The European population of North American P-51D Mustangs will increase by two for the 2013 season, with examples having recently been acquired by German and French owners. First to arrive was 44-73254/N6328T, which was uncrated at its new home at Degerfeld Airport in Baden-Würtemberg, south-west Germany, in late February for new owner Wilhelm Heinz. The former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter, which has worn a pseudo 361st Fighter Group colour scheme for 30-odd years, was previously based at Baton Rouge, Louisiana, and has already had the name on the cowling changed from Buster to Louisiana Kid. One of the best-known P-51Ds in America, 44-73656/N2151D Moonbeam McSwine, has been sold by its La Grange, Illinois-based owner Vlado Lenoch to Frederik Akery, in Avignon, France. Lenoch had owned the gleaming fighter for 25 years and displayed it at countless shows, raced it at Reno (where it finished 1st in the Bronze final in 1999), and over recent years flown it in USAF Heritage Flight displays alongside aircraft from the current inventory.
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