Surviving P-40s

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trucker17
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Surviving P-40s

Post by trucker17 »

Nice to know so many are still around. :D :mrgreen: :lol: :P


P-40 Survivors
Each line describes one remaining complete or partial airframe. Each line is broken down into several sections:


Aircraft number History Markings Holder Location Condition
P-40M-10CU
c/n 27483 43-5795
(N1232N) ex-RCAF Kittyhawk III 845
ex-5 OTU "00 The Jackie C II " NA-50 Inc Long Island City, NY (A)

â– Aircraft Number describes the type of aircraft and model P-40M-10CU it's c/n 27483 & s/n 43-5795
and current registration (N1232N).
â– History tells the military history (oldest to newest):
ex-RCAF Kittyhawk III 845,
ex-5 OTU
â– Markings deals with current markings, codes first then name: 00 The Jackie C II
â– Holder is current owner or museum: NA-50 Inc
â– Location deals with either location where it might be seen or owners address: Long Island City, NY
â– Condition:
(D) = Display
(A) = Airworthy
(S) = Stored
(R) = Under restoration
(W) = Wreck
(U) = Unknown
â– If Latitude & Longitude points are given, aircraft is on permanent outside display and can be seen using Google maps.

P-40B CU Curtiss-Buffalo
â– P-40B-CU c/n 16073 41-13297 (G-CDWH), ex-73rd PS "284", " 284 ", The Fighter Collection, Duxford, England (A) [3][4] note: restored using parts from P-40B's 39-285 & 39-287

Hawk 81A-3 (P-40C) Curtiss-Buffalo
â– Hawk 81A-3 c/n 14737 AK255, ex-RAF Tomahawk Mk IIb, ex-Soviet AF, " 7 ", National Museum Of Naval Aviation, NAS Pensacola, FL (D) [5][6]
â– Hawk 81A-3 c/n 14777 AK295, ex-RAF Tomahawk Mk IIb, ex-Soviet AF ex-14th Army,147th Fighter Regiment "53", ex-1st Combined Air Division/20th Guards Fighter Regiment - shot down 1 February 1942, AV Specs Ltd Ardmore Airfield, Auckland, New Zealand (R)
â– Hawk 81A-3 c/n 14783 AK301, ex-RAF Tomahawk Mk IIb, ex-Soviet AF, Tom Wilson/The Curtiss Hawk Factory, Griffin, GA (S)
â– Hawk 81A-3 c/n 14784 AK302, ex-RAF Tomahawk Mk IIb, ex-Soviet AF, The Fighter Factory, Suffolk, VA (S)
â– Hawk 81A-3 c/n 15451 AK498, ex-RAF Tomahawk Mk IIb 250 Sqn "LD-C" - 8 confirmed kills, RAF Museum (D). (Flown by Clive Caldwell.)
â– Hawk 81A-3 c/n 15453 AK500, ex-RAF Tomahawk Mk IIb, AVG P-8115, 3rd Flight "69", Chiang Mai Air Museum, Chiang Mae, Thailand (W)

P-40C CU Curtiss-Buffalo
â– P-40C-CU c/n 16194 41-13390 (N2689) Tomahawk Mk. IIb AH935, ex-Soviet AF 194, ex-14th Army,147th Fighter Regiment "53", ex-1st Combined Air Division/20th Guards Fighter Regiment, " 71 ", Flying Heritage Collection Inc, Everett, WA (A) [7][8][9]

Hawk 87A-3 (P-40E) Curtiss-Buffalo
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 15133 AK752 (N440PE), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1028, ex-133 Sqn "ZR-J, ex-132 Sqn "FN-H", James E. Smith, Fortine, MT (A) [10][11]
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 15134 AK753 (N4420K), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-Soviet AF, " Shirley II ", Dakota Warhawk, Wahpeton, ND (A) [12][13]
N94466

