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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 75 / P-36 Mohawk
    Latest Model:P-36A Hawk
    Last Military Serial:FAP290 FAPe
    Construction Number:12415
    Last Civil Registration:N52203
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-36A sn FAP290 FAPe cn 124...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-36A.

    April 1938

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Corps with s/n 38-001.
    First P-36A delivered to the USAAF.

    September 1938

    Transferred to 20th Pursuit Group, Barksdale Field, LA.

    20 June 1941

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 38-0001.

    1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Fuerza Aerea del Peru with s/n FAP290.

    1946

    Sold by War Assets Corporation for $650.

    27 February 1959

    To Edward S. Perkins Sr, Anniston, AL with new c/r N52203.

    April 1959

    To United States Air Force Museum, Patterson Field (East Side), Dayton, OH.
    Donated by Mr. and Mrs. Edward S. Perkins, Sr.
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    24 May 1965

    Civil registration, N52203, cancelled.

    From By 1968 to After 1997

    Markings Applied: 69
    Marked as 27th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group, Selfridge Field, MI war games camouflage.

    July 1971

    Transported by ground. Delivered to National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    13 June 1977


    Photographer: Peter Nicholson
    Notes: P-36A Hawk in 27th Pursuit Squadron markings as seen at the USAF Museum in the Summer of 1977.

    21 July 1988

    Marked in war games camouflage of the 27th Pursuit Squadron.
    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    26 August 1994


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: In old color scheme

    By August 1998

    Markings Applied: 86/48-15P, 38-86
    Marked as P-36A 38-86 flown by Lt. Philip Rasmussen, 46th Pursuit Squadron, 15th Pursuit Group, Wheeler Field, HI during attack on Pearl Harbor.

    17 October 2002


    Photographer: Norm Jukes
    Notes: Photographed at the USAF Museum, Dayton, OH.

    5 June 2012


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield

    19 April 2013


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
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     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Warbird Information Exchange by Scott Rose
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
    Individual Contributors
     Glenn Chatfield
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