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Serial #: 42-105192 Construction #: 28954 Civil Registration: N1197N N85104 Model: P-40N, Mk. IV Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2003 |
History: Delivered to RCAF as 858. - BOC: June 22, 1943. - SOC: Aug. 23, 1946. - Put up for disposal at Patricia Baty AB, Vancouver Island. Fred Dyson, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA, Oct. 23, 1947. - Barged from Vancouver Island to Boeing Field, 1947. - Registered as N1197N. Royale Silver Co, Los Angeles, CA, 19??. - Bajorling Aircraft Co, Detroit, MI, 19??. W.P. Bridges Real Estate, Jackson, MS, 1952-1954. Louis Rice, Maysville, CA, 1954. Richard B. Rowlette, Riverside, CA, 1954. Walter Brockin, Riverside-Flabob, CA, 1955. W. Keith Larkin/Weather Modification Company, San Jose, CA, 1955-1959. - Modified to dispense Iodide pellets. - Fitted with belly tank and radar pod under right wing. - Damaged from wheels-up landing near Denver, CO, 1958. Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Ontario, CA, 1960-1970. - Wreck acquired and trucked from Denver. - Restored for static display. Planes of Fame, Chino, CA, Oct. 1980-2003. - Registered as N85104. - Restored to airworthy, Chino, 1977-1981. - First flight 1981. - Displayed as USAAC/"47". - Shipped to Hawaii for movie "Pearl Harbor", Mar. 2000. |
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Federal Aviation Administration, www.faa.gov, Washington D