S/N 44-72035 C/N 122-31894
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1944: Dec 21, accepted, USAF
1945: Jan 04, ferry-flight, Inglewood CA - Newark NJ
1945: Jan 24, ferry-boat, MTO, 15th AF
1945: USAAF Vet, 385th Fighter Squadron, 364th FG, coded 5E B
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1945: Oct, return to US
1945: Oct, storage
1947: Jan, 4112 Base Unit Olmstead AFB, prep for ANG service
1948: Jan, 125th FS OK ANG, Tulsa OK, many transfers
1949: May 22, landing accident, NV ANG Reno NV
- target tug with the 192nd FBS NV ANG
1950: Dec 07, mid-air collision, landed, Hawethorne NV
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1952: Aug, part of 35 P-51s of the 192nd FBS, Victorville CA, to be flown to Keflavik Iceland.
- 44-72035 did not make the final journey - reassigned 190th FS ID ANG
1953: Mar 12, release from active duty - 1083 hrs
1956: Oct, storage, McClellan AFB
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1957: Sep 03, N5411V, sale-surplus, Whiteman Enterprises, Pacoima CA, $1100 and 1083.15 TT
1965: Whiteman Airpark, red/maroon with gold lightning bolt
1971: Chino, Aerosport, repaint - yellow w/ blue stripe
1981: Dec 04, N5411V, sale, H. Escobar, Bogota Colombia
1982: HK-2812P, H. Escobar, Bogota Colombia
1982: HK-2812X, H. Escobar, Bogota Colombia
1987: N5306M res, NTU
1988: F-AZMU, Jacques Bournet, St. Rambert France, restored as "Jumpin Jacques"
2002: Dec 18, F-AZMU, sale, Peter Teichman, North Weald UK
2003: Mar 20, G-SIJJ, Peter Teichman / Hangar 11 Collection, North Weald Essex UK
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2016: Jun, new paint, Red Tail "Tall In The Saddle"
- rep. in 332 FG Red Tails because red paint was found on rudder/tail
- nose/tail painted red when a target tug for NV ANG 1949/50
- "Artic Red" paint was applied for Iceland assignment 1952 to outer wingspan and tail
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2025: Oct 13, G-SIJJ, reg, Robert Tyrrell, UK
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