Many, many examples of the North American P-51 Mustang out there on the airshow circuit… here are some of my photos. I shot two at the IWM Duxford, but apparently missed two others (44-73098 and 44-73979) so I’ll have to go through my pics from that trip again. I got some terrific shots of five different Mustangs from the edge of the runway at Grimes Field in Urbana, Ohio, in 2018. On that same trip, I photographed the Mustang’s dive bomber variant A-36 Apache at the NMoUSAF at Wright-Patterson AFB. My return to Dayton was able to see the Shimmy IV at the museum (the Mustang had been moved to make room for the Memphis Belle opening.)
I also have photographed notable Mustang racers Excalibur III at the NASM Udvar-Hazy, and as of Sept. 2, 2017, the “World’s Fastest Piston Powered Airplane” Voodoo at the PoF Chino.
XP-51 #4
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D 44-74009 “Ain’t Misbehavin”
OshKosh 2024
Grimes Field Urbana 2018
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D 67-22581 (restored as 44-13410) “Lou IV”
This is NOT 44-63350 (which was wrecked in 2007 / restoration completed in 2018.
OshKosh 2024
Grimes Field Urbana 2018
Willow Run, Detroit 2010
Oshkosh 2025
P-51B 43-12252 (painted as 43-24823) “Old Crow”
OshKosh 2024
Detroit 2010
Grimes Field Urbana 2018
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D 414450 “Old Crow”
OshKosh 2024
Grimes Field Urbana 2018
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D 415660 “Swamp Fox”
Grimes Field Urbana 2018
P-51D-30NA 44-74936 “Shimmy IV”
NMoUSAF 2018
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1944 P-51D 44-63577 “Was That Too Fast”
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D Y2-C #122-39922
OshKosh 2024
P-51D 44-63272 “Bad Angel”
Pima Air Museum 2017
F-51D 44-74977 “Charlotte’s Chariot II”
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D-20NA 44-72364 “Upupa Epops”
Paine Field 2011
Flying Heritage Collection 2012
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Flying Heritage Collection 2016
Flying Heritage Collection 2017
Flying Heritage Collection 2023
P-51B-10NA 42-106638 “Impatient Virgin / Evoi”
Paine Field 2012
Paine Field Aviation Day 2012
Paine Field Aviation Day 2013
Evergreen Speedway 2014
Paine Field 2016
HFF, Paine Field 2017
HFF, Paine Field 2019
P-51A 43-6251 “Miss Virginia”
Planes of Fame, Chino 2018
P-51A 43-6274
Yanks Air Museum, Chino 2018
P-51D 44-84961 “Wee Willy II”
Planes of Fame, Chino 2018
P-51D 44-74739 “Ole Yeller”
Legacy Flight Museum; Rexburg, Idaho 2021
P-51C 43-25057 “Boise Bee”
Warhawk Air Museum; Nampa, Idaho 2021
Warhawk Air Museum; Nampa, Idaho 2025
P-51D 44-73279 “Sweet and Lovely”
Painted as 44-14790
Another number possibly associated with it: 44-73260
Arlington airport 2022
Cavalier Mustang II 67-22579 “Mormon Mustang”
Pilot John Bagley also has a Ford Mustang decked out in markings to match his plane
Legacy Flight Museum; Rexburg, Idaho 2021
1944 P-51D Mustang 44-73454 “Cavallino”
Oshkosh 2025
1944 P-51D #122-51619 “Glamorous Glen III”
Oshkosh 2025
1944 P-51D 44-72051 “Sweet Revenge”
Oshkosh 2025
P-51C 43-6859 “Thunderbird”
Oshkosh 2025
1945 P51D-20-NT 44-12858 “Tiger’s Revenge”
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D-30NT 45-11582 “Dolly”
Planes of Fame, Chino 2018
1944 F-51D 44-84952 “Dallas Doll”
The inspection in these photos led to Dallas Doll receiving Grand Champion award at the 2024 EAA AirVenture
OshKosh 2024
1944 P-51D-25NA 44-73656 / F-51D 44-12473 “Moonbeam McSwine”
painted as 44-14237
OshKosh 2024
Willow Run, Detroit 2010
P-51D-30NA 44-74391 “February”
Willow Run, Detroit 2010
P-51D-30NA 44-74939 “Willit Run”
Smithsonian NASM 2015
P-51D 44-74910 “Miss Judy”
Yanks Air Museum, Chino 2018
P-51D 44-14937 “Gentleman Jim”
Willow Run, Detroit 2010
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D-20NA 44-63507 (painted as 44-63684) “Double Trouble two”
Willow Run, Detroit 2010
P-51D-25NA 44-73029 “Bald Eagle”
Willow Run, Detroit 2010
1944 P-51D 44-73264 “Gunfighter”
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
P-51C-10NT 42-103293 “Betty Jane”
Willow Run, Detroit 2010
Boeing Field 2011
P-51D 44-14320 “Geraldine”
Willow Run, Detroit 2010
P-51D-25NA 44-73149 “Ferocious Frankie”
This is a different airframe than the Ferocious Frankie I photographed in Chehalis
Imperial War Museum Duxford 2008
P-51D-5NA 44-13704 “Ferocious Frankie”
This is a different airframe than the Ferocious Frankie I photographed at Duxford in 2008
Veterans Museum, Chehalis 2021
1944 F-51D 44-75452 “Happy Jack’s Go Buggy”
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D 44-74404 “Stang”
CAF Mesa 2017
P-51D-25NA 44-73287 “Worry Bird”
I’m pretty sure these shots were taken during the air show part of the B-17 50th Anniversary in 1985. Some thought to it being a later show but it was damaged in 1986 in Reno and later ownership was based in Illinois.
