| Status: | On Display |
| NAA Type: | P-51D-25NA |
| Serial #: | 44-73683 |
| Registry: | N5551D |
| .. past: | N12064 |
S/N 44-73683 C/N 122-40223
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1945: Mar 31, delivered USAAF, shipped to 8th AF ETO - did not see combat service
195?: Pennsylvania ANG
1958: May, surplus, McClellan AFB Sacramento CA
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1958: Nicaragua FAN GN 119
1963: N12064, MACO Sales / Will Martin, Chicago IL
1963: Ed Weiner, Los Angeles CA
196?: N12064, George Drucker, Los Angeles CA, "Drucker Special"
1966: Apr 02, N12064, photo at Long Beach CA - Cavalier Paint with "Drucker Special" in tail stripes
196?: N12064, George Brown, Canoga Park CA
1968: N12064, new paint - kept red/bottom, white/top, but changed the stripe, spinner to black
1969: Feb 2, N12064, Brown fined by FAA for flying too low in residential area of Fernando Valley CA. His son Mike, got a huge kick out the passes over their house.
1969: N12064, John Steinmetz
1972: N5551D (#1)
1976: N5551D, "Jumpin Jacques"
1981: N5551D, John Watson
1983: N5551D, Jimmy Hunt / Hess Bomberger / Heritage Aircraft Inc., Fayetteville GA
1992: N5551D, San Diego Aerospace Museum
1992: N5551D, deregistered
1992: "Contrary Mary"
date?: repainted as Roscoe Brown's "Bunnie" of the 100FS, 332 FG
Thanks to Tony Beres, Curator, San Diego Aerospace Museum, Mike Brown and Patty Steinmetz for detailed history
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1945: Mar 31, delivered USAAF, shipped to 8th AF ETO - did not see combat service
195?: Pennsylvania ANG
1958: May, surplus, McClellan AFB Sacramento CA
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1958: Nicaragua FAN GN 119
1963: N12064, MACO Sales / Will Martin, Chicago IL
1963: Ed Weiner, Los Angeles CA
196?: N12064, George Drucker, Los Angeles CA, "Drucker Special"
1966: Apr 02, N12064, photo at Long Beach CA - Cavalier Paint with "Drucker Special" in tail stripes
196?: N12064, George Brown, Canoga Park CA
1968: N12064, new paint - kept red/bottom, white/top, but changed the stripe, spinner to black
1969: Feb 2, N12064, Brown fined by FAA for flying too low in residential area of Fernando Valley CA. His son Mike, got a huge kick out the passes over their house.
1969: N12064, John Steinmetz
1972: N5551D (#1)
1976: N5551D, "Jumpin Jacques"
1981: N5551D, John Watson
1983: N5551D, Jimmy Hunt / Hess Bomberger / Heritage Aircraft Inc., Fayetteville GA
1992: N5551D, San Diego Aerospace Museum
1992: N5551D, deregistered
1992: "Contrary Mary"
date?: repainted as Roscoe Brown's "Bunnie" of the 100FS, 332 FG
Thanks to Tony Beres, Curator, San Diego Aerospace Museum, Mike Brown and Patty Steinmetz for detailed history
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