History / Previous Identities:

1945: March 9 - delivered to USAAF
1945: Mar - To Newark, NJ
1945: Apr - To Eighth Air Force, European Theater of Operations
1945: Jul - Returned to the US

1945: Sep - To 4003rd AAF Base Unit (Air Technical Service Command), Newark, NJ (storage)
1946: Dec - To 4112th AAF Base Unit (Air Materiel Command), Olmstead AAF PA
1948: Jan - To 109th Fighter Squadron (Air National Guard), Holman Field, St. Paul MN (to F-51D)
1951: Jan - To 133rd Fighter Wing (ANG), Holman Field
1951: Mar - Assigned to Air Defense Command
1952: Feb - To 109th Fighter-Interceptor Squardon (ADC) Holman Field
1952: Apr - To 4750th Air Base Squadron (ADC), Yuma AFB, AZ
1952: Dec - To San Bernadino Air Material Area, Norton AFB, CA
1953: Mar - To Western Air Defense Region (ADC) Hamilton AFB, CA
1953: May - To 566th Air Defense Group (ADC), Hamilton AFB (deployment to Carswell AFB NM)
1953: Sep - To 190th Fighter-Interceptor Squardron (ANG), Boise AP ID
1954: Feb - To 178th Fighter-Interceptor Quadron (ANG), Hector Field,Fargo, ND
1954: Oct - To 169th Fighter-Bomber Squadron (ANG), Peoria MAP, IL.
1956: Nov - To Sacramento Air Material Area. McCellan AFB, CA
1957: Sep - Dropped from inventory as surplus.
1957: surplus McClellan AFB
1958: N2868D, A.P. "Dewey" Hart, Jasper TX
Hart purchased this P-51 for $2,500. The paint was beige and brown. Hart painted N2868D orange and black. He sold it for $7,500

1963: N2868D, Richard Blakemore, Tonopah NV
1966: N119H, Vernon Thorpe Oklahoma City OK
1969: Paul Finefrock, Hobart OK
1969: Richard Wood, Houston TX
1972: Jack Flaherty, Monterey CA - "Miss Frances" racer #9
1978: Wilson Edwards Big Spring TX
1984: Foy Midkiff, Houston TX
1988: Alan Kelley, Middlebury CT - rebuilt as "Never Miss"
1992: John Breit / Aviation Sales Inc, Englewood CO
1996: James Elkins, Salem OR - flew as "Never Miss"
2009: June, sold to Russell Cecil / Dave Murphy, based in Perth, NY