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P-51 MUSTANG/44-63481
P-51 Mustang 44-63481WRG# 0001226

Serial #: 44-63481
Construction #: 122-31207
Civil Registration:
  N6303T
Model(s):
  P-51D Mustang
  Cavalier Mustang
Name: None
Status: Destroyed
Last info: 1972
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Force as 44-63481, 19??.
Delivered to Royal Canadian Air Force as 9553.
- BOC: June 7, 1947.
- SOC: December 27, 1957.
James Defuria/Fred Ritts/Intercontinental Airways, Canastota, NY, November 1956-1960.
- Registered as N6303T.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, May 10, 1960-1961.
Century Mutual Insurance, Des Moines, IA, March 18, 1961.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, July 12, 1961-1962.
Bernard Little/Pinellas Aircraft Inc, St. Petersburg, FL, February 7, 1962.
The Brane Corp, Largo, FL, April 25, 1962.
Bernard Little/Agels Inc, Tampa, FL, August 23, 1963-1964.
Richard K. Kestle/Pizza On Call Franchise Inc, Columbus, GA, February 15, 1964-1972.
- Flew as race #13/Miss Diet Rite (later Miss Royal Crown, Miss Gatorade Cola)
- Modified to Tall fin Cavalier by Trans Florida Aviation, 1966-1967.
- Damaged in ground collision while taxying, Atlanta, GA, May 12, 1967.
- Crashed & Destroyed after suffering structural failure in flight, Griffin, GA, June 3, 1972.
-- Kestle killed.
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):
Chris Kennedy
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