no evidence of N6165U being ferried back to U.S.
1966: N6165U, Tom Kuchinsky, Menomonee Falls WI, reg as 44-84634 (destroyed 1945)
1967: Apr 4, N6165U, ground-looped, Hartford WI
1968: flew as N6165U
1968: N6165U, raced at Reno #18 - light blue w/ dark blue stripe down center
1969: flew as N6165U
1970: N6165U, sold, Aviation Business Services Inc
1971: N151GB, reg, photo, white w/ green or teal trim
1972: N6165U, sold, Air Sales Inc, Fort Lauderdale FL
1978: N6165U, Max Ramsay, Johnson KS
1979: N6165U, flown in camo paint
1981: N6165U, flown in silver paint w/ blue bar white stars around nose
1984: N51JV, Firebird Enterprises
1990: N51JV, Ohio Assoc. Enterprises, Painesville OH
44-84634: (note that USAAF lists 44-84634 as crashed/destroyed Jul 17 1945)
1955: rep. Nicaragua GN96 - GN 96 was from Sweden, 44-84634 not from Sweden
1963: Sep 2, rep. sold to US, N6165U, MACO Sales / Will Martin
- see above for N6165U
It is hard to know if we are looking at 2 P-51s or 1 P-51 with multiple identities.
19??: assumed id 44-85634 - not P-51 SN
1992: N51ES, Ed Shipley, restored Pacific Fighters / John Muszala as "Big Beautiful Doll"
1993: Jul, N51ES, first-flight
2003: April, N351BD, sale, Mike Henningsen
2014: May 12, N351BD, sale, Jeffrey Pino, Chandler AZ
2014: Oct 24, N351DB, gear-up landing - nice job by pilot/owner Jeffrey Pino
- repaired, Goss-Hawk Unlimited, Mesa AZ
2015: Aug 12, N351DB, first-flight
2016: Feb 05, N551JP, crashed, 2 fatal - Jeffrey Pino and Passenger Nick Tramontano, Maricopa AZ
2019: Mar 18, N551JP, reg, Walter Bagdasarian, La Mesa CA
2020: Apr 29, N551JP, project, for sale
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