North American NA-122 Mustang TF.Mk.IV

North American NA-122 Mustang TF.Mk.IV

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05/31/2007. This aircraft was built as a P-51D-25-NA and was delivered to the USAAF in 1945, s/n 44-73140. On June 7, 1947 it was taken on strength by the RCAF as a Mustang TF.Mk.IV, s/n 9567. It was sold to the USA on February 25, 1957. Registered as N6337T it was not before July 1962 it was transferred from RCAF Station Carberry, Winnipeg, to Elkhart, Indiana, USA. On November 8, 1967, it was re-registered as N169MD, named "Tangerine" and listed as Racer number "71"; in October 1978 it was re-registered to N51N.

In January 1982 it became part of the Canadian Warplane Heritage, Ontario, was registered as C-FBAU and was finished in the colors and markings of No. 424 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Hamilton, Ontario, s/n 9567, coded BA-U. It was destroyed by fire on July 7, 1984 when it crashed during a forced landing at Massey, Ontario, due to an engine fire; the two occupants escaped unhurt. Apparently the identity of this aircraft was transferred to an unknown restoration project airframe.


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05/31/2007. This aircraft was built as a P-51D-25-NA and was delivered to the USAAF in 1945, s/n 44-73140. On June 7, 1947 it was taken on strength by the RCAF as a Mustang TF.Mk.IV, s/n 9567. It was sold to the USA on February 25, 1957. Registered as N6337T it was not before July 1962 it was transferred from RCAF Station Carberry, Winnipeg, to Elkhart, Indiana, USA. On November 8, 1967, it was re-registered as N169MD, named "Tangerine" and listed as Racer number "71"; in October 1978 it was re-registered to N51N. In January 1982 it became part of the Canadian Warplane Heritage, Ontario, was registered as C-FBAU and was finished in the colors and markings of No. 424 Squadron (Auxiliary) at Hamilton, Ontario, s/n 9567, coded BA-U. It was destroyed by fire on July 7, 1984 when it crashed during a forced landing at Massey, Ontario, due to an engine fire; the two occupants escaped unhurt. Apparently the identity of this aircraft was transferred to an unknown restoration project airframe.