The Provenance page calls the serial 44-73691. The interwebz forums have reported the serial as 44-63791.
Which is it?
So, the only reference on the internet I can find about 44-73691 is on an RCAF serial number database:
http://www.ody.ca/~bwalker/RCAF_9251_9300_detailed.html
RCAF 9284
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first date: 23 January 1951 - Received second hand from US.
Ex USAF P-51D-25-NA serial number 44-73691. Used at RCAF Stations Uplands, Trenton, and Winnipeg.
last date: 16 June 1954 - Struck off after Category A crash.
Joe Baugher's site says the same thing:
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73691 to RCAF as 9284. W/o Jun 16, 1954
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1944_5.htmlOn the other hand, here's what the net says about 44-63791:
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with a P-51 Mustang that Page and his team recently recovered from the Dominican Republic. Acquired in 2003, P-51D Mustang 44-63791 will be rebuilt to flying condition as a 352nd Fighter Group "Blue Noser" carrying the nose art "Three of Hearts."
http://www.airportjournals.com/display. ... al/0509022
Anyone?