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P-51 Who?   Case # 224
44-74430     N7373E     Closed
Solved by: Martin Kyburz
P-51 Who 224
Case#: 224
Date: Nov 01 2002
By: Dick Phillips
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Status: Closed
Serial: 44-74430
Registry: N7373E
P-51 Who? Viewer Responses
Martin (Swiss Mustangs)
12/11/2002 03:53
Okay fellas - that was a toughie !This is P-51D-30-NA 44-74430 that was delivered to the RCAF on November 8th, 1950 as RCAF-9588; at times it was assigned to No. 402 Sqdn and coded AC-588; it was s.o.c and sold late in the 50's and was registered N7373E, soon to be changed to N8673E in May 1959 - it was the delivered to the Guatemalan AF (serial GN-??) and later adopted civil ID's YS-149-D, then TG-REI; back to the U.S. and registered as N2265P to Lynn Florey of Eden Praire, MN in June 1972, but sadly was lost and completely w/o in a crash on June 5th, 1978 at Tuxtla Gutirrize, Mexico.

Best regards, Martin (Swiss Mustangs)
Martin (Swiss Mustangs)
12/20/2002 01:08
...so it seems that cases #226 and #224 are one and the same aircraft.

Best regards, Martin (Swiss Mustangs)
Curtis Fowles
12/26/2002 22:39
Excellent work Martin.
Case Closed!
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