â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 15184 AK803 (C-GHTM), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1034 ex-118Sqn "RE-K", "H", ex-133 Sqn (RCAF) "PN", " PN ", West Coast Museum Of Flying, Sidney, BC (D)[14] note : wings from 1037
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 15208 AK827 (N40245), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1038, " 136483 " Yanks Air Museum, Chino, CA (A) [15]
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 15244 AK863 (N7205A), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1044, Ron J. Fagen, Granite Falls, MN (A) [16]
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 15349 AK875 (N1048N), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1047 ex-111 Sqn, " 194 Lope's Hope", NASM Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, VA (D) [17]
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 15376 AK905 (N40PE), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1052, " 474580 47 ", Frasca Air Museum, Champaign, IL (A)



â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 15404 AK933 (N94466), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1057, ex-Pearl Harbor, " SU-E Sneak Attack ", Warhawk Air Museum, Nampa, ID (A) [18] note: wings from P-40F
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 15411 AK940 (N940AK), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1058 ex-111 Sqn & ex-133 Sqn "X", "Vancouver XIII" & "Popeye X", Banta Aviation, Livermore, CA (A) [19][20][21]
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 18723 AK979 (N40FT), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1064, ex-111 Sqn, ex-Tora Tora Tora, " 67 ", San Diego Aerospace Museum, San Diego, CA (D)
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 18731 AK987 (N5673N) ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1068, ex-133 Sqn, ex-14 Sqn "T", " 104 ", United States Air Force Museum (AFM), Dayton, OH (D) [22][23]
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 18780 AL135, ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1076, ex-132 Sqn, Canada Aviation Museum (CAM), Rockcliffe, Ottawa, Canada (D) [24][25]


Hawk 87A-3 AL135
RCAF 1076
Canada Aviation Museum
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 18782 AL138, ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1079 111 Sqn LZ-S, Ken Hake, Tipton, KS(S)
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 18796 AL152 (N95JB) ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1082, ex-Tora Tora Tora "27/15P", " 38 Hold'n my Own ", War Eagles Air Museum, Santa Teresa, NM (A) [26][27][28]
â– Hawk 87A-3 c/n 18815 AL171 (N62435), ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-RCAF 1084, Weeks Air Museum, Tamiami, FL (R) [29]
â– Hawk 87A-3 s/n unknown, ex-RAF Kittyhawk IA, ex-Soviet AF, 78th Fighter Plane Regiment /1st Squadron "23" - crashed 17 June 1944, Jarfjord, Norway (W)

P-40E CU Curtiss-Buffalo
â– P-40E-CU c/n 16328 41-5336, ex-RAAF "A29-28" ex-75 Sqn & 3SFTS, RAAF Museum, RAAF Point Cook, Victoria (A)
â– P-40E-CU c/n 16624 41-5632, ex-RAAF "A29-71" ex-75 Sqn, ex-1 OTU, Ben Saunders, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (R)
â– P-40E-CU c/n 16701 41-5709, ex-11th AF, Don Brooks, Douglas, GA (R)
â– P-40E-CU c/n 16738 41-13522, ex-RAAF "A29-53" ex-76 Sqn & 77 Sqn, Moorabbin Air Museum, Melbourne, Victoria (R) [30]
â– P-40E-CU c/n 16786 41-13570, ex-Soviet AF 20 GIAP/14th Army "51" - Shot-down 1 June 1942, James Goode/CPSI, Jefferson City, MO (R) [31]
â– P-40E-CU c/n 19128 41-25109 (VH-KTH), ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia ET444, ex-USAAF 347th FG/68th FS, ex-RZNAF NZ3094 ex-14sq, Col Pay, Scone, NSW (R)
â– P-40E-CU c/n 19177 41-25158 (ZK-RMH), ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia ET433, ex-USAAF ex-USAAF 347th FG/68th FS, ex-RZNAF NZ3009, ex-14 Sqn,ex-4 OTU FE-F, , " 88 ", Old Stick & Rudder Company, Hood Aerodrome, Masterton, North Island, New Zealand (A) [32][33] note: wings from NZ3201
â– P-40E-1CU c/n 18439 41-35918 (N1941P) ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia ET564, ex-Soviet AF, " 108 ", The Fighter Factory, Aviation Institute of Maintenance, Norfolk, VA (A) [34][35][36][37]
â– P-40E-1CU c/n 18505 41-35984, ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia ET630, ex-Soviet AF, "V A29-113 " Precision Aerospace/Pacific Fighters Museum, Wangaratta Airport, Wangaratta, Australia (R) [38]
â– P-40E-1CU c/n 18539 41-36018, ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia ET664, ex-Soviet Navy 25, Pioneer Aero Auckland, New Zealand (S)
â– P-40E-1CU c/n 18605 41-36084, ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia ET730, ex-RAAF A29-133, ex-75 Sqn "S Polly" - 1 kill, " S Polly ", Australian War Memorial, Canberra, Australia (D) [39]
â– P-40E-1CU c/n 18626 41-36105 ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia ET751, ex-RAAF A29-114 "HU-B Come in Suckers!", " HS-B " Vintage Wings of Canada, Ottawa/Gatineau Airport, Ottawa, Canada (A)
â– P-40E-1CU c/n 18906 41-36385, ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia EV131, ex-RNZAF NZ3039, ex-36 Sqn., Museum of Transport & Technology, Auckland, NZ (D)
â– P-40E-1CU c/n 18931 41-36410, ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia EV156, ex-RNZAF NZ3043, John R. Smith, Nelson, New Zealand (S)
â– P-40E-1CU c/n 19364 41-36843, ex-RAF Kittyhawk Ia EV589, ex-Soviet AF, Murray Griffiths, Deniliquin, NSW (R)
â– P-40E-CU unknown s/n, ex-AVG "68" John Blackburn, Lake Dianchi (Lake Kunming), China (W)
â– P-40E-CU unknown s/n, ex-11th AF, Alaska Air Museum, AK (S)[40]
â– P-40E-CU unknown s/n, unknown history, with Flying Tigers insignia, USS Kidd Veterans Memorial, Baton Rouge, LA (D)

