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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:P-51D Mustang
    Last Military Serial:1916 FAD
    Construction Number:122-38823
    Last Civil Registration:N723FH
    Compressed ID:NA P-51D sn 1916 FAD cn 122-38823 c...
    Latest Owner or Location:Wartime History Museum Inc, Tacoma, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51D.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-72364.

    25 April 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Flygvapnet with s/n Fv26061.
    The delivery date is provided.

    October 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Aviacion Militar Dominicana with s/n 1916.

    Circa December 1952

    Transported by ship.
    Dism. and packed by Svensk Flygtjanst AB, shipped ex Sweden.

    From Circa February 1962 to Circa 1984

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Dominicana with s/n 1916.

    From Circa 19 May 1984 to Circa 1987

    To Johnson Aviation/Brian O Farrell, Miami, FL.

    Circa 16 August 1985

    US registration candidate.

    Circa 1998

    To Plane Works/Bengt Kuller.

    Circa 1998

    Restored.
    The work was carried out at Shpeton, ND.

    5 January 1999

    To Flying Heritage Collection/Paul G. Allen, Bellevue, WA with new c/r N723FH.

    Circa January 1999

    Transported by ground.
    Delivered to Rialto, CA.

    Circa 2003

    Restoration continued.
    The work was carried out at Rialto.

    From Circa 5 April 2001 to Circa 2022

    To Flying Heritage Inc/Vulcan Warbirds, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N723FH.

    11 February 2003

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL723FH (P-51D, 44-72364) issued.

    12 May 2004

    To Vulcan Warbirds Inc, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N723FH.

    Contracted to Westpac Restorations, Peterson Field, Colorado Springs, CO for work on the airframe.
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    Based at Flying Heritage Collection/Paul Allen, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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    From Circa June 2008 to Circa 2022

    Placed on display with Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, Everett-Paine Field WA.

    Markings Applied: Upupa Epops, SX L, 472364

    1 July 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo - displayed in Paul Allens Warbirds - Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field, Everett

    1 July 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo - displayed in Paul Allens Warbirds - Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field, Everett

    1 July 2010


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo - displayed in Paul Allens Warbirds - Flying Heritage Collection at Paine Field, Everett

    2 March 2011

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL723FH (P-51D, 44-72364) issued.

    Placed on display with Flying Heritage and Combat Armor Museum, Paine Field, Everett, WA.
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    2 February 2018

    To Vulcan Aircraft Inc, Seattle, WA keeping c/r N723FH.

    Circa March 2020

    Flying Heritage and Combat Air Museum closed to public.

    3 March 2023

    To Wartime History Museum Inc, Tacoma, WA keeping c/r N723FH.


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

    Internet Sources
    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

    Individual Contributors
    Adam Estes
    Mike Henniger

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