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P-51 Who?   Case # 335
44-84896     N5416V     Closed
Solved by: Baker, Kambic, Johansen
P-51 Who 335
Case#: 335
Date: Jun 27 2005
By: Dick Phillips
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Status: Closed
Serial: 44-84896
Registry: N5416V
P-51 Who? Viewer Responses
Roger Baker
06/28/2005 16:38
Hi Curtis and Dick, Nice to see this picture of 44-84896 (N5416V). In the olden days, everytime I was around Torrance, I would drive by this tiedown and check to see how much more of the airplane had been removed and moved. Slowly, the airplane "oozed" away, piece by piece to a storage hangar. Is it still there? Best regards, Roger
Tony Kambic
01/03/2006 12:56
I took a few photographs of this aircraft in a hangar at Torrance Airfield in 1972. At the time covers had been removed, but the owner (Ken Scholz) indicated that he was going to restore it.
Curtis Fowles
02/22/2006 22:01
Anyone know any facts (I know some rumors) about the current condition?
Robert Ruch
02/25/2006 23:46
As of 1987 Ken Scholz still owned this plane. It was reported in flying condition located at Playa Del Ray, CA.
Curtis Fowles
03/11/2006 07:45
Flying cond.? Does anyone have any pics?
John Kraman
04/12/2006 07:21
I grew up around the Torrance Airport, and remember this P-51 there in the early 70's. I would ride my red Schwinn Sting Ray to the airport and enjoyed looking at all the aircraft tied down outside..... I tried to get a peek inside the cockpit of the P-51, but all I remember is the musty smell of the canopy cover, and the dark cockpit.....
T J Johansen
05/26/2006 23:34
I went to see Ken and his P-51D in 1991. The plane was stored in his hangar together with a dismantled PT-22. It had never flown while in Ken's ownership, and I'm not so sure it will. Ken planned to restore the PT-22 first, but to the best of my knowledge that has yet to happen. But at least it is safe from the elemwents! T J
Curtis Fowles
05/31/2006 23:58
Thanks T J.
Tony Kambic
09/19/2018 16:49
This was the P-51 auctioned about 2016. A spare Merlin V1650-9 was also auctioned with it, which I had sold to Ken Scholz back in 1974.

Tony
Bob Gruenhagen
07/01/2023 02:05
Served with 896 from 1948 til 1952. Assigned to 186th Ftr Sqdn, Montana Air guard. Called up for Korea and served in SAC, TAC At Moody AFB and George AFB, Victorville, CA. Repaired a rough engine and broken canopy at Camp Campbell Kentucky in 1952 the day before I was married.
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