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"American Dreamer"

Serial #: 44-72902
Construction #:
  122-39361
Civil Registration:
  N6343T
  N335
Model: P-51D-25NA
Name: American Dreamer
Status: Restoration
Last Info: 2002
   History:
Delivered to RCAF as 9564.
- BOC: June 7, 1947.
- SOC: Sept. 20, 1960.
James H. FeFuria & Fred J. Ritts/Intercontinental Airways, Canastota, NY, Feb. 25, 1957-1960.
- Registered as N6343T.
- Stored unconverted, Carberry, Manitoba, 1957-1961.
Aero Enterprises, Elkhart, IN, May 10, 1960-1964.
- Ferried Carberry-Elkhart, 1961.
E.D. Weiner, Santa Monica, CA, Apr. 17, 1964-1973.
- Registered as N335.
- Flew as Race #14/Bardahl II.
Violet M. Bonzer, Los Angeles, CA, May 8, 1973-2002.
- Loaned to EAA Museum, Hales Corner, WI, 1973-1980.
- Stored, Truckee, CA, 1980-1989.
- Trucked to Mesa, AZ for restoration.
- Under restoration to airworthy as "American Dreamer".
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):
None.