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    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:F-51H Mustang
    Last Military Serial:44-64265 USAF
    Construction Number:126-37691
    Compressed ID:NA F-51H sn 44-64265 USAF cn 126-37...
    Latest Owner or Location:Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    July 1945

    Constructed as a P-51H-5-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    23 October 1945

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-64265.

    October 1945

    Transferred to 621st AAF Base Unit (AAF Tactical Center), Pinecastle AAF, FL.
    Used as training and familiarization aircraft.

    June 1946

    Transferred to 3502nd AAF Base Unit (Air Training Command), Chanute AFB, IL.
    Used as airframe maintenance trainer.

    18 September 1947

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Air Force with s/n 44-64265.

    1948

    Redesignated as F-51H.

    August 1948

    Transferred to 3345th Technical Training Group (ATC), Chanute AFB, IL.

    May 1949

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the United States Air Force.

    1949

    Placed on display.
    Placed at various locations around Chanute AFB as static display.

    November 1951

    Loaned to 101st Fighter Squadron, 102nd Fighter Wing (ANG), Logan Airport, Boston, MA.
    Markings changed to: MASS ANG, 444265
    Aircraft on static display.

    July 1954

    Returned from loan to Air Park, Chanute AFB, IL.
    Returned to Chanute for display.

    1965

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    April 1972


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection
    Notes: Photographed at Chanute AFB, IL.

    April 1972


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection
    Notes: Photographed at Chanute AFB, IL.

    1993

    Loaned to Octave Chanute Aerospace Museum Fountation, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
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    1995

    Dismantled and placed in storage.

    Placed on display with Chanute Air Museum, Chanute AFB (formerly), Rantoul, IL.
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    From By 2003 to By 2006

    Restored.
    Prepared for static display.

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    3 August 2005


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    2010

    Markings Applied: Louisiana Heatwave, PF-195, 464195
    Marked as 44-64195 flown by Claude J. Crenshaw with the 82nd Fighter Group at Grenier Field, NH, following WWII. Crenshaw flew with 369th FS, 359 FG during WWII and downed 7 enemy aircraft with a P-51D also named Louisiana Heatwave.

    6 April 2012


    Photographer: John Meneely
    Notes: Chanute Air Museum, Rantoul, IL, USA. P-51H 44-64265 (painted as 44-64195), undergoing restoration.

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    20 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    September 2015

    Loaned to Museum of Aviation, Warner Robins, Macon, GA.
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    17 July 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Museum of Aviation, Warner-Robins, GA.

    17 July 2016


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     Mustang Survivors by Paul Coggan
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2019/2020 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Chanute Air Museum
    Museum of Aviation
    MustangsMustangs.com by Curtis Fowles
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Patrick Carry
    Glenn Chatfield
    Mike Henniger
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