| Status: | Flying |
| NAA Type: | P-51D-25NA |
| Serial #: | 44-72942 |
| Registry: | N5427V |
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S/N 44-72942 C/N 122-39401 P-51D-25NA
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1945: 12th AF, WWII Vet, shipped home and served with various ANG units
1957: N5427V, sold surplus for $755.00, Dale Newton
1963: N5427V, Robert Fulton, Newton CT
1983: N5427V, Gordon Plaskett, King City CA, restoration to 1985
1985: N5427V, Anthony Buechler, Waukesha WI
2006: Mr. Buechler has flown this P-51 for over 2000 hours in the last 21 years!
It has never been raced or wrecked. It is on its third engine now and going strong with a set of Roush pistons. You can find Mr. Buechler at most EAA Airventure shows at Oshkosh WI, during the last week of July
2011: extensive annual
2019: Oct 10, Anthony Buechler passed away at age 67. Tom Poberezny: "Tony was a unique person; compassionate and generous with his time, using his airplane for a wide range of activities including philanthropic purposes," Tom said. "Everything Tony did was to the highest standards, never compromising professionalism and perfection as a doctor, a pilot, and an aircraft owner."
2020: Mar 24, N5427V, reg, Kristine Buechler Trustee, Pewaukee WI
2020: Aug 13, N5427V, Sennas Ghost LLC, Missoula MT
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1945: 12th AF, WWII Vet, shipped home and served with various ANG units
1957: N5427V, sold surplus for $755.00, Dale Newton
1963: N5427V, Robert Fulton, Newton CT
1983: N5427V, Gordon Plaskett, King City CA, restoration to 1985
1985: N5427V, Anthony Buechler, Waukesha WI
2006: Mr. Buechler has flown this P-51 for over 2000 hours in the last 21 years!
It has never been raced or wrecked. It is on its third engine now and going strong with a set of Roush pistons. You can find Mr. Buechler at most EAA Airventure shows at Oshkosh WI, during the last week of July
2011: extensive annual
2019: Oct 10, Anthony Buechler passed away at age 67. Tom Poberezny: "Tony was a unique person; compassionate and generous with his time, using his airplane for a wide range of activities including philanthropic purposes," Tom said. "Everything Tony did was to the highest standards, never compromising professionalism and perfection as a doctor, a pilot, and an aircraft owner."
2020: Mar 24, N5427V, reg, Kristine Buechler Trustee, Pewaukee WI
2020: Aug 13, N5427V, Sennas Ghost LLC, Missoula MT
The Last of the Wild Horses
P-51 Survivors book featuring images from Dick Phillips and John Dienst, with Mark Phillips.
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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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