List of surviving Curtiss P-40s

List of surviving Curtiss P-40s
P-40E-1CU 41-36084
RAF Kittyhawk Ia ET730 Polly
Australian War Memorial

The Curtiss P-40 was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft. Flown by the air forces of 28 nations, when production of the P-40 ceased in November 1944, 13,738 had been built. As of 2008, 19 P-40s remain airworthy,[1] with only three having dual controls. Approximately 80 aircraft are on static display or under restoration.[2]

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Background

By the fall of 1944, the United States Army Air Force (USAAF) had already surveyed, retired or scrapped the majority of the early versions (P-40B/P-40L) and was in the midst of transiting the remaining combat units from the P-40N to the either P-47D or P-51D. At the end of World War II, the only remaining P-40 were in several Operational Training Units (OTUs). These aircraft quickly were struck-off charge and placed into storage.

Most foreign users of the P-40 also quickly retired their usage as well – the Royal New Zealand Air Force retired their last P-40 in 1947 (but did not scrap the aircraft until 1962) and the last military to use the P-40 operationally was the Brazilian Air Force who used them until late 1950s.

In 1947 the Royal Canadian Air Force put their P-40s up for sale at a price of $50.00 each. Mr. Fred Dyson purchased 35 P-40E Ms and Ns) and barged them from Vancouver to Seattle to sell. Numerous example of the RCAF fleet of P-40s were also purchased by farmers looking to strip the aircraft of hardware, which was in short supply after the war. These RCAF aircraft for the next 30 years would be preponderance of the remaining examples of the P-40 family.

The P-40Es and Ms were declared experimental aircraft by the FAA and had strict restrictions placed on their operations. The P-40N however, was placed in the limited category (typical for most warbirds). To bypass the stringent FAA limitations, many P-40Es were licensed by the owners as P-40Ns.

In 1950, the Korean War put on hold USAF plans to retire the P-51 Mustang, and anyone who wanted a high performance aircraft had to settle for these Canadian P-40. It was not until the late 1950s that once again the P-51 became available but by this time, the Kittyhawks/Warhawks had found a popular niche in the aviation community. The airshow display was becoming popular and having an aircraft, which could be painted in spurious AVG markings, made them a popular entertainer.

In the mid 1970s to late 1980s, collectors from the United States started traveling to former South Pacific battlefield airfields and recovered the second generation of P-40 survivors. A vast majority of these airframes were RNZAF and RAAF combat veterans. These recovered P-40s are still being taken from storage and after a considerable amount of time and resources, being returned to airworthy status.

The third generation of P-40s survivors became available with the fall of the Soviet Union in the late 1980s and numerous example were discovered and recovered from former World War II Arctic battlefields near Murmansk. Other examples also included airframes being recovered from Alaskan wartime crashes during this same time frame.

There are still numerous example of wrecked P-40s that have yet to be recovered in China, United States, Canada as well as Russia in addition to the South Pacific sites. One difficulty being faced by those wishing to recover the crashed aircraft from New Guinea is that this government has decreed that these wrecks are to remain where they crashed (and allowed to deteriorate due to weather/vandalism or scrap dealers) with no plans other than hostility, many of these restorable airframes will be lost.

Survivors

Hawk 87A-3 AK987
RCAF 1068 USAFM
Curtiss P-40B G-CDWH at Duxford 2008, the world's oldest airworthy type.[3]
P-40M-10CU 43-5802 in Aleutian Tiger markings.
P-40N-5-CU 42-105915 Little Jeanne
Hawk 81A-3 / Tomahawk IIb AK255, US National Museum of Naval
Hawk 87A-3 AK875
RCAF 1044 Lope's Hope
NASM
P-40N-15CU 42-106396 Parrot Head
Hawk 87A-3 AL135
RCAF 1076
Canada Aviation Museum

Airworthy

Australia
New Zealand
  • P-40E Warhawk, s/n 41-25158 is airworthy and owned by Old Flying Machine Co (NZ) Ltd. in Auckland.[5]
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 42-104730 is airworthy and owned The Warhawk Partnership in Auckland.[6]
United Kingdom
  • P-40M Warhawk, s/n 43-5802 is airworthy and owned by Hanger 11 Collection in North Weald, Essex.[7]
United States
  • P-40E Warhawk, s/n AK933 is airworthy and owned by Kitty Hawk Museum LCC in Boise, Idaho.[10]
  • P-40E Warhawk, s/n AK940 is airworthy and owned by Banta Aviation Corp. in Dover, Delaware.[11]
  • P-40E Warhawk, s/n 41-5709 is airworthy and owned by the Liberty Foundation Inc. in Miami, Florida.[15]
  • P-40C Warhawk, s/n 41-13390 is airworthy and owned by Vulcan Warbirds Inc. in Seattle, Washington.[16]
  • P-40K Warhawk, s/n 42-10256 is airworthy and owned Aleutian Tiger LCC in Dover, Delaware.[20]
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 44-7619 is airworthy and owned by Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[30]

