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Preserved P-51 Mustang aircraft

Worry Bird
Worry Bird at the Air Combat Museum
General information
Type	North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang
Status	Airworthy
Serial	44-73287
History
First flight	1944
Preserved at	Preserved in airworthy condition at the Air Combat Museum at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois

United States historic place


US ARMY Aircraft P-51D-25NA 44-73287
U.S. National Register of Historic Places

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Location	Capital Airport, 0.5 N of Jct. of IL 29 and Veterans Parkway, Springfield, Illinois
Coordinates	39°50′27″N 89°40′33″W / 39.84083°N 89.67583°W / 39.84083; -89.67583
NRHP reference No.	99000254
Added to NRHP	11 March 1999

Worry Bird is a North American P-51D-25-NA Mustang (ser. no. 44-73287) currently based at the Air Combat Museum at Abraham Lincoln Capital Airport in Springfield, Illinois. The aircraft was built in 1944 and delivered to the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) in the following year to serve in World War II. At the time, the P-51D was a major component of the USAAF fleet and Worry Bird escorted Allied bombers on long-range air raids in Germany.

While the P-51 Mustang was a versatile aircraft used in many roles during the war, its role in European bombing missions was perhaps its most significant, and several historians and Air Force veterans believe the aircraft gave the Allies a decisive advantage in the European aerial theater.

After World War II ended, Worry Bird served in the Korean War and at several Air Force bases before its retirement in 1957. It passed through multiple private owners over the following decades; in the early 1990s, Mike George restored the aircraft and moved it to its current base.

Worry Bird was listed on the National Register of Historic Places on 11 March 1999. Out of over 8,000 P-51 Mustangs which served the U.S. in World War II, Worry Bird was one of 166 surviving and 104 that could still be flown as of its listing.

References

^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 9 July 2010.
"The Museums Aircraft: North American P-51D Mustang". Air Combat Museum. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
^ Thompson, Stephen A. (31 August 1998). "National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: U.S. Army Aircraft P-51D-25NA 44-73287" (PDF). National Park Service. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
"U.S. Army Aircraft P-51D-25NA 44-73287". National Park Service. Retrieved 9 December 2014.

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