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The North American Aviation P-51 Mustang is an American long-range, single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber used during World War II and the Korean War, among other conflicts. The Mustang was designed in 1940 by North American Aviation (NAA) in response to a requirement of the British Purchasing Commission. The Purchasing Commission approached North American Aviation to build Curtiss P-40 fighters under license for the Royal Air Force (RAF). Rather than build an old design from another company, North American Aviation proposed the design and production of a more modern fighter. The prototype NA-73X airframe was rolled out on September 9, 1940, 102 days after the contract was signed, and first flew on October 26, 1940.

For more information on the P-51 Mustang, please visit the United States Army Air Force Resource Center.

*Montana ANG 186th FS.
*1950: USAF 39th FIS (35th FIG).
*9/18/1950: Crashed near Namwon, Korea.

*1949: USAF 97th FS (82nd FG).
*1950: Indiana ANG 113th FS.
*1950: USAF 51st FS.
*1950: USAF 35th FBS (8th FBG).
*1/10/1950: Written off?

*1948: USAF 95th FS (82nd FG).
*8/26/1948: Crashed near Londonderry, NH. Pilot was killed.

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*Transferred to the Canadian AF as 9262.
*1952: 1 OTU.
*1/6/1952: Crashed. Pilot was killed.

*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N3451D.

*1953: USAF 496th FIS (566th ADG).

*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N51TC.

*1948: USAF 335th FS (4th FG).
*1949: USAF 336th FS (4th FG).
*Oregon ANG 123rd FS.
*USAF 18th FBG.
*10/1953: Transferred to the South Korean AF.
*5/12/1954: Crashed.

*1948: USAF 3010th BU.
*1948: USAF 3525th PTW.
*10/28/1948: Crashed near Scottsdale, AZ due to engine failure.

*1948: USAF 522nd FS (27th FG).
*1/16/1948: Caught fire and crashed at Kearney AAF, NE.

*1945: USAAF 336th FS (4th FG) as VF-M.
*1948: USAF 523rd FS (27th FG).
*1949: USAF 82nd FS (136th FG). Or Texas ANG 182nd FS?
*4/22/1949: Crashed near Charleston, WV. Pilot was killed.

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*Indiana ANG 113th FS.
*1950: USAF 8th FBG HQ Flight.
*9/16/1950: Crashed in Korea. Or on 9/17/1950?

*1946: USAAF 3028th AAFBU.
*3/15/1946: Crashed while landing at Luke Field, AZ.

*1946: USAAF 3028th AAFBU.
*Converted to TF-51D.
*1952: South Dakota ANG 175th FIS.

*1946-47: USAAF 2000th AAFBU.
*3/21/1947: Crashed near Doyline, LA. Pilot was killed.

*1949: Ohio ANG 164th FS.
*1950: California ANG 196th FS.

*1951: USAF 39th FIS (18th FBG).
*8/18/1951: Went missing on a flight over Korea. Pilot was killed. Or on 8/17/1951?

*1946: USAAF 3028th AAFBU.

*1945: USAAF 3028th BU.

*1948: USAF 96th FS (82nd FG).
*Sold on the civilian market and registered as N96JM.

*1946: FTD Wright-Patterson AFB, OH.
*USAF 45th TRS (67th TRW).
*9/1952: Transferred to the South Korean AF.
*9/18/1953: Written off.

*1947: USAAF 3010th AAFBU.

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