| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | 44-72989 |
| Alternate Serial: | 72989 |
| Military Code: | 989 |
| 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): | 122-39448 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Camp Douglas - Volk FieldMap |
| Region / Country: | Wisconsin, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KVOK IATA: VOK Local: VOK Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 8 May 2017 |
| Photo by: | Stephan de Bruijn |
| Photo ID: | 829425 |
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This P-51 was accepted by the USAAF in Feb'45, one month later it departed the USA via Newark (NJ), for assignment to 8th AF. Returned to the US, via Newark in Oct'45. By 1954, it was transferred to 109th FS of the Minnesota ANG and flew from World-Chamberlain Field (later Minneapolis-St.Paul MAP, MN). By Aug'56, it was reported as written off following an incident at Holman Field, St. Paul (MN). It was stricken in that month, stored and in 1979 it appeared in the inventory of National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton (OH). Since Aug'81 preserved at Volk This photo is copyright © Stephan de Bruijn, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 27 July 2025, and has since been viewed 26 times. |