warbird data plates

[old chuck]

someone was asking about dataplates awhile back and now I cant find it. I have two dateplates I found in a junk box and would like to know what everyone thinks of them.One is P-51A-1-NA..contract no AC30749,,serial no.222XX, date completed5-21-43,,the other one is P-38H-5-LO,,S/N Af42670XX date accepted 8-9-43... any thoughts??

[Jack Cook]

I think that you should find them and send them to me

[mike furline]

Are the last 2 digits a secret or would you like to know the history behind them?

Regards,
Mike

[RAMC181]

...One is P-51A-1-NA..contract no AC30749,,serial no.222XX, date completed 5-21-43...

The last six P-51A-1-NAs were Contract Numbers 99-22200 to 99-22205, all allocated USAAF serial numbers but delivered to the RAF.
Fron Jim Baugher's listings:

99-22200: 43-6097, to RAF as Mustang II FR904. Flew into ground during bad weather in Hampshire, England, Jan 2, 1945.
99-22201: 43-6098, to RAF as Mustang II FR905. Struck Off Charge Mar 30, 1946.
99-22202: 43-6099, to RAF as Mustang II FR906. Struck Off Charge Aug 11, 1945.
99-22203: 43-6100, to RAF as Mustang II FR907. Shot down by flak near Deventer, Holland, Nov 7, 1944.
99-22204: 43-6101, to RAF as Mustang II FR908. Struck Off Charge Mar 30, 1946.
99-22205: 43-6102, to RAF as Mustang II FR909. Struck Off Charge Mar 30, 1946.

All the best,
PB

[old chuck]

sorry,old gun habits die hard.P51 s/n is 22257...P38 s/n is 67068

[paulmcmillan]

42-67068

http://www.aviationarchaeology.com/src/ ... g1943S.htm

430811 P-38H 42-67068 28 Ferry 6 Ferry Long Beach, CA TOADF 5 Shackelford, John F USA TX Mun Arpt, El Paso, TX

[paulmcmillan]

99-22257 = 43-6154 ????

430831 SHEVENELL, ROLAND E P-51 43-6154 VILLIA HUMADO 2 MI E, MEXICO (forcleanded)

[RAMC181]

22257 is listed as the fourth-from-last in block P-51A-5-NA, not a -1-NA, on the page I was looking at, hence only posting the last six.

99-22257,
P-51A-5 43-6154:
Pilot Roland E Shevenell, 26th Ferry Squadron, 4th Ferry Group, Air Transport Command.
FlOG (Force-landed, Out Of Gas), 2 miles east of Villa Humado, Mexico, Aug 31, 1943.

All the best,
PB

[cott]

Sounds like two "restoration" projects to me!

[old chuck]

The P51 dataplate is from North American and looks like the dataplate on the other 2 P51s that are here.Except it is made from something other than alunium.The P38 plate is an acceptance plate I guess because it does not say lockheed anywhere except in the type area and only says LO,will try to post photos later

[bdk]

Is it micarta (a brown fiberglass type material)?

[old chuck]

thats it,more black though,,will have pictures tomorrow evening. Hope the P38 plate can be read. will try anyway..thanks

[Clifford Bossie]

Here are the data plates Chuck mentioned.