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Constructed as a P-40N-1-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY. |
Circa 1942 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-104827.
This airframe was the 2nd to last P-40N-1 built. It is unclear if this airframe was actually taken on strength by the USAAF or the assignment of the USAAF serial number was merely a paperwork exercise in preparation for a foreign military sale/transfer. |
July 1943 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A29-414 as a Kittyhawk IV. |
3 August 1943 |
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Transferred to 78 Squadron.
Operated with markings: Come In Suckers, HU Z ! |
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Transferred to 2 AD. |
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Transferred to 11 RSU.
Sent to 11 RSU for an engine change. |
11 April 1944 |
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Transferred to 78 Squadron.
Returned to 78 Squadron. |
25 April 1944 |
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Crashed.
Crashed on landing in poor conditions at Tadji airstrip. Came to rest overturned. |
25 April 1944 |
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Pushed off to the side of the runway and stripped and abandoned., overgrown by vegetation). |
26 June 1944 |
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Approval given to convert the remains to components. |
1970 |
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Discovered. |
By 2001 |
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To Robert Greinert, Sydney, NSW. |
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Recovered.
Recovered by Robert Greinert and shipped to Australia. |
From 2001 to By 2006 |
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To Pioneer Aero Restorations Ltd/Garth Hogan, Auckland, NZ. |
2001 |
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Transported by ship.
Moved from Australia to NZ. |
From By 2002 to By 2007 |
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Restoration to flying condition started at the Auckland-Ardmore airport. Originally the plan was to restore the airframe in the original markings of A29-414. |
December 2006 |
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To Vintage Wings, Canada, Gatineau, QC. |
By 2007 |
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Restoration continued at the Auckland-Ardmore airport. |
From 19 May 2009 to 6 July 2009 |
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To 6575331 Canada Inc/Michael Potter, Ottawa, ON with new c/r C-FVWC. |
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To Vintage Wings of Canada, Gatineau, QC.
 View the Location Dossier |
6 July 2009 |
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To Vintage Wings of Canada/les Ailes Depoque du Canada, Gatineau, QC keeping c/r C-FVWC. |
28 July 2009 |
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Photographer: Todd Royer
Notes: EAA Airventure 2009 |
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Markings Applied: HS B |
8 June 2010 |
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Civil registration, C-FVWC, cancelled. |
17 June 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton Air Show hosted by the Canadian Warplane Heritage in Mount Hope, Ontario. |
17 June 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at the Hamilton Air Show hosted by the Canadian Warplane Heritage in Mount Hope, Ontario. |
17 June 2011 |
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12 November 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at Vintage Wings of Canada near Gatineau, Quebec. |
12 November 2011 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger
Notes: Photographed at Vintage Wings of Canada near Gatineau, Quebec. |
16 June 2012 |
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Photographer: Mike Henniger |
8 October 2013 |
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To Vintage Wings of Canada/les Ailes Depoque Du Canada, Ottawa, ON with new c/r C-FVWC. |
2 January 2014 |
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Civil registration, C-FVWC, cancelled. |
24 April 2014 |
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To 6575331 Canada Inc, Ottawa, ON with new c/r C-FVWC. |
16 April 2015 |
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To Vintage Wings of Canada/les Ailes Depoque Du Canada, Gatineau, QC keeping c/r C-FVWC. |
31 January 2017 |
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To 6575331 Canada Inc, Ottawa, ON keeping c/r C-FVWC. |
28 September 2021 |
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To P-40N Llc, Ocala, FL with new c/r N740PN. |
16 March 2022 |
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Certificate of airworthiness for NL740PN issued. |
8 July 2023 |
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To Curtiss Hawk Llc, Wilmington, DE keeping c/r N740PN. |
30 July 2023 |
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Photographer: G R Dennis Price
Notes: At Oshkosh, WI. |
