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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:P-40E Warhawk
    Last Military Serial:NZ3009 RNZAF
    Construction Number:19177
    Last Civil Registration:VH-AK4
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-40E sn NZ3009 RNZAF cn 19...
    Latest Owner or Location:Kennedy Aviation Pty Ltd, Gunnedah NSW

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    Dates

    Event

    1941

    Constructed as a P-40E.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-25158.

    1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n ET482.

    1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ3009.

    1959

    Recovered.
    Recovered from scrapyard at Rukuhia, NZ.

    From 1964 to 1994

    Static display, Museum of Transport and Technology, Auckland.

    From 1994 to 1997

    To The Old Flying Machine Company, Duxford Airport, Duxford, Cambridgeshire/Cambs, England.
    To Old Flying Machine Co of Duxford, England. Restored to airworthy condition.
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    Restored.
    Returned to airworthy condition.

    From 1998 to 2002

    To Old Flying MacHine Co, Auckland, NZ.

    2 July 2000


    Photographer: Robert Nichols
    Notes: Zelweg Air Show, Austria. Part of a Red Bull sponsored display

    10 March 2003

    To Classic Aviation Ltd, C/O The Old Flying MacHine Company, Duxford Airfield, Duxford, Cambridge with new c/r G-CCBE.

    12 June 2003

    Civil registration, G-CCBE, cancelled.

    To Air Tight Trust, Masterton with new c/r ZK-RMH (P-40E, 41-25158).

    20 January 2011


    Photographer: Bevan Dewes
    Notes: Wings over Wairarapa airshow 2011 New Zealand

    21 January 2012


    Photographer: James Stokes
    Notes: P-40E NZ3009 (The Old Stick and Rudder Co) makes a pass by the crowd at the Joyeux Noel airshow put on by The Vintage Aviator Ltd, Masterton, New Zealand.

    To The Old Stick and Rudder Company, Masterton Airport/Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, Wellington, North Island.
    Markings added: 88 white
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    26 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displaying at 2016 Warbirds Over Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand

    31 May 2017

    To The Old Stick and Rudder Co. Limited, Masterton keeping c/r ZK-RMH.

    10 January 2018

    To Oliver Carl Horst Wilbur Wulff, Dubai keeping c/r ZK-RMH.

    February 2024

    Civil registration, ZK-RMH, cancelled.

    6 March 2024

    To Kennedy Aviation Pty Ltd, Gunnedah NSW with new c/r VH-AK4.

    17 November 2024


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Curtiss-Wright P-40E-1-CU Kittyhawk VH-AK4 parked at the fuel station at Watts for Breakfast November 2024 fly-in event.Watts Bridge Memorial Airfield, Cressbrook, Queensland, Australia.
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    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
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    Terry Fletcher
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