On display

Australia
Brazil
Canada
Italy
  • P-40L Warhawk, s/n 42-10857 is on display in its recovered condition at the Piana delle Orme near Latina, Lazio.[36]
New Zealand
Russia
Thailand
United States
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 42-105270 is on display at the Hill Aerospace Museum, Hill AFB, Utah. This aircraft is actually a composite of a P-40E fiberglass relica and a wrecked P-40N recovered from Alaska. The dataplates were unreadable so the Hill Aerospace Museum chose the serial number of a scrapped P-40 that had been flown by the same squadron that the wrecked aircraft belonged to.[43]
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 42-105927 is on display at Robins AFB, Georgia.[44]

Under restoration

Australia
  • P-40E Warhawk, s/n 41-5632 is under restoration by Ben Saunders in Melbourne, Victoria.[45]
  • P-40E Warhawk, s/n 41-13522 is under restoration by Moorabbin Air Museum in Melbourne, Victoria.[46]
  • P-40F Warhawk, s/n 41-14112 is under restoration by Judy Pay in Melbourne, Victoria.[47]
  • P-40E Warhawk, s/n 41-35984 is under restoration by P-40E Syndicate in Queensland.[49]
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 42-104954 is under restoration by Edwin Sedgman in Melbourne, Victoria.[51]
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 42-105472 is under restoration by Bruno Carnival in Melbourne, Victoria.[53]
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 42-105513 is under restoration by Australian Aerospace Museum in Melbourne, Victoria.[54]
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 42-105915 is under restoration by Jack McDonald & John Rayner in Melbourne, Victoria.[55]
New Zealand
  • P-40F Warhawk, s/n 41-14205 is under restoration by the RNZAF Museum.[56]
  • P-40K Warhawk, s/n 42-10178 is under restoration by Graham Orphan in Blenheim.[57]
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 42-104818 is under restoration by Graham Orphan in Blenheim.[58]
  • P-40M Warhawk, s/n 43-5813 is under restoration by John Chambers & Mike Subritzky in Auckland.[59]
United States
  • P-40 Warhawk, s/n unknown is under restoration by Kenneth A. Hake in Tipton, Kansas. It will be based on four crash hulks recovered from Russia[60]
  • P-40K Warhawk, s/n unknown is under restoration by Kenneth A. Hake in Tipton, Kansas. It will be based on two crash hulks recovered from Aleutians, Alaska. [61]
  • P-40E Warhawk, s/n AK752 is under restoration to airworthiness by James E. Smith in Fortine, Montana.[64]
  • P-40M Warhawk, s/n NZ3119 is under restoration to airworthiness by the Tri-State Warbird Museum in Batavia, Ohio.[67]
  • P-40K Warhawk, s/n 42-10083 is under restoration by The Curtis Hawk Factory in Griffin, Georgia.[72]
  • P-40K Warhawk, s/n 42-45946 is under restoration to airworthiness by Dwight Jones in Anchorage, Alaska.[73]
  • P-40N Warhawk, s/n 42-104959 is under restoration to airworthiness by Legacy Aviation Partners LLC in Wilmington, Delaware.[74]

Replicas

P-40 mounted on plinth at entrance to the March Field Air Museum, March ARB, California.

Notes

  1. ^ Warbird Alley: Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
  2. ^ McSweeny, Paul. "Surviving Hawk 75, P-36 and P-40 series aircraft" (Surviving Curtiss Fighters). Pioneer Restorations, 3 June 2004. Retrieved: 3 August 009.
  3. ^ Template:Title = The Fighter Collection - Curtiss P-40B
  4. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-5336" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  5. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-25158" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  6. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-104730" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  7. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/43-5802" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  8. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK827" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  9. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK905" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  10. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK933" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  11. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK940" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  12. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK979" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  13. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AL152" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  14. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AL171" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  15. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-5709" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  16. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-13390" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  17. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-25158" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  18. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-9733" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  19. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-9749" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  20. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-104730" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  21. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105306" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  22. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105861" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  23. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105867" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  24. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-106396" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  25. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/43-5795" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  26. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/44-7084" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  27. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/44-7192" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  28. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/44-7368" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  29. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/44-7369" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  30. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/44-7619" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  31. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/44-47923" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  32. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-36084" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  33. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-104947" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  34. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/44-7700" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  35. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AL135" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  36. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-10857" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  37. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-36385" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  38. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/unknown" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  39. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK498" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  40. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK255" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  41. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK875" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  42. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK987" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  43. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105270" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  44. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105927" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  45. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-5632" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  46. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-13522" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  47. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-14112" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  48. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-25109" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  49. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-35984" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  50. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-36843" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  51. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-104954" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  52. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105051" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  53. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105472" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  54. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105513" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  55. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105915" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  56. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-14205" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  57. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-10178" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  58. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-104818" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  59. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/43-5813" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  60. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/unknown" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  61. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/unknown" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  62. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/unknown" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  63. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/unknown" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  64. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK752" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  65. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK753" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  66. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/AK863" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  67. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/NZ3119" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  68. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/40-401" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  69. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-13297" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  70. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-13570" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  71. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/41-35918" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  72. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-10083" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  73. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-45946" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  74. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-104959" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  75. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105192" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  76. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-105526" FAA Registry. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.
  77. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/42-106096" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  78. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/43-5788" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  79. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/43-24363" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 29 April 2011.
  80. ^ "P-40 Warhawk/44-7983" Warbirds Resource Group. Retrieved: 19 May 2011.

References

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