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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:P-51A-10-NA Mustang
    Last Military Serial:43-6178 USAAF
    Construction Number:99-22281
    Last Civil Registration:N51KW
    Compressed ID:NA P-51A-10-NA sn 43-6178 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:Fantasy of Flight/Kermit Weeks, Polk City, FL

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51A-10-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-6178.

    From Circa 1949 to Circa 1954

    Withdrawn from use.
    Placed in open storage at Council Bluffs, IA.

    From Circa 1950 to 1952

    To Harry McCandless and Ben Widfelt.

    Circa 1954

    To Walter H. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN.

    From Circa 1963 to Circa 1978

    To Walter H. Erickson, Minneapolis, MN with new c/r N8647E.

    From Circa 1981 to Circa 1984

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Tamiami, FL.

    14 December 1984

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL with new c/r N51KW.

    In the inventory of Fantasy of Flight/Kermit A. Weeks, Polk City, FL.
    View the Location Dossier

    From Circa 1984 to Circa 1992

    Stored dismantled and unrestored at Tamiami, FL.

    14 December 1984

    To Kermit A. Weeks, Miami, FL keeping c/r N51KW.

    Circa 24 August 1992

    Damaged.
    Damaged Tamiami FL by Hurricane Andrew.

    Circa 1998

    Repaired and restored at Salinas, CA.

    From Circa 1999 to Circa 2022

    To Fantasy of Flight/Kermit Weeks, Polk City, FL.

    Circa 2007

    Stored dismantled.

    17 March 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed in storage at Cal Pacific Airmotive in Salinas, CA.

    17 March 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed in storage at Cal Pacific Airmotive in Salinas, CA.

    17 March 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed in storage at Cal Pacific Airmotive in Salinas, CA.

    17 March 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed in storage at Cal Pacific Airmotive in Salinas, CA.

    25 April 2025


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Cal Pacific Airmotive in Salinas, CA.

    25 April 2025


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Cal Pacific Airmotive in Salinas, CA.

    25 April 2025


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Cal Pacific Airmotive in Salinas, CA.

    25 April 2025


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at Cal Pacific Airmotive in Salinas, CA.
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     Aerial Visuals - The Locator by Mike Henniger, Senior Editor
    AMCAR
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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