P-40F CU Curtiss-Buffalo
â– P-40F-1CU 41-14112, ex-13th AF/18th Fg/44th FS "Bone Crusher", The Old Aeroplane Company", Tyabb, Victoria, Australia (A)[41][42][43][44]
â– P-40F-1CU 41-14205,, ex-13th AF/18th Fg/44th FS, " FF-L NZ3024", Royal New Zealand Air Force Museum, Christchurch, New Zealand, (R)[45]

P-40K CU Curtiss-Buffalo
â– P-40K-1CU c/n 15736 42-45946 (N45946), ex-11th AF/343FG/11FS, Dwight Jones, Anchorage, AK (S)
â– P-40K-1CU c/n 15794 42-45984, ex-5th AF/49th FS/7th FS "30 Swing It", Pima Air & Space Museum Tucson AZ (R) [46]
â– P-40K-1CU c/n 15921 42-46111, ex-RAF Kittyhawk III FR318, ex-Soviet AF, Tom Wilson/The Curtis Hawk Factory, Griffin, GA (R)
â– P-40K-5CU c/n 21117 42-9733 (NX4436J), ex-11th AF, " 33 ", Spitfire USA/Tom Blair, Fl (A) [47][48]
â– P-40K-5CU c/n 21133 42-9749 (N239FR), ex-11th AF, " 88 ", Evergreen Air Museum, McMinnville, OR (A)[49]
â– P-40K-10CU c/n 21467 42-10083 ex-Soviet AF, Tom Wilson/The Curtis Hawk Factory, Griffin, GA (R)
â– P-40K-10CU c/n 21562 42-10178, ex-RAAF A29-183, ex-77 Sqn "AM-H", Pima Air & Spece Museum, Tucson, AZ (S)[50]
â– P-40K-10CU c/n 21640 42-10256 (N401WH), ex-Soviet AF, Ron Fagen, Granet Falls, MN (A) [51],[52]
â– P-40K-15CU c/n 234279 42-102?? (N67254), ex-11th AF, Airpower, Inc, Chelan, WA (W) note: not recovered from Aleutian AK crash site.
Kenneth A. Hake, Tipton, KS has two P-40K's recovered from Alaska being restored to one composite airframe.

