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44-73683 N5551D "Bunnie"
San Diego Aero. Museum, San Diego Ca
P-51 Survivor 44-73683 N5551D
Status: On Display
NAA Type: P-51D-25NA
Serial #: 44-73683
Registry: N5551D
.. past:   N12064
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History: 44-73683 N5551D "Bunnie"
1945: Mar 31, delivered USAAF, shipped to 8th AF ETO - did not see combat service
Pennsylvania ANG
1958: Nicaragua FAN GN 119
1963: N12064, MACO Sales / Will Martin, Chicago IL
1963: Ed Weiner, Los Angeles CA
196?: N12064, George Drucker, Los Angeles CA - "Drucker Special"
1966: Apr 2 photo at Long Beach CA - Cavalier Paint with "Drucker Special" in tail stripes
196?: George Brown, Canoga Park CA
1968: new paint - kept red/bottom, white/top, but changed the stripe, spinner to black
1969: Feb 2, Brown fined by FAA for flying too low in residential area of Fernando Valley CA. His son Mike, got a huge kick out the passes over their house.
1969: John Steinmetz
1972: N5551D (#1)
1976: "Jumpin Jacques"
1981: John Watson
1983: Jimmy Hunt / Hess Bomberger / Heritage Aircraft Inc., Fayetteville GA
1992: San Diego Aerospace Museum
1992: deregistered
1992: "Contrary Mary"
date?: repainted as Roscoe Brown's "Bunnie" of the 100FS, 332 FG

Thanks to Tony Beres, Curator, San Diego Aerospace Museum, Mike Brown and Patty Steinmetz for detailed history

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Image Credits:
  Caz Caswell   Caz's Aviation Pics  
  Dick Phillips   Warbird Images  
  Glenn Chatfield    
  Curtis Fowles   MustangsMustangs  
  John L. Dienst    
  Dan Linn    
  Chris Henne    
  San Diego Aerospace Museum    
  Britt Dietz   Warbird Photos  
  Tony Zeljeznjak    
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