| Status: | Wrecked 1952 |
| NAA Type: | P-51K-10NT |
| Serial #: | 44-12139 |
| Registry: | NX40055 |
| .. past: | |
S/N 44-12139 C/N 111-30272
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1945: 344th AAFBU
1947: Feb 11, War Assetts Administration, Hobbs Field NM
1947: NX40055, Budd Marks
1948: Mar 23, NX40055, sale, Edmund Lunken
1948: Nov 30, NX40055, sale, Wilson Newhall, Harvey IL, air racer #65
- Silver w/ black rudder, wing tips, and top of tail
- Cleveland Air Races: 3rd Place
1949: N40055,
- Tinnerman Trophy Race: 2nd Place at 379 mph
- Thompson Trophy Race: 7th at 372mph
1950: Dec 07, N40055, sale, Jack Hardwick, El Monte CA
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1951: Feb 21, N40055, sale, Israel IDFAF 2316
1951: Mar, ferry permit for flight from Burbank CA to Newark NJ
- photo evidence of wheels up landing enroute to NJ
- rep. badly damaged and returned to CA
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1951: delivered IDFAF - probably a different aircraft using N40055 which was reused by other P-51s enroute to Israel
1952: rep. crashed/destroyed Dec 15
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1945: 344th AAFBU
1947: Feb 11, War Assetts Administration, Hobbs Field NM
1947: NX40055, Budd Marks
1948: Mar 23, NX40055, sale, Edmund Lunken
1948: Nov 30, NX40055, sale, Wilson Newhall, Harvey IL, air racer #65
- Silver w/ black rudder, wing tips, and top of tail
- Cleveland Air Races: 3rd Place
1949: N40055,
- Tinnerman Trophy Race: 2nd Place at 379 mph
- Thompson Trophy Race: 7th at 372mph
1950: Dec 07, N40055, sale, Jack Hardwick, El Monte CA
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1951: Feb 21, N40055, sale, Israel IDFAF 2316
1951: Mar, ferry permit for flight from Burbank CA to Newark NJ
- photo evidence of wheels up landing enroute to NJ
- rep. badly damaged and returned to CA
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1951: delivered IDFAF - probably a different aircraft using N40055 which was reused by other P-51s enroute to Israel
1952: rep. crashed/destroyed Dec 15
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