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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:P-51B-15-NA Mustang
    Last Military Serial:43-24837 USAAF
    Construction Number:104-25866
    Last Civil Registration:N515ZB
    Compressed ID:NA P-51B-15-NA sn 43-24837 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Comanche Maverick Air Llc, Houston, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51B-15-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-24837.

    Circa 1944

    Transferred to 382 FS, 363 FG, 9 AAF, Staplehurst, Kent, UK.

    10 June 1944

    Crashed.
    At Beckley, East Sussex, UK, during a training flight.

    Wreck parts salvaged.

    From 2010 to Circa 2014

    Restored.
    Rebuild Idaho Falls, ID. A Malcolm Hood was installed.

    12 May 2014

    To Max Chapman (Registered to Gardner Capital Management Group, Little Falls, NJ) with new c/r N515ZB.

    From Circa 29 May 2014 to Circa 2017

    To Gardner Capital Management Corp/Max Chapman, New York, NY keeping c/r N515ZB.

    28 October 2014

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX515ZB (P-51B, 43-24837) issued.

    Restored.
    An extensive rebuild by Pacific Fighters.

    By 7 November 2014

    Markings Applied: BERLIN EXPRESS, 2103309
    In the markings of P-51B flown by Captain Bill Overstreet of 357 FG. Overstreet was famous for chasing a Bf-109G across Paris in the Spring of 1944 and flying under the Eiffel tower before shooting it down.

    7 November 2014

    First post-restoration Flight.
    With John Muszala at the controls.

    6 April 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Sun-N-Fun Lakeland, FL.

    6 April 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Sun-N-Fun Lakeland, FL.

    May 2016


    Photographer: G R Dennis Price
    Notes: At Sun-N-Fun, Lakeside, Florida

    22 June 2017

    To Comanche Maverick Air Llc, Houston, TX keeping c/r N515ZB.

    Circa July 2017

    Flown to Duxford. By Lee Lauderback for British and European airshows.

    Circa 17 July 2017

    Damaged.
    Damaged when canopy separated in flight over Duxford.

    Circa 13 June 2018

    Repaired Duxford, test flown.

    22 July 2022


    Photographer: Fred Taylor
    Notes: Still resident at Duxford, UK (EGSU) on 22 July 2022.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Aeroplane Monthly by Kelsey Publishing Group
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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