| Status: | Written Off |
| NAA Type: | P-51D-20NA |
| Serial #: | 44-63655 |
| Registry: | N6153U |
| .. past: | |
S/N 44-63655 C/N 122-31381
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rep. Swedish AF Fv26152 ? but 26152 used is 44-63675, 44-63655 not in Swedish P-51 SN list
S/N 44-63655 is questionable
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1955: rep. Jan 17, Nicaragua GN 84 ??
1963: N6153U, MACO Sales / Will Martin, Palos Park IL
- Between 1963 and 1965 Will Martin / MACO Sales purchased 21 P-51Ds from the government of Nicaragua
- most were sold in small batches
- Martin prepped them for the long ferry flight to the USA from Nicaragua
1965: May 01, crashed, engine failure, Sta Teresa Nicaragua
- forced landing in a field on ferry flight to USA
- parts stripped
- aircraft abandoned
1965: Aug 17, Letter to FAA, request for cancellation, listed as scrapped
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Aircraft S/N 44-63655 appears later on another P-51
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rep. Swedish AF Fv26152 ? but 26152 used is 44-63675, 44-63655 not in Swedish P-51 SN list
S/N 44-63655 is questionable
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1955: rep. Jan 17, Nicaragua GN 84 ??
1963: N6153U, MACO Sales / Will Martin, Palos Park IL
- Between 1963 and 1965 Will Martin / MACO Sales purchased 21 P-51Ds from the government of Nicaragua
- most were sold in small batches
- Martin prepped them for the long ferry flight to the USA from Nicaragua
1965: May 01, crashed, engine failure, Sta Teresa Nicaragua
- forced landing in a field on ferry flight to USA
- parts stripped
- aircraft abandoned
1965: Aug 17, Letter to FAA, request for cancellation, listed as scrapped
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Aircraft S/N 44-63655 appears later on another P-51
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