warbird data plates

old chuck · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:34 pm

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 · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2009 6:49 pm

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

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2685

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

Regards,
Mike

RAMC181 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:30 am

old chuck wrote:

...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 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:44 am

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

paulmcmillan · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:47 am

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 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 7:57 am

99-22257 = 43-6154 ????

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

RAMC181 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 9:29 am

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. :wink:

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 · **Posted:** Fri Jul 03, 2009 10:45 am

Sounds like two "restoration" projects to me! :wink:

old chuck · **Posted:** Sat Jul 04, 2009 8:17 am

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 · **Joined:** Sun May 02, 2004 1:16 am **Posts:** 11336

Is it micarta (a brown fiberglass type material)?

old chuck · **Posted:** Sat Jul 04, 2009 12:49 pm

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

Clifford Bossie · **Posted:** Sun Jul 05, 2009 5:56 pm

Here are the data plates Chuck mentioned.

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