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"Lil Margaret"
Additional images from the Gathering Of Corsairs.
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Serial #: 44-84786 Construction #: 124-44642 Civil Registration: N51BS Model(s): P-51D F-6D Name: Lil Margaret Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to USAAF as 44-84786, 19??. - Surplussed at McClellan AFB, CA, Nov. 25, 1949. Failed export to Israel for IDFAF, 19??. Michael E. Coutches, Hayward, CA, circa 1952-1961 - Stored. Bill Myers, St. Louis, MO, 1961-1981. - Stored. Henry J. Schroeder, Danville, IL, Dec. 24, 1981. Henry J. Schroeder/Midwest Aviation Museum, Danville, IL, Jan. 1983-2002. - Registered as N51BS. - Restored to airworthy as F-6D, Danville, IL, 1983-1993. - First flight June 17, 1993. - Flown as F-6D/484786/5M-K/Lil Margaret. -- Adopted ID 44-73822/N5484V. |
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, 2002
Patrick Carry.