Boeing Field 1985
P-51D-25NT 44-84847 “Miss Velma”
Imperial War Museum Duxford 2008
This plane was painted as Contrary Mary in 2018
1944 F-51D 44-75007N “Paul I”
PH-P for EAA founder Paul H. Poberezny
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D-25NA 44-73979 “Etta Jeanne II”
Imperial War Museum, Duxford 2019
P-51D-25NA 44-73877
Imperial War Museum, Duxford 2019
P-51D-30NA 44-74908 “Bunny”
Palm Springs Air Museum 2018
P-51D-20NA 44-63865 “Tempus Fugit”
OshKosh 2024
P-51D 44-74409 (painted as 44-13317) “Donald”
RAF Museum 2008
1944 P-51D 44-74466A “Miss Marvel”
OshKosh 2024
P-51C 42-103645 “Tuskegee Airmen”
OshKosh 2024
McChord AFB 2010
P-51D 44-74878 HI-G
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1944 P-51D-25NT 44-84933 “The Rebel”
OshKosh 2024
an absolute fluke that I have this shot, because I was only taking a pic of my friend and it turned out to be the only image with The Rebel from the show.
Oshkosh 2025
1944 P-51D-20NA 44-63864 “Twilight Tear”
OshKosh 2024
P-51D-20A 44-63576
Evergreen Aviation Museum 2015
Former Israeli P-51 #146 or #2346 (painted as 44-63607) “Feeble Eagle”
There was a replica of this plane at the Museum of Flight when they opened the Personal Courage Wing in 2004.
Museum of Flight 2010
Museum of Flight 2011
Museum of Flight 2023
Seattle 2024
P-51D 44-72107 “Josephine”
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D-25A 44-73436 “American Beauty”
McChord AFB 2008
Olympic Air Museum 2016
Olympic Flight Museum 2018
Olympic Flight Museum 2019
Olympia 2022
Olympia, Wash. 2022
Olympic Flight Museum 2023
Olympia, Wash. 2025
P-51D 45-11471 “Diamondback”
Olympic Flight Museum 2018
1944 P-51D 45-11439 “Quick Silver”
Not sure how this has a vintage of 1944 but was on the 45-fiscal year order
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1944 P-51D-20NA 44-72059
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D 44-14826
Yakima AirFair 1988
The plane carried the noseart “Sabrina” at the time me and Loran saw it in Yakima.
Erickson Collection, Madras 2017
McChord AFB 2023
1944 P-51D-25NA 44-73843 “Ol’ Red Nose”
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1946 P-51D-25NA 44-73142 “E Pluribus Unum”
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
1944 F-51D #10216 “Plum Crazy”
OshKosh 2024
Oshkosh 2025
P-51D-30NT 45-11525 “Val-Halla”
Paine Field 2012
McChord AFB 2008
Paine Field 2016
HFF, Paine Field 2017
Heritage Flight Museum 2023
P-51D-25NA 44-72777 “Blondie / Sparky”
Rowland Freedom Center 2024
1944 P-51D 44-73990 “Alabama Rammer Jammer”
also identified as #122-39601 and #122-40530
Oshkosh 2025
1944 North American P-51D #26890
Oshkosh 2025
P51A-1NA 43-6006 (#99-22109)
Listed as 1985? This is a P-51A with parts of a D that used to be known as “Polar Bear”. It was rebuilt from a wreck in Alaska and made to look like the XP-51 serial number 41-039.
OshKosh 2024
P-51D 44-74216 “Derailer”
USS Alabama Memorial 2024
P-51H-5NA Mustang 44-64265 “Louisiana Heat Wave”
Robins AFB 2024
P-51D 44-13571 “My Buddy”
Air Force Armory Museum; Eglin AFB 2024
P-51D 44-63615 “Bunnie” / “Miss Kentucky State”
Apparently, the museum had a replica displayed initially, but this replacement is a real P-51 marked as Tuskegee veteran Capt. Roscoe Brown’s 44-15569. He was able to see the plane just four months before passing away in 2016 at the age of 94
National WWII Museum, New Orleans 2024
P-51 “Little One” (full-scale replica)
Mighty Eighth 2013
P-51D replica
Air Classics Museum 2024
Replica painted as 44-63607 “Feeble Eagle”
I photographed this replica during the pre-opening media night for the MoF’s Personal Courage Wing. The convincing replica was hanging, but holding a place for the actual Mustang that is on display there now.