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Serial #: 42-104818 Construction #: 28580 Civil Registration: None Model(s): P-40N Mk. IV Name: None Status: Restoration Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to RAAF as A29-405. - BOC: July 1943. - SOC: Nov. 1946. - Damaged in collision at Tadji Strip, PNG, Apr. 1944. - Marked as HU-S. - Fusleage used in field rebuild of P-40N/A29-1068. - Damaged and abandoned, Tadji. David Tallichet/MARC, Chino, CA, 1974-1998. - Recovered by d'E.C. Darby & N.M. Armstrong from Tadji, West Sepik, PNG, 1974. - Stored dismantled, Chino, CA. Tom Wilson/The Curtis Hawk Factory, Griffin, GA, 1999. Graham Orphan, Blenheim, NZ, 1999-2002. - Crated for shipping to New Zealand, GA, Oct. 1999. - Restoration to airworthy. |