357th Fighter Group P-51 Survivors and Replicas
Old Crow (P-51D-10-NA 44-14450 B6-S), 363rd Fighter Squadron, survived World War II and is now in private ownership in Sweden. Originally the Mustang flew in olive drab camouflage, but in late 1944, was stripped to a bare metal finish, although its black-and-white "invasion stripes" remained on the bottom of the rear fuselage. The plane has been restored by its owner in its OD paint scheme and is based in Belgium.
A number of private owners of P-51s have restored their Mustangs in 357th livery for display at air shows and private exhibitions. Most are P-51Ds produced too late to see combat and declared surplus, or models that served in the Royal Canadian Air Force in the 1950s, although the Mustang restored as Frenesi was first an F-6K photographic reconnaissance model. Among Mustangs restored to resemble 357th aircraft are:
Nickname | serial | Sqd | Codes | 357 Pilot | Replica | Owner | Location | Civil r/n | scheme¹ | status |
Old Crow | 414450 | 363 | B6-S | Capt. Bud Anderson | 473877 | Scandinavian Historic Flight | Copenhagen–Roskilde Airport, Denmark | unk | NMF | Flying |
do | do | do | do | unknown | Fantasy of Flight | Polk City, Florida | unk | NMF | Static | |
do | do | do | do | 473877 | private individual | Oslo, Norway | N167F | OD | unk | |
do | do | do | do | 474774 | Old Crow LLC | Willow Run Airport, Michigan | N6341T | NMF | Flying | |
Gentleman Jim | 414937 | 363 | B6-P | Capt. Jim Browning | 474230 | Jack Roush LLC | Willow Run Airport, Michigan | N551J | NMF | Flying |
Glamorous Glen III | 414888 | 363 | B6-Y | Capt. Chuck Yeager | 463893 | private individual | Uvalde, Texas | N3333E | NMF | unk |
Nooky Booky IV | 411622 | 362 | G4-C | Maj. Kit Carson | 474427 | private individual | Nîmes, France | F-AZSB | NMF | Flying |
Frenesi | 413318 | 364 | C5-N | Lt.Col. Tom Hayes | 412852 | private individual | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | N357FG | OD | Flying |
Hurry Home Honey | 413586 | 364 | C5-T | Maj. Pete Peterson | 473206 | Mojo Aerospace | Lexington. Kentucky | N3751D | NMF | Yes |
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