Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
The full dual control/dual-cockpit version of the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter.
Based on P-40K Warhawk 42-9749 a project that was recovered from the Aleutians.This aircraft received the identity of a P-40N, 42-104721, the wreckage of which was recovered from Papua New Guinea. This Warhawk was flown by the RAAF as A29-499 during WW II.
- September 1942 constructed as P40K Buffalo NY
- Joined US Army Air Force and then 11th Air Force, Alaskan Air Defense Command
- 1943 Damaged and then struck off following forced landing near Port Heiden, Aleutian Islands
- Recovered from fresh water swamp, airlifted under helicopter
- May 1986 first post restoration flight carrying markings N293FR
- 1990 to Evergreen Heritage Collection Marana Arizona
- ‘Burma Rascal’ markings applied
- 2002 Evergreen Aviation and Space Museum, Oregon markings of P8121
- 2017 Collings Foundation Rebuilt as a Factory Built TP-40N and given the identity of 42-104721 which had been recovered from New Guinea and flown by the RAAF as A29-499 during WWII
- March 2021 arrived at Biggin Hill
P40 Warhawk arrives at Biggin Hill
N293FR taxis onto the ramp
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