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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:P-40D Warhawk
    Last Military Serial:1028 RCAF
    Construction Number:15133
    Last Civil Registration:N440PE
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-40D sn 1028 RCAF cn 15133...
    Latest Owner or Location:James E. Smith Trustee, Kalispell, MT

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    Dates

    Event

    1940

    Constructed as a P-40D.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n AK752.
    Not taken-up - diverted to RCAF.

    From 9 October 1941 to 16 August 1946

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 1028.

    1953

    To unknown owner.
    Acquired by a farmer - stripped and then buried.

    Circa 1975

    Aircraft excavated and recovered by John R Paul, Alamo, CA.

    From 1976 to 1985

    To Steve Seghetti, Vacaville, CA with new c/r N96045.

    July 1979


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Oshkosh.

    July 1979


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Oshkosh.

    July 1979


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at Oshkosh.

    From 1985 to 1994

    To Col. Pay, NSW, Australia with new c/r VH-KTH.

    15 December 1989

    First post-restoration Flight.

    Circa 1990


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: At Maitland

    1991


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: 1991 photo at RAAF Richmond

    Markings Applied: AK752 ZJ-R

    Circa 1993


    Photographer: Ken Videan
    Notes: At EAA Oshkosh.

    1 September 1994

    To James E. Smith, Fortine, MT with new c/r N440PE.

    19 June 1999


    Photographer: Nate Wilburn
    Notes: Taken at the Glacier Park International Airport, Kalispell, Montana.

    To Stonehenge Air Museum/Jim Smith, Crystal Lakes Resort Airport, Fortine, MT.
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    Markings Applied: 15133

    6 April 2018

    To James E. Smith, Kalispell, MT keeping c/r N440PE.

    2 May 2023

    To unknown owner with c/r N440PE.
    Registration pending to a new owner in Kalispell, MT.

    8 February 2024

    To James E. Smith Trustee, Kalispell, MT keeping c/r N440PE.
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