357th Fighter Group - 357th Fighter Group P-51 Survivors and Replicas

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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