P-40L CU Curtiss Buffalo
â– P-40L-15CU 42-10857, ex-12th AF/79th FG/86th FS "X49 Skipper", Piana delle Orme, near Latina, Italy (D) [53][54]

P-40M CU Curtiss Buffalo
â– P-40M-10CU c/n 27466 43-5788 ex-RCAF Kittyhawk III 832, ex-5 OTU, Texas Air Museum, San Antonio, TX (R)
â– P-40M-10CU c/n 27483 43-5795 (N1232N), ex-RCAF Kittyhawk III 845, ex-5 OTU, "00 The Jackie C II ", NA-50 Inc, Long Island City, NY (A) [55][56]
â– P-40M-10CU c/n 27490 43-5802(G-KITT), ex-RCAF Kittyhawk III 845, ex-5 OTU, " 49 ",Hangar 11, North Weald Aerodrome, Epping, England (A)[57][58][59]
â– P-40M-10CU c/n 27501 43-5813, ex-RNZAF Kittyhawk III NZ3119, Tri-State Warbird Museum, Batavia, OH 45103 (R)[60]

P-40N CU Curtiss Buffalo
â– P-40N-1CU c/n 28439 42-104687 (VH-ZOC) ex-RZNAF Kittyhawk IV NZ3125 ex-2 OTU, " GA-Q ", Alan Arthur, Albury NSW, Australia (A) [61][62][63]
â– P-50N-1CU c/n 28492 42-104730 (ZK-CAG), ex-RAAF Kittyhawk IV A29-448 ex-75 Sqn "GA-C", " Currawong ", The Kittyhawk Partnership, Auckland, NZ (A) [64][65][66]
â– P-40N-1CU c/n 28580 42-104818, ex-RAAF Kittyhawk IV A29-405 ex-78 Sqn "HU-S", MAPS Museum Canton, OH (R)
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 28709 42-104947, ex-5th AF/49th FG/8th FS "67 The Carolina Belle" - 7 confirmed kills FS, Precision Aerospace/Pacific Fighters Museum, Wangaratta Airport, Greta Road, Wangaratta, Australia (R)
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 28716 42-104954, Edwin Sedgman, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (R)
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 28723 42-104961, ex-5th AF/49th FG/8th FS, Pima Air & Space Museum, Tucson, AZ (R) [67]
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 28813 42-105051, ex-RAAF Kittyhawk IV A29-462 ex-86 Sqn, Keith W. Hopper, Townsville, Queensland, Australia (R) (R)
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 28954 42-105192(N85104) ex-RCAF Kittyhawk IV 858 ex-133 Sqn "F", ex-Pearl Harbor, Planes of Fame, Chino, CA (A)[68]
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29234 42-105472, Bruno Carnovale, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (S)
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29269 42-105513, ex-5th AF/49th FG/7th FS "20 Keystone Kathleen" Ian A. Whitney/Australian Aerospace Museum, Essendon Airport, Essendon, Victoria, Australia (R) [69]
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29282 42-105526, ex-5th AF/49th FG/7th FS "The Saint", Pioneer Aero Restorations, Auckland, New Zealand (R)
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29472 42-105710, ex-RAAF Kittyhawk IV A29-528 ex-78 Sqn "HU-V", Neil Bird (S) note: parts from A29-1134
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29606 42-105844, ex-RCAF Kittyhawk IV 864 ex-133 Sqn "T", Pioneer Aircraft Restoration Ltd, Auckland, NZ (S)
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29621 42-104861 (N49FG), ex-5th AF/49th FG/8th FS, John S. Fallis, Lafayette, LA (R) [70] note: fuselage section from 42-104959
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29629 42-105867(N1226N), ex-RCAF Kittyhawk IV 867, " 48 ", Commemorative Air Force, Midland, TX (R)
[71]




