Dates

Event

Constructed as a Kittyhawk I.

1941

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Air Force with s/n AK899.
Probably paperwork for transfer to RCAF.

6 November 1941

Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 1051.

6 November 1941

Transferred to 111 (F) Squadron, RCAF Station Rockcliffe, ON.

14 December 1941

Base of operations changed.
RCAF Sea Island, Vancouver.

18 February 1942

Base of operations changed.
RCAF Patricia Bay, Vancouver Island.

From 1942 to 1943

111 (F) was attached to the 343rd Fighter Group, USAAF as part of RCAF X- Wing operating against Japanese.

23 August 1946

Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Canadian Air Force.

Put up for disposal at Patricia Bay AB, Vancouver Island.

From 23 October 1947 to By 1948

To Fred Dyson, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.

1947

Transported by ship.
Barged from Vancouver Island to Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.

From 1948 to By 1968

To Dires Flying A Texaco/Tony Dire, Everett, WA.
Displayed on the roof of this gas station in Everett. The prop was made to turn using an electric motor.

Photographer: Unknown

From February 1968 to By 1970

To Bruce Goessling/Unlimited Aircraft Inc, Chino, CA.

12 February 1968

Transported by ground.
Removed from the gas station roof and moved to Chino, CA.

Parts of the airframe were used in the restoration of RCAF s/n 1057 (N94466) and N5672N.

By 1970

To M. E. Batchelor, Reseda, CA.
Obtained by Mr. Batchelor as a dismantled restoration project.

1973

Operated by Yesterdays Air Force/David C. Tallichet, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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1973

Transported by ground.
Moved to Chino.

From By 1979 to By 1985

To Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation/David C. Tallichet, Chino, CA with new c/r N9837A.

Restoration started.
The work was nearly completed at Chino, but the airframe was not flown. The airframe was completed as a two-seater.

15 January 1985

To Rudulphs Flying Circus/John D. Pearl, Chino, CA keeping c/r N9837A.

1987

To Johnson Aviation/Brian Ofarrell, Miami, FL keeping c/r N9837A.

From 23 May 1987 to By 2005

To Richard W. Hansen, Batavia, IL keeping c/r N9837A.

1987

Transported by ground.
Moved from storage in Florida to Janesville, WI.

Restored.
Markings Applied: USAAC, 11456, Old Exterminator
The work was carried out at the Janesville and Rock County Airport, IL.

1 February 1992

First flight.

Circa 1993

Photographer: Ken Videan
Notes: At EAA Oshkosh.

Markings Applied: 11456, Old Exterminator

3 June 1994

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: 35mm slides photographed at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL;

3 June 1994

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: 35mm slide photographed at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

3 June 1994

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: 35mm slide photographed at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL

3 June 1994

Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
Notes: 35mm slide photographed at DuPage Airport, West Chicago, IL. Dick Hansen taxiing out for departure

10 December 1998

Certificate of airworthiness for N9837A (P-40N, 44-7368) issued.

From 2001 to 2002

Based at EAA Airventure Museum, Whittman Regional Airport, Oshkosh, WI.
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January 2006

To Leestown Aviation/Bob Baranaskas, Northport, NY keeping c/r N9837A.

19 January 2006

Ferry flight.
Delivered from Illinois to Northport, NY.

22 January 2006

Crashed.
Damaged in a forced landing in a corn field near Riverhead, NY.

2006

Repaired.

2 March 2006

To Leestown Aviation Warhawk Inc, Wilmington, DE with new c/r N740RB.

Based at Warbirds Over Long Island, Brookhaven Airport, Shirley, Long Island, NY.
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5 August 2006

Photographer: Mike Henniger

5 August 2006

Photographer: Mike Henniger

Markings Applied: USAAC, 11456

5 April 2009

Crashed.
There was one fatality. The accident occurred at Mastic Beach, NY, United States. The airframe was destroyed. The pilots son said that he and his father were an airshow team, that the purpose of the flight was to practice aerobatics in their World War Two-era fighter and that he would act as a safety guide from the beach with a handheld radio. The pilots son stated that all communications with the accident airplane were normal...
For a complete description of the event read the NTSB Report.

1 January 2010

Certificate of airworthiness for NL9837A (P-40N, 44-7368) issued.

30 May 2013

Civil registration, N740RB, cancelled.