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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:Kittyhawk III
    Last Military Serial:A29-310 RAAF
    Construction Number:27196
    Last Civil Registration:N40DF
    Compressed ID:Curtiss Kittyhawk III sn A29-310 RA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Comanche Fighters Llc, Houston, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    1943

    Constructed as a P-40M-5-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-5508.
    USAAF s/n assigned for Lend-Lease purpose only.

    4 March 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A29-310 as a Kittyhawk III.

    After 4 March 1943

    Transferred to No. 2 Operational Training Unit, Mildura, Australia.

    Circa 1944


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: During service with No. 2 OTU, Mildura, Australia.

    Circa 1944

    Transferred to No. 78 Squadron RAAF.

    11 January 1945

    Damaged.
    Landing accident, stood on its nose causing minor damage.

    By 1947

    Transferred to Werribee Bombing Range, Australia.
    As a stationary target.

    July 1947

    Damaged.
    Severely damaged during target practice.

    24 February 1948

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

    By 2007

    Recovered.
    Wreckage salvaged from the Werribee Bombing Range.

    2015

    Restoration completed.

    Circa 2015

    Markings Applied: OK-D, FR310
    False identity, real FR310 was a P-40K-1-CU 42-45900 delivered to RAF.

    19 June 2015

    To Comanche Fighters Llc, Houston, TX with new c/r N40DF.

    20 February 2016

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX40DF (P40M, 43-5508) issued.

    18 April 2017


    Photographer: Marcin Rogowski
    Notes: At the Planes of Fame Air Museum in Chino, CA, USA.

    6 May 2017


    Photographer: Mike Woodley
    Notes: Chino Air Show 2017

    6 May 2017


    Photographer: Mike Woodley
    Notes: Chino Air Show 2017

    6 May 2017


    Photographer: Mike Woodley
    Notes: Chino Air Show 2017
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Internet Sources
     Australian Defense Force Serials
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    Pacific Wrecks
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Marcin Rogowski
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