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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:P-40N-30-CU Warhawk
    Last Military Serial:44-7192 USAAF
    Construction Number:32932
    Last Civil Registration:N10626
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-40N-30-CU sn 44-7192 USAA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Windward Aviation Inc, Tukwila, WA

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    Dates

    Event

    1944

    Constructed as a P-40N-30-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY.

    Circa 1944

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 44-7192.

    1945

    Ferry flight.
    The Museums Warhawk may have the lowest flight time of any surviving warbird. It was flown directly from the Curtiss factory in Buffalo, NY, to storage near Tucson, Arizona. It arrived in Arizona with only 60 hours flight time on the airframe.

    19 February 1946

    To Paul Mantz.
    Sold by War Assets Corp.

    Placed on display with Griffith Park, Los Angeles.
    Placed on display in the park.

    From 1960 to 1967

    To Frank Tallman/Paul Mantz Collection.


    Photographer: Charles M. Daniels Collection

    Loaned to San Diego Air and Space Museum, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.
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    From 1967 to 1972

    To San Diego Aerospace Museum with new c/r N4161K.

    From 1972 to 1981

    To Doug Champlin/Windward Aviation of Enid OK with new c/r N10626.

    Contracted to Dick Martin, Carlsbad, CA for work on the airframe.

    11 August 1977

    To Windward Aviation Inc, Tukwila, WA keeping c/r N10626.

    20 October 1978

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL10626 (P-40N, 4192) issued.

    1979

    Restored.

    From 1981 to 2000

    To Champlin Fighter Museum, Falcon Field, Phoenix, AZ.
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    Circa 1995


    Photographer: Norm Jukes

    By 19 January 1997


    Photographer: Unknown
    Notes: Photographed at the Champlin Fighter Museum.

    2000

    To Museum of Flight, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.
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    Markings Applied: OReillys Daughter, 730
    The markings are typical of the Chinese-American Composite Wing circa 1944. The plane was named after OReillys Daughter, a popular Army Air Forces drinking song.

    29 June 2012


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: 2012 photo in Museum of Flight at Seattle

    June 2014


    Photographer: Gustavo Bonilla

    27 December 2017

    To Windward Aviation Inc, Tukwila, WA keeping c/r N10626.
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     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
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     U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Internet Sources
     Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
    Robert Nichols
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