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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:P-51D-20-NA Mustang
    Last Military Serial:44-63473 USAAF
    Construction Number:122-31199
    Last Civil Registration:N5437V
    Compressed ID:NA P-51D-20-NA sn 44-63473 USAAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:R. Nathan Davis, Tipton, IN

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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 44-63473.

    Circa 17 September 1957

    To Joe K. Hammer, Sacramento, CA with new c/r N5437V.
    Acquired from the USAF.

    From Circa 30 October 1957 to Circa 1970

    To Hammer Crop Dusters Inc, Sacramento, CA keeping c/r N5437V.

    26 March 1958

    To Bret Ward, Chino, CA keeping c/r N5437V.

    Circa 1970

    To M. L. Grant, Santa Barbara, CA keeping c/r N5437V.

    From 2000 to 2004

    To Pioneer Aero Service/Brett Ward, Chino, CA keeping c/r N5437V.
    Obtained as an incomplete airframe with paperwork. Note, the bill of sale to Ward was dated 26 March 1958 but was not submitted to FAA until 2004.

    Circa August 2004

    Civil registration, N5437V, cancelled.
    Struck-off USCR.

    17 November 2004

    To R. Nathan Davis, Tipton, IN with new c/r N5437V.

    The ID of this airframe was adopted by a TF-51D restoration project at Chino, CA, which had previously quoted the identification USAAF s/n 44-73117.
    For more information about this other airframe see this Airframe Dossier
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    Internet Sources
     MustangsMustangs.com by Curtis Fowles
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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