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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:P-40E Warhawk
    Last Military Serial:41-14205 USAAF
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-40E sn 41-14205 USAAF
    Latest Owner or Location:Air Force Museum, Wigram Airport, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island

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    Dates

    Event

    By 1941

    Constructed as a P-40F by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-14205.

    23 December 1942

    Crashed.
    Belly-landed on Erromango Island in the New Hebrides (now Vanuatu).

    1989

    Recovered.
    Hulk recovered - and shipped to Australia.

    1996

    To Air Force Museum, Wigram Airport, Christchurch, Canterbury, South Island.
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    From Unknown to June 2013

    Restored as a P-40E.
    The work was carried out at Tyabb, Victoria, and it involved 16 years and 22,319 hours of restoration effort.

    18 December 2010


    Photographer: Arthur Scarf
    Notes: Aircraft displayed at the National Air Force Museum of New Zealand at Wigram, Chistchurch

    July 2013

    Markings Applied: NZ3000
    The aircraft is painted to represent a generic RNZAF P-40 Kittyhawk in Pacific theatre colours.

    19 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displayed at the Airforce Museum of New Zealand at Wigram, Christchurch, South Island.
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