Finding visuals...
  • The Locator
  • Airframes Database

    Social media...
    Follow AV on facebook
    Follow AV on Twitter @aerial_visuals
    Follow the AV YouTube Channel

    Site navigation...
  • Home
  • Desktop Calendar
  • The Racers
  • FAQs
  • About Aerial Visuals
  • Comment on this Dossier
    • Search For Airframes Now
    Search - Index - Gallery - Reports - Lists - AV Needs You!

    This page documents a history of a specific aircraft. The details provided vary from aircraft to aircraft and are dependent on the research and amount of data uploaded to the Aerial Visuals database.

    Airframe Family: North American A-36 / P-51/F-51 Mustang / P-48 Enforcer
    Latest Model:J26 Mustang
    Last Military Serial:1917 FAD
    Construction Number:122-38661
    Last Civil Registration:Fv26112
    Compressed ID:NA J26 sn 1917 FAD cn 122-38661 cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:South African Air Force Museum, Swartkop Airport, Pretoria, Gauteng

    EDIT THE HISTORY HERE    		 If you can add to the history or would like to submit a correction please use the editor to do so.

    UPLOAD A PHOTO    		 If you have a photo of this airframe to share then use the photo upload tool.
    The Airframes Database depends on user contributions to stay current.
    If you have any news about this airframe or photos which you would like to share please do so
    by using the links above.
    The more you and others share the better the database becomes!

    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-51D-20-NA by North American at Inglewood, California, USA.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-72202 as a P-51D-20-NA.

    Converted to a J26.
    VARIANTSN[18411].

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Flygvapnet as a J26.
    R Swedish AF.

    From Circa 13 June 1947 to Circa 1952

    Delivered.

    Circa September 1952

    Taken on Strength/Charge with s/n 1917.
    Aviacion Militar Dominicana.

    Circa December 1952

    Dism. and packed by Svensk Flygtjanst AB, shipped ex Sweden.

    To Dominican Republic.

    From Circa February 1962 to Circa 1984

    Cavalier renamed Fuerza Aerea Dominicana as FAD 1917.

    From Circa 19 May 1984 to Circa 1987

    To Johnson Aviation/Brian O Farrell, Miami, FL.

    Circa 16 August 1985

    US registration candidate.

    From 1987 to Circa 1993

    To SAAF Historic Flight, Lanseria, AB.

    Arr. Cape Town docks 14.11.87, arr. dism. Lanseria 19.11.87: long-term rest. to fly.

    From 1993 to Circa 2022

    SAAF Museum, Swartkop AB: arr. dism.

    From Circa 1995 to Circa 1998

    Restored.
    Restored artkop.

    Circa 13 October 1998

    First flight.

    SAAF.

    Circa 6 May 2001

    Damaged.
    Damaged gear-up landing Waterkloof, AB.

    Circa 2001

    Under repair Swartkop.

    Planned to fly in Korean war scheme as SAAF.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Flygvapnet with s/n 26112.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea Dominicana with s/n 1917.

    To South African Air Force Museum, Swartkop Airport, Pretoria, Gauteng.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 325
    South African Air Force.

    18 September 2008


    Photographer: John Tomlinson
    Notes: At South African Air Force Museum at Swartkop, Centurion, Gauteng Province.

    19 September 2014


    Photographer: John Yates
    Notes: 2014 photo at the South African Air Force Museum at Swartkop
    This dossier is waiting for review by an editor.This airframe dossier is based on
    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Tell Others About this Airframe Dossier
    Forum Link: [URL=https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=150884][IMG]/home/users/web/b1393/nf.aerialvisuals/public_html/AV/Support/Logo_20x20.jpg[/IMG]Aerial Visuals - Airframe Dossier - North American J26 Mustang, s/n 1917 FAD, c/n 122-38661, c/r Fv26112[/URL]
    Direct Link: https://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=150884
    Copyright 1993-2025 m.AerialVisuals.ca
    The Aerial Visuals pages are best viewed with a screen at least 800 pixels wide.
    In case you are wondering Aerial Visuals is a huge fan Google Chrome. If you do not have Chrome installed why not?
    Aerial Visuals requires cookies and Javascript to function correctly. Please ensure these features are enabled in your browser.
    Aerial Visuals is powered by Netfirms.