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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:P-51D-5-NT Mustang
    Last Military Serial:A68-110 RAAF
    Construction Number:1435
    Last Civil Registration:VH-MFT
    Compressed ID:NA P-51D-5-NT sn A68-110 RAAF cn 14...
    Latest Owner or Location:Richard Stuart Grace, Goulburn, NSW

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    Dates

    Event

    1948

    Constructed as a CA-18-Mk 21 by Commonwealth Aircraft Corporation.

    10 February 1948

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A68-110.

    14 August 1957

    Sold for scrap.

    4 August 1978

    To Mustang Pty Ltd, Caboolture Airport, QLD with new c/r VH-MFT.

    19 March 1999

    To Warplanes Pty Ltd, Noosaville, QLD keeping c/r VH-MFT.

    Converted to a P-51D-5-NT by North American at Dallas, Texas, USA.

    Markings Applied: A68-769

    12 December 2005

    To Scots Cropcair Aviation Pty. Ltd, Caboolture, QLD keeping c/r VH-MFT.

    21 June 2006

    To Mustang Pty Ltd, Caboolture Airport, QLD keeping c/r VH-MFT.

    21 June 2006

    Operated by Scots Cropcair Aviation Pty. Ltd.

    21 June 2006

    To Mustang Pty Ltd, Peregian Springs, QLD keeping c/r VH-MFT.

    Based at Caboolture Warplane and Flight Heritage Museum, Caboolture, Queensland.
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    28 February 2010


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 2010 photo taken at Albion Park, Illawarra, NSW

    November 2015


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 2015 photo at Temora, New South Wales

    30 April 2016


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Displayed at 2016 Wings Over Illawarra Airshow, New South Wales, Australia.

    21 April 2018


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: CAC CA-18 Mk21 Mustang Snifter VH-MFT on static display at TAVAS GWFD 2018.Caboolture Airport, Caboolture, Queensland, Australia.

    To Caboolture Warplane Museum, Caboolture, Queensland.
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    21 April 2020

    To Mustang Pty Ltd, Peregian Springs, QLD keeping c/r VH-MFT.

    15 September 2023

    To Richard Stuart Grace, Goulburn, NSW keeping c/r VH-MFT.

    4 December 2023

    Civil registration, VH-MFT, cancelled.
    Exported to the United Kingdom.
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    Terry Fletcher
    Mike Henniger
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