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Airframe Family:	North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
Latest Model:	P-51D-20-NT Mustang
Last Military Serial:	A68-648 RAAF
Construction Number:	111-36389
Compressed ID:	NA P-51D-20-NT sn A68-648 RAAF cn 1...
Latest Owner or Location:	AWM Treloar Centre, Canberra

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Dates		Event
		Constructed as a P-51D-20-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.
Circa 1944		Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-13106.
5 June 1945		Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A68-648.
1950		Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A68-648.
From Circa 5 June 1950 to Circa 1983		Transferred to RAAF Point Cook, VIC.
		To Melbourne Technical College, Melbourne VIC. Was used as an instructional airframe in the basement with the outer wings cut off.
		To Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology, Melbourne VIC. The college was renamed.
1983		To Australian War Memorial Aircraft Hall, Campbell, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory. View the Location Dossier
From 1983 to 1992		Restored. Restored by a civil contractor at RAAF Point Cook.
1992		Replacement wing installation completed.
1995		To AWM Treloar Centre, Canberra.
2000		Markings Applied: Polly, A68-648 Placed on display at the AWM.
27 March 2014		Photographer: Terry Fletcher Notes: On Display at the Australian War Museum in Canberra, ACT
27 March 2014		Photographer: Terry Fletcher Notes: On Display at the Australian War Museum in Canberra, ACT
27 March 2014		Photographer: Terry Fletcher Notes: On Display at the Australian War Museum in Canberra, ACT

		This airframe dossier is based on unreviewed imported data. If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.

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Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

Internet Sources
Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall

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Terry Fletcher

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