| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | F-AZXS |
| Alternate Serial: | 414237 |
| Military Code: | HO-W |
| 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): | 122-40196 |
| Display Paint: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Muret - LhermMap |
| Country: | France |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: LFBR IATA: - Local: - Other: - |
| Event: | Airexpo 2014 |
| Photo Date: | 30 May 2014 |
| Photo by: | T.Laurent |
| Photo ID: | 238792 |
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Delivered to USAAF in March 1945 and was not assigned when stored in England. Sent back in USA few months later it became civilian as N5073K in February 1958 and was sold (probably illegally) to the EL Salvador AF in 1968 as FAS406. it returned to USA in 1974 under the false identity of 44-12473, was registered N32FF and later N2151D, being by 1990 painted as 44-14273 'Moonbeam McSwine'. Sold to a French private in 2013 and became F-AZXS; This photo is copyright © T.Laurent, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 1 May 2020, and has since been viewed 699 times. |