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Constructed as a P-40N-15-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY. |
24 August 1943 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-106101. |
24 August 1943 |
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Transported by ground.
Sent to Brooklyn, NY, for shipment to Australia. |
31 August 1943 |
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Transported by ship.
Left Brooklyn by shipp for Australia. |
23 October 1943 |
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Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A29-556 as a Kittyhawk IV.
Date provided is the delivery date. |
23 October 1943 |
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Transferred to No. 3 Air Depot. |
19 March 1944 |
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Transferred to 22 Repair and Salvage Unit. |
30 March 1944 |
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Transferred to 80 Squadron, Cape Glouster, New Britain. |
29 April 1944 |
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Transferred to 80 Squadron, Tadji.
The unit was relocated for operations over Tadji and Hollandia. |
15 May 1944 |
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Damaged.
Hit by landing aircraft at the Tadji base. |
6 June 1944 |
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Transferred to No. 12 Repair and Salvage Unit.
Allocated to No. 12. |
15 June 1944 |
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Transferred to No. 12 Repair and Salvage Unit.
Arrived at No. 12. |
21 September 1944 |
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No. 12 recommended conversion of the airframe to components. |
3 October 1944 |
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Approval given to convert the airframe to components. |
1974 |
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To Yesterdays Air Force/David C. Tallichet, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
Dr. Charles Darby, of New Zealand, recovered about 13 Kittyhawk wrecks from the former Tadji Airstrip in the West Sepik District of Papua New Guinea. These airframes were collected on behalf of Yesterdays Air Force.
 View the Location Dossier |
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To Military Aircraft Restoration Company/David Tallichet, Chino, CA.
The Kittyhawk remains passed to the Military Aircraft Restoration Company. |
October 1987 |
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With Tim Routis of the Historic Flying Ltd. acting as the agent for the Ministry of Defense an exachange deal was made to exchange a the gate guard Spitfire for the Kittyhawk restored to museum standards. |
July 1988 |
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To Ministry of Defense.
The exchange deal was confirmed. |
Circa 1990 |
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Contracted to RJ Aviation/Bob Schneider, Hawkins, TX for work on the airframe.
At the time of the start of the restoration the identification of the fuselage, used as the basis of the restoration, was not known. |
January 1992 |
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Restoration completed.
Markings Applied: FX760, GA ? |
25 May 1992 |
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Transported by ship.
Arrived in the UK. |
29 May 1992 |
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Loaned to RAF Museum.
Delivered to the RAF Museum by road. |
31 May 1992 |
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Assembled and placed on display. |
June 1992 |
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New serial number assigned: 9150M RAF |
10 April 1997 |
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On behalf of the owner stored with/at RC and RC Cardington. |
3 August 1998 |
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To RAF Museum.
Officially donated to the RAF Museum by the Ministry of Defense. Not relocated at this time, remaining in storage. |
8 October 1999 |
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To RAF Museum RC and RC, RAF Wyton, Cambs.
Moved by road for further storage. |
16 November 2001 |
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To RAF Museum Storage Centre, RAF Stafford. |
2002 |
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After a suggestion by a Australian P-40 researcher, the airframe at Stafford was closely examined and found to have the number 1673 stamped on the lower left longeron. This is a customer sequence number which was assigned to construciton number 29863 which eventually became RAAF serial number A29-556. |
11 March 2003 |
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To RAF Museum, Grahame Park Way, Hendon, London, England.
Moved by road to Hendon on this date.
View the Location Dossier |
2009 |
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Photographer: Andy West |
11 December 2011 |
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Photographer: Terry Fletcher
Notes: Kittyhawk IV on display in the Historic Hangars Collection at the RAF Museum at Hendon |
