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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:Kittyhawk III
    Last Military Serial:845 RCAF
    Construction Number:27483
    Last Civil Registration:N1232N
    Compressed ID:Curtiss Kittyhawk III sn 845 RCAF c...
    Latest Owner or Location:NA-50 Inc, Dover, DE

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-40M-10-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-5795.

    5 February 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 845 as a Kittyhawk III.

    1943

    Transferred to Western Air Command.

    From 1944 to 1945

    Transferred to Fighter Affiliation Flight, No. 5 Operational Training Unit.

    23 August 1946

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

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

    From 26 September 1947 to By 1950

    To Vance B. Roberts, Seattle, WA with new c/r N1232N.

    1947

    Transported by ship.
    Moved by barge from Patricia Bay to Boeing Field, Seattle, WA.

    From 20 July 1950 to By 1951

    To Bell Air Services/Art J. Bell, Boeing Field, WA keeping c/r N1232N.

    13 January 1951

    To Jerry L. McMullin, Marysville, CA keeping c/r N1232N.

    From 17 September 1951 to By 1956

    To Davis Dusters/John W. Davis, Colusa, CA keeping c/r N1232N.

    From 9 March 1956 to By 1957

    To Clyde R. Mallory, Clatskanie, OR keeping c/r N1232N.

    From 11 June 1957 to By 1961

    To Weather Modification Co./W. Keith Larkin, San Jose CA keeping c/r N1232N.

    From 9 June 1961 to By 1964

    To M. N. Farr and Larry. W. Hamilton, Sonoma, CA keeping c/r N1232N.

    27 March 1964

    To Morrill Farr, Sonoma, CA keeping c/r N1232N.

    May 1964


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Ex Weather Modification Company (cloud seeding) plane in May 1964.

    From 8 December 1964 to By 1982

    To Harrah Club Automobile and Aircraft Collection, Reno, NV keeping c/r N1232N.
    Markings added: 845

    From June 1982 to By 1991

    To Bill Destefani, Bakersfield, CA keeping c/r N1232N.

    Restored.
    Markings Applied: 845, GM D
    Restored at Shafter, CA.

    1983

    First post-restoration Flight.

    1985


    Photographer: Shawn Aro
    Notes: Shafter

    August 1987


    Photographer: Mike Fuller
    Notes: Oshkosh 1987

    29 May 1988


    Photographer: Jim Brazier
    Notes: Seen at Breckenridge Texas

    2 August 1988


    Photographer: Glenn Chatfield
    Notes: At Oshkosh, WI

    From 1991 to By 1997

    Based at Lone Star Flight Museum, Scholes Field, Galveston, TX.
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    21 April 1992

    Certificate of airworthiness for NX1232N (P-40N, 27483) issued.

    By 1993


    Photographer: Corel Photo CD-ROM 1993

    By 1993


    Photographer: Corel Photo CD-ROM 1993

    16 August 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Air Show in Elmira, New York.

    16 August 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Air Show in Elmira, New York.

    8 November 1997

    To NA-50 Inc/Jeff Clyman, Dover, DE keeping c/r N1232N.

    From By 1999 to By 2003

    Operated by American Airpower Museum, Republic Airport, East Farmingdale, Long Island, NY.
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    Markings Applied: AK845, GM D, The Jacky C

    Markings Applied: The Jacky C II, 0

    8 July 2006


    Photographer: Jeff Hunt
    Notes: Geneseo New York

    9 July 2011


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    14 July 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    14 July 2012


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Geneseo Air Show in Geneseo, New York.

    12 July 2013


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Geneseo Airshow, Geneseo NY

    29 December 2021

    To NA-50 Inc, Dover, DE keeping c/r N1232N.


    Photographer: Tom Roberts Collection
    Notes: Photographed at the Wings of Eagles Air Show in Elmira, NY.


    Credits
    Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...

    Print Sources
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall

    Internet Sources
    Canadian Military Aircraft Serial Numbers by Brian Walker
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America

    Individual Contributors
    Glenn Chatfield

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