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Closed Jim Church, Joseph Scheil
owned by Joe Magauri in early 60's xRCAF went to Haiti
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Readers' Responses:
Thanks to Joseph Scheil and Jim Church for this information.
N130TL was ex RCAF 9287 with a US serial # 44-73422. This aircraft was
reportedly shipped to Haiti, but that was a diversion. The P-51 was
actually shipped to El Salvador with 5 other Mustangs from the states. It
appears that all were lost - two midairs, two crashed from fuel
exhaustion, one shot down and one lost to ground fire. Apparently these
P-51s were flown by low-time pilots. It was rumored that N130TL was lost
in a midair but this has not been confirmed.
Jim Church adds this info:
N130TL competed in the 1969 Florida Cross-Country race form Frederick,
MD to Ft. Lauderdale, FL. The pilot of this P-51-25NA was Wallace Garrick
and it carried race #4. He placed 5th in that race.
Case Closed!
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