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Constructed as a Kittyhawk IA. |
Circa 1941 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n AK875.
The assignment of the RAF serial number may only have been a paperwork exercise. |
3 November 1941 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 1047. |
3 November 1941 |
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Transferred to 111 (F) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, ON.
Operated with markings: LZ T |
22 November 1941 |
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Category C Crash.
Damaged at Rockcliffe. |
14 December 1941 |
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Base of operations changed. |
18 February 1942 |
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Base of operations changed.
RCAF Patricia Bay, BC. |
From 1942 to 1943 |
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Attached to the 343rd Fighter Group, USAAF as part of RCAF X-Wing operating against Japanese in Alaska. |
13 July 1942 |
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Crashed.
Damaged in ground loop landing Naknek, AK, pilot F/L Robert W. Lynch. |
From January 1943 to April 1943 |
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Recovered.
Retrieved to Chiniak Point, Kodiak, towed to Ft. Greely for repairs. |
April 1943 |
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Markings Applied: BITSA |
24 April 1943 |
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F/L Robert W. Lynch flew search mission for a boat. |
From 1944 to 1945 |
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Transferred to 133 (F) Squadron, RCAF Patricia Bay, BC.
Operated with markings: LZ-D |
27 July 1946 |
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Withdrawn from use.
Declared surplus. |
23 August 1946 |
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Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Patricia Bay AB, Vancouver Island. |
23 October 1947 |
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To Fred Dyson, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA with new c/r N1048N. |
1947 |
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Transported by ship.
Barged to Boeing Field, Seattle, WA. |
From 2 April 1948 to 1949 |
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To Ellis R. Meaker, Albany, NY keeping c/r N1048N. |
From 8 February 1949 to 1951 |
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To Ken Van Buren, Newfield, NJ keeping c/r N1048N. |
From 6 March 1951 to 1952 |
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To Munsey E. Crost, Ashbury Park, NJ keeping c/r N1048N. |
20 April 1952 |
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To James W. Boy, West Durham, NC keeping c/r N1048N. |
From 6 August 1952 to 1964 |
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To Choctaw Area Boy Scouts, Meridian, MS. |
19 August 1952 |
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To Boy Scouts Choctaw Area Council, Meridian, MS keeping c/r N1048N.
Registered to the Boy Scouts on this date. |
1964 |
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To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD.
Donated by Choctaw Area Boy Scouts.
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13 March 1964 |
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Transported by air.
To Andrews AFB, MD dismantled in C-119. |
March 1964 |
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Transported by ground.
To Paul Garber Facility, Silver Hill, MD. |
18 May 1965 |
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Civil registration, N1048N, cancelled. |
From 1974 to 1976 |
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Transported by ground. Delivered to Andrews AFB, MD.
For restoration by USAF personnel. |
From 1974 to 1976 |
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Restored.
Restored to static display as P-40E of 75th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, China. |
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Markings Applied: Lopes Hope, 194 |
February 1976 |
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To Smithsonian-National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC.
View the Location Dossier |
11 June 1991 |
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Photographer: Glenn Chatfield |
2003 |
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To Smithsonian, National Air and Space Museum, Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center, Chantilly, Reston, VA.
Stored disassembled.
View the Location Dossier |
By 2007 |
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Placed on display. |
8 May 2009 |
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Photographer: Matt Maranto |
16 September 2011 |
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Photographer: Robert Nichols |
15 May 2018 |
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Photographer: Larry Johnson
Notes: at Smithsonians National Air and Space Museum |
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