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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:P-40E Warhawk
    Last Military Serial:1064 RCAF
    Construction Number:18723
    Last Civil Registration:N40FT
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-40E sn 1064 RCAF cn 18723...
    Latest Owner or Location:Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, Ford Island, Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-40E.

    Assigned s/n AK979 with the Royal Air Force for administrative purposes. It did not serve with this service.
    Diverted to the RCAF from RAF order placed in May 1940.

    23 April 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 1064.

    Transferred to No. 132 or 133 (F) Squadron, BC.

    19 August 1944

    Category C Crash.

    From Circa 1944 to Circa 1945

    Transferred to No. 133 (F) Squadron, RCAF Stations Sea Island or Patricia Bay, BC.
    Operated with markings: P

    Transferred to Patricia Bay AB, Vancouver Island, BC.
    Sent to Patricia Bay for disposal.

    23 August 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

    12 September 1947

    To Fred Dyson, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.

    1947

    Transported by ship.
    Moved to Boeing Field near Seattle, WA, by barge.

    1947

    To Duane W. Myler, Fostoria, OH.

    February 1948

    To Joseph L. Ulman, Fostoria, OH with new c/r N5672N.

    From By 1949 to By 1950

    To Vans Air Service, Saint Cloud, MN keeping c/r N5672N.

    From November 1950 to By 1956

    To Continental Steel Buildings/B. H. Roberts, Burbank, CA keeping c/r N5672N.

    Restored.
    Rebuilt and modified with the cockpit converted to a two-seater.

    June 1951

    First post-reassembly Flight.

    From 1956 to By 1963

    To Shelby H. Curlee, Saint Louis, MO keeping c/r N5672N.

    1959


    Photographer: Malcolm Gougan Collection

    By 1963

    To Bruce Goessling, Monterey, CA keeping c/r N5672N.

    1963

    Crashed.
    Crashed on landing at Hollister, CA.

    From 1963 to By 1970

    To Gilbert N. MacY, Monterey, CA keeping c/r N5672N.

    By August 1967


    Photographer: Charlene Aro

    By 1968

    Restored.
    Work carried out at Chino by Goessling.

    1969

    Transported by ship.
    Moved to Hawaii on the carrier USS Yorktown.

    1969

    Used in the filming of the movie Tora Tora Tora. Damaged during filming.

    From By 1969 to By 1973

    Loaned to EAA Museum, Hales Corner, WI.

    By 1972

    To Gilbert N. MacY, Monterey, CA with new c/r N151U.

    From November 1972 to By 1978

    To Thomas L. Camp, Livermore, CA keeping c/r N151U.

    1973

    Transported by ground.
    Moved rom Hales Corner to Livermore.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 11496/7

    13 December 1973

    First flight.

    Circa 1974


    Photographer: Unknown

    From 15 May 1976 to 16 May 1976

    Unknown Race #.
    The race number is not known. The primary pilot was Tom Camp. Raced in the One Mile Course race. Finished in 4th place with an average speed of 226.24 mph.

    14 January 1977

    Civil registration, N5672N, cancelled.

    July 1979


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Oshkosh.

    September 1979

    Assigned civil registration: N9DA

    April 1980

    To Aircraft Sales Inc, Mooresville, NC keeping c/r N9DA.

    Civil registration N151U reserved but not taken up.

    May 1980

    To Rourke Aircraft Sales, Bartlesville, NC with new c/r N41JR.

    1980

    To Tiger International Inc, Los Angeles, CA keeping c/r N41JR.

    September 1980

    Assigned civil registration: N41JA

    From December 1983 to By 1989

    To Flying Tiger Line/Tiger International Inc, Los Angeles, CA with new c/r N40FT.

    Markings Applied: 67
    Painted in a camouflage colour scheme.

    From By 1987 to By 2001

    Loaned to San Diego Air and Space Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
    View the Location Dossier

    Markings Applied: 104, P18723

    11 October 1989

    To Federal Express Corporation, Memphis, TN keeping c/r N40FT.
    May not have been immediately moved out of the San Diego Museum.

    August 2010

    Placed on display with Pacific Aviation Museum, Ford Island, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
    View the Location Dossier

    2 October 2012


    Photographer: D.R. de Pruis

    7 June 2013

    Civil registration, N40FT, cancelled.

    1 August 2013

    To Federal Express Corp, Memphis, TN with new c/r N40FT.

    To Pearl Harbor Aviation Museum, Ford Island, Honolulu, Oahu, HI.
    View the Location Dossier


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    Air Racing Results by Gary Williams
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

    Internet Sources
    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Mike Henniger

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