â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29675 42-105913, ex-5th AF/49th FG/7th FS, Monty Armstrong, Melbourne, Victoria (S) note: forward fuselage & wings only
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29677 42-105915 (VH-KTI), ex-5th AF/49th FG/7th FS "12 Little Jeanne", "12 Little Jeanne ", Precision Aerospace/Pacific Fighters Museum, Wangaratta Airport, Wangaratta, Australia (R)[72]
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29689 42-105927, Museum of Aviation, Warner-Robins AFB, GA (D)[73][74]
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29713 42-105951, ex 5th AF, fuselage with Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA // wings held by d'E.C. Darby, Auckland, NZ (S)
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29858 42-106096, ex-3rd AF/335BU (Dale Mabry Field, Tallahassee), Tom Wilson's Hawk Factory, Griffin, GA (R)
â– P-40N-5CU c/n 29863 42-106101, ex-RAAF Kittyhawk IV A29-556/1134, ex-80 Sqn "BU-", " FX760/ GA-? ", RAF Museum Hendon, England (D) [75]
â– P-40N-15CU c/n 30158 42-106396(N1195N), ex-RCAF Kittyhawk IV 880 ex-No. 135 Sqn "N" , ex-Pearl Harbor, Warhawk Air Museum, Nampa, ID (A) [76][77]



â– P-40N-20CU c/n 30901 43-22962, ex-RNZAF Kittyhawk IV NZ3220, ex-"G" "Gloria Lyons", John Smith, Mapua,Nelson, NZ (S)
â– P-40N-25CU 43-24362 ex-3rd AF/342CCTS, Craig D. Hillinger, Lawton, IA (S) fuselage currently on display at the Mid America Air and Transportation Museum, Sioux City, Iowa.
â– P-40N-25CU 43-24363, ex-RNZAF Kittyhawk IV NZ3285, (R)
â– P-40N-30CU c/n 32824 44-7084(N999CD), ex-TP-40N, ex-Pearl Harbor "306" " Miss Josephine ", Palm Springs Air Museum, Palm Springs, CA (A)[78]
â– P-40N-30CU c/n 32932 44-7192(N10626), "730 O'Rileys Daughter ", Museum Of Flight, Seattle-Boeing Field, WA (D)[79]
â– P-40N-30CU c/n 33047 44-7305 Craig D. Hillinger, Lawton, IA (S)
â– P-40N-30CU c/n 33136 44-7396 (N40PN) ex-2nd AF/268th CCTU, ex-2nd AF/232th CCTU, " 5 ",Cavanaugh Flight Museum (CAM), Addison, TX (A) [80][81]
â– P-40N-35CU c/n 33359 44-7619(N222SU) ex-372nd FG "IC-Y", Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI (D) [82][83]
â– P-40N-35CU c/n 33440 44-7700, ex-Brazilian AF FAB 4064, " 3 ", Museum Aerospacial, Campo dos Afonsos AB, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (D) [84]
â– P-40N-35CU c/n 33723 44-7983(N9950), Skyfire Corporation, Dover DE (R)
â– P-40N-40CU c/n 33915 44-47923(N923)ex-TP-40N, Fantasy of Flight, Polk City, FL (A) [85][86][87]
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Re: Surviving P-40s

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Of course those are known survivors, there could still be other P-40's, P-40B's and P-40C's somewhere in the world, either underwater, in a jungle, or buried at some farm in whereverland. The first Beechcraft Staggerwing was crashed somewhere in the midwest, and the farmer whose land it crashed on, dug a ditch and buried the plane there. Many years later, the plane was recovered (basically a serial number plate and some metal), and fully rebuilt at Santa Paula Airport, where I saw it for a few years, before it was sold to the Beechcraft museum (the restorer died of cancer). They are still uncovering plane wreckages and undetonated bombs from WWII, and I wouldn't be surprised it they don't keep turning up for another couple decades. Perhaps not all P-40s, but lots of valuable warbirds.

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Re: Surviving P-40s

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Wonder how many P40's are in the ice somewhere...
http://p38assn.org/glacier-girl.htm
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Re: Surviving P-40s

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FSXF-Psycho wrote:Wonder how many P40's are in the ice somewhere...
http://p38assn.org/glacier-girl.htm
So true...Maybe smewhere at sometime in the future, some of the planes that were lost to the scrap yards will turn up someplace....
As for being buried in the ice....Thats a good question.....I know that their are still 5, P-38s and 2, B-17s still in the Glacier where they retrieved Glacier girl.....According to the story about them the others were to badly damaged and the cost was way higher then expected for a full recovery of all the planes......
I know their is a plane in salton sea....Dont remember if it is a SBD, or a TBM, and lake mead has a B-29 in it.....And not long ago their was a SBD retrieved from a river.....
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