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Constructed as a P-51D-25-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA. |
Circa 1944 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-73857. |
6 December 1950 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 9244 as a Mustang TF.IV. |
From 1951 to 1952 |
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Transferred to 416 (F) Squadron, RCAF Station Uplands, ON. |
From Circa 1953 to Circa 1959 |
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Transferred to No. 403 Squadron (Auxiliary), Calgary, AB. |
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Transferred to RCAF Disposals, Fort MacLeod, AB. |
From 30 December 1958 to 1960 |
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To Intercontinental Airways/James H. Defuria, Canastota, NY with new c/r N6315T. |
October 1960 |
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To Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN keeping c/r N6315T. |
1 November 1960 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force. |
November 1961 |
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To Richard G. Snyder, Tuscon, AZ with new c/r N651D. |
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Modified as a racer with a wet wing. |
From 12 September 1964 to 12 September 1964 |
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Raced as #45.
The race was from Saint Petersburg, FL, to Reno. Competed at the National Championship Air Races in the Harolds Club Transcontinental race. The primary pilot was Dick Snyder. Raced in the One Mile Course race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 282.40 mph. |
From 13 February 1966 to 1969 |
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To Michael R. Cuddy, Klamath Falls, OR keeping c/r N651D. |
30 March 1969 |
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To Bill Kemp Pontiac and Cadillac, Dover, DE keeping c/r N651D. |
5 April 1971 |
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To Kemp Aircraft Corp/Bill Kemp, Potomac, MD keeping c/r N651D. |
Circa June 1973 |
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Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection
Notes: Photographed at Reading, PA. |
23 January 1975 |
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To Spitfire Inc/Don Plumb, Windsor, ON keeping c/r N651D. |
21 February 1975 |
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To John Boulton, Sanford, FL keeping c/r N651D. |
Circa March 1975 |
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Photographer: Collect-Air Photos |
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Markings Applied: Hi Honey, JB B, 473857 |
1 April 1975 |
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To BTR Enterprises Inc, Maitland, FL keeping c/r N651D. |
15 October 1975 |
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Crashed.
Summarized NTSB narrative from report number FTW76FQG32: There were 2 fatalities. Incident occurred at 13:40 hours. The airframe was destroyed. The flight departed from Big Spring, TX, with the destination Lake Charles, LA. Experienced an uncontrolled collision with terrain in an uncontrolled descent. The factors included; thunderstorm activity. This aircraft was missing and was not recovered until later. The sky conditions were obscured. There was zero visibility...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report. |
22 January 1976 |
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Civil registration, N651D, cancelled. |
