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"Lou IV"
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Serial #: 44-63350 Construction #: 122-31076 Civilian Registration: N2870D N151RR N51TK Model: P-51D Name: Lou IV Status: Destroyed Last Info: 2007 |
History: Clarence A. Head, Eglin, IL, 1963-1964. - Registered as N2870D. Mark R. Foutch, Champaign, IL, 1966-1984. - Damaged in ground collision with P-51D/N167F while taxying for air race, Euless, TX. Tom Kelly & John Dilly/Ft. Wayne Air Services, Fort Wayne, IN, 1984-1986. - Rebuilt as TF-51D. Fort Wayne Air Services, Fort Wayne IN, May 1986-1988. - Registered as N51TK. - Damaged after running off runway on akeoff, Ft. Wayne, IN, Apr. 11, 1989. International Aircraft Ltd, Hockessin, DE, Apr. 1989-1992. - Registration N151RR reserved but not taken up, Oct. 1989. - Reregistered as N51TK. Charles Greenhill, Mettawa, IL, Sept. 10, 1993-2002. - Crashed during forced landing, Round Lake, IL, Dec. 29, 1994. - Rebuilt, Wahpeton, ND, 1995. - Flew as 413410/E2-C/Lou IV. Defiance Aviation LLC, Ketchum, ID, March 22, 2007. - Crashed and destroyed, July 15, 2007. -- Pilot John McKittrick fatally injured. |
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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. Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, 2007. |
Photo Source(s): Scott Rose - Warbirds Resource Group, 2002 Chuck Gardner - Warbirds Resource Group, 2003 Caz Caswell Research Assistance: - |
