List of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs

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This is a list of surviving North American P-51 Mustangs, including airworthy planes and planes on display.

Lynn Garrison with RCAF 9281 – 44–73973, 403 Squadron, RCAF 1956. Subsequently, flown during 1969 Football War as FAS 407. Returned to America by Jerry Janes and flown as "Cottonmouth". Now owned by Fast Toys

Surviving aircraft

Australia

Airworthy
CA-18 Mustang 21

CA-18 Mustang 23

A68-107 at the RAAF Museum in 2010.

CA-18 Mustang 22

P-51D

Since 2016 owned by Bishopp Aviation, Queensland.[citation needed]

On display
P-51D

Under restoration
CA-17 Mustang 20

P-51D

  • A68-750 (44-84489) – Peter N. Anderson in Sydney.[6]

Austria

Airworthy
P-51D
  • 44-74427 Nooky Booky IV - based at The Flying Bulls in Salzburg[7]

Belgium

Airworthy
P-51D

Canada

Airworthy
P-51D
On display
P-51D

China

On display
P-51D
P-51K
  • 44-12458 – People's Liberation Army Air Force Museum in Changping.[13]

Czech Republic

Airworthy
P-51D
  • 45-11540 Excalibur – sold by Jim Read to a private Czech owner.[14]

Dominican Republic

On display
P-51D

France

On display
P-51D
  • 44-63871 – Musee de l'Air in Paris.[16]

Germany

P-51D #44-72773 'Lucky Lady VII'
Airworthy
P-51D
  • 44-72773 Lucky Lady VII (D-FPSI) – Christoph Nöthinger in Eschbach, Bremgarten Airfield (EDTG).[17][18]
  • 44-72811 – Stefan Bungarten at Eschbach, Bremgarten Airfield (EDTG).[citation needed]
  • 44-73871 – Max Alpha Aviation in Eschbach, Bremgarten Airfield (EDTG).[citation needed]
  • 44-73254 Louisiana Kid – Wilhelm Heinz near Bitz, Albstadt-Degerfeld Airfield (EDSA)[19][20]
Louisiana Kid at Degerfeld during Fliegerfest 2024

Indonesia

Indonesian Air Force P-51D Mustang at Dirgantara Mandala Museum, Yogyakarta
On display
P-51K
P-51D
Cavalier Mustang II

Israel

On display
P-51D
P-51K
  • 44-11811 – The Israeli Air Force Museum Collection in Beer Sheva.[24]

Italy

Airworthy
P-51D
On display
P-51D

Mexico

Airworthy
P-51D

Netherlands

Airworthy
P-51D
  • 44-74425 – 'Damn Yankee' Owner Tom van der Meulen at Oostwold Airport (EHOW).[27][28]
  • 44-74923 – 'Trusty Rusty' Owner 'Early Birds' foundation Lelystad Airport (EHLE).[29][30]
On display
P-51K
P-51K #44-12525 painted in Dutch East Indies markings, on display at the Nationaal Militair Museum

New Zealand

Airworthy
P-51D
  • 45-11513 - NZ2423, Brendon Deere/Biggin Hill Trust, RNZAF Ohakea ex John Smith Collection, Mapua.[citation needed]
  • 44-74829 – Graham Bethell, based at Ardmore, Auckland.[33]
On display
Cavalier Mustang II
  • 44-74827 – Former Indonesian Air Force plane painted in RNZAF markings[34] on display at RNZAF Museum in Wigram Air Force Base.[35]
P-51D #44-74494 'Mustang Sally'

Philippines

Philippine Air Force P-51D Mustang - Front-Left Side View
On display
P-51D

South Africa

Airworthy
P-51D
  • 44-74494 - Mustang Sally - Rand Airport FAGM (Previously based in USA; "Mustang Sally", "Mangia Pane" & "Iron Ass")[39]
Under restoration
P-51D
  • 44-72202Patsy Dawn - SAAF Museum at Swartkop Air Force Base.[40]

South Korea

On display
P-51D
A P-51D Mustang on display at the War Memorial of Korea

Sweden

Airworthy
Cavalier Mustang II
On display
P-51D
P-51D
  • 44-72112 Swedish Air Force number 26084 – wreckage salvaged from a moor near Vidsel in 1998. Restored and is now on display at Flygmuseet F21, Luleå.[44]

Switzerland

On display
P-51D

Turkey

Ferocious Frankie in Eskisehir.
Airworthy
P-51D

United Kingdom

Airworthy
P-51D
On display
P-51D
Under restoration
P-51D
  • 44-13954 – Mustang Restoration Group in Coventry.[58]
  • 44-14291 – Phil G. Earthey.[59]
  • 44-73098 – Aces High Ltd., Duxford.[60]
  • 44-73822 Lil Margaret – privately owned in Bungay, Norfolk.[61]
Other
P-51D
  • 45-11518 – Maurice Hammond in Eye, Suffolk. Airworthy until crashed at Hardwick, Norfolk on October 2, 2016.[62][63]
  • 44-84847Miss Velma, of The Fighter Collection, in Duxford.[64] The aircraft experienced engine problems concluding an exhibit and force-landed short of the Duxford runway in a wheat field. The crew was unharmed; the aircraft received moderate damage.[65] The aircraft is currently undergoing repairs to airworthy condition.[citation needed]

United States

TP-51C #42-103293 "Betty Jane" appears at Airshows around the United States
P-51C #42-103645 in Tuskegee Airmen livery as flown by Commemorative Air Force
P-51D #45-11439 "Quicksilver" at the Geneseo (NY) Air Show, July 2017
P-51D #45-11559 "Mad Max" at the Geneseo (NY) Air Show, July 2017
P-51D #67-14866 "Bum Steer" at the 2019 Fort Worth Alliance Air Show
P-51D #44-63542 "Jacqueline" at the 2021 Bethpage Air Show
photo taken by Cassidy Seiler
P-51D-12 #44-72051 'Sweet Revenge' taken at the Fagan Fighters WWII Museum in Granite falls Minnesota
P-51D #44-72339 at the Cavanaugh Flight Museum

Airworthy

CA-17 Mustang 20
CA-18 Mustang 21
CA-18 Mustang 22
  • A68-187 (painted as 44-74839 La Pistolera) – based at Lewis Air Legends in San Antonio, Texas.[70][71]
  • A68-198 (painted as 45-11483 Short-Fuse-Salle) – privately owned in Ozona, Texas.[72]
CA-18 Mustang 23
Cavalier Mustang II
P-51A
P-51B
P-51C
TP-51C
P-51D
P-51D #44-73264 Gunfighter (Commemorative Air Force)
P-51H
P-51K
  • 44-12016 Fragile but Agile – privately owned in Houston, Texas.[243]
  • 44-12840 Kiss Me Kate – privately owned by Tom Cruise via Valhalla Aviation Inc. in Los Angeles, California.[244][245] Cruise personally flew the plane in the movie Top Gun: Maverick.
  • 44-12852 Frenesi – privately owned in Houston, Texas.[246]

On display

Cavalier Mustang II
XP-51
P-51A
P-51C
P-51D
P-51H Louisiana Heatwave on display at the Museum of Aviation, Robins AFB
P-51D 44-74939 Willit Run? undergoing maintenance work at the Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center in Chantilly, Virginia, 3 February 2024
P-51H
P-51K

Under restoration or in storage

P-51A
P-51C
P-51D
P-51H
P-51K

XP-51G

43-43335 - long term restoration, in La Canada California

Venezuela

On display
P-51D
  • 45-11458 – Museo Aeronautico at Maracay Air Force Base.[303]

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