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MUSTANG/A68-100
"Flying Dutchman"

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Serial #: A68-100
Construction #: 1425
Civil Registration:
  VH-BOW
  NL51AB
Model:
  CA-18 Mustang Mk. 21
Name: Flying Dutchman
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002
   History:
Delivered to RAAF as A68-100.
- BOC: Nov. 6, 1947
- SOC: April 1958 at RAAF Tocumwal.
A.J.R. "Titus" Oates, Sydney, Australia, Apr. 23, 1958-1960.
Fawcett Aviation, Bankstown, New South Wales, 1960-1967.
- Registration VH-BOW reserved but not taken up, Aug. 25, 1961.
- Modified for high altitude survey flights, ending March 1, 1962.
- First flight, Dec. 8, 1961.
Ed Fleming/Skyservice Aviation, Camden, New South Wales, 1967.
L. James Ausland, Seattle, WA, Nov. 20, 1967.
- Shipped to Seattle.
- Rebuilt 1968-1971.
- Adopted id 44-14777/N51AB.
L. James Ausland/Sports Air, Seattle, WA, July 1971.
- Registered as NL51AB
Joe Arnold, Greenville, MS, Feb. 20, 1974.
Robby R. Jones, Minter City, MO, Aug. 25, 1975-1989.
Norman Lewis/Lewis Aviation/Kentucky Aviation Museum, Louisville, KY, 1990-1999.
- Flew as 414777/J-RR/Miss Escort.
Inpatient Dental Service, Ashland OR, Feb. 3, 1999-2002.
- Flown as the 413500/HL-N/Flying DUTCHMAN.
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
 Photo Source(s):
Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003
Scott Rose - Warbirds Resource Group, www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org, 2003