Aircraft Photo of NZ2411 / 511501 | North American P-51D Mustang | New Zealand - Air Force | AirHistory.net #809038
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:NZ2411
Alternate Serial:511501
Aircraft Original Type:North American P-51 Mustang
Aircraft Generic Type:North American P-51 Mustang
Aircraft Version:North American P-51D Mustang
C/n (msn):124-48254
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Location
City / Airport:WhenuapaiMap
Country:New Zealand
Airport Codes:ICAO: NZWP   IATA: -   Local: -   Other: -
 
Photo Date:March 1952 to June 1952
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 809038
Photo Comment

NZ2411 was delivered to the RNZAF in August 1945. It was assembled but with the end of World War II not needed. In early 1946 the aircraft was encased in a rubberised cocoon where it remain until 1952. To give the reservist Territory Air Force a combat capability, NZ2411 and other stored P-51s were removed from their cocoons and handed to TAF squadrons. On December 22, 1953, NZ2411 crashed at Tongaporutu i on a flight from Ohakea to Whenuapai after the pilot became disorientated in cloud and lost control. Photo from: Air Force Museum of New Zealand

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