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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:P-40E Warhawk
    Last Military Serial:NZ3094 RNZAF
    Construction Number:19128
    Last Civil Registration:VH-KTY
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-40E sn NZ3094 RNZAF cn 19...
    Latest Owner or Location:Vintage Fighter Restorations., Scone, New South Wales

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-40E.
    ADF Serials quote c/n as 19308

    Was allocated s/n ET443 with the Royal Air Force but was not taken up.
    Diverted to USAAF.

    Circa 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 41-25109.

    Transferred to 68th PS, Tonga.

    27 October 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal New Zealand Air Force with s/n NZ3094.
    At Fua amotu in Kingdom of Tonga.

    27 October 1942

    Transferred to No. 15 Squadron, Fuamotu, Tonga.

    2 May 1948

    To J. Larsen, Rukuhia.

    The last Kittyhawk scheduled to be melted down, this aircraft was still extant at Rukuhia in March 1967.Remains to John Chambers and Mike Subritzky 1971 and restoration commenced.

    20 June 2005

    To Colin Pay, Scone, NSW with new c/r VH-KTY.

    20 June 2005

    Operated by Pays Air Service Pty Ltd.

    Based at Pays Flying Museum, Scone, New South Wales.
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    25 May 2018


    Photographer: Mick McKean
    Notes: Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk Mk IA VH-KTY in action at the Lismore Aviation Expo 2018 airshow.Lismore Airport, Lismore, New South Wales, Australia.NIKON D500 + 300.0 mm f/4.01/200 @ f/10 ISO 160 @ 450 mm (effective FL)

    25 May 2018


    Photographer: Mick McKean

    25 May 2018


    Photographer: Mick McKean

    To Vintage Fighter Restorations., Scone, New South Wales.
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    20 October 2024


    Photographer: Reinhard Jost
    Notes: CV-V at Warbirds Downunder Airshow 2024, Temora, NSW
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