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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:J26 Mustang
    Last Military Serial:1929 FAD
    Construction Number:122-31966
    Last Civil Registration:N551WR
    Compressed ID:NA J26 sn 1929 FAD cn 122-31966 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mustang Hangar Llc, Gainesville, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51D-20-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-72107 as a P-51D.

    From 1946 to Circa 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Flygvapnet with s/n Fv26071 as a J26.

    Disassembled.
    Dismantled and packed by Svensk Flygtjanst AB.

    Circa September 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aviacion Militar Dominicana with s/n 1929.

    Circa December 1952

    Transported by ship.
    Moved from Sweden to the Dominican.

    Circa February 1962

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Dominicana with s/n 1929.

    1967

    Crashed.
    Crashed in FAD service.

    To unknown owner.
    Acquired by US dealer as wreckage collection.

    From Circa 5 March 2009 to Circa 2016

    To Brent A. Meester, Kindred, ND with new c/r N551WR.

    26 April 2009

    To Brent A Meester, Kindred, ND keeping c/r N551WR.

    27 April 2009

    To Brent A. Meester, Kindred, ND keeping c/r N551WR.

    20 January 2011

    To Brent A. Meester, Kindred, ND keeping c/r N551WR.

    17 May 2016

    To unknown owner with c/r N551WR.
    Sale reported to a new owner in South Florida, FL.

    28 July 2016

    To Brian Ofarrell Aviation Inc, Hollywood, FL keeping c/r N551WR.

    14 September 2019

    To Brian Ofarrell Aviation Inc, Pembroke Pines, FL keeping c/r N551WR.

    22 January 2022

    To unknown owner with c/r N551WR.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Gainesville, FL.

    17 March 2022

    To Mustang Hangar Llc, Gainesville, FL keeping c/r N551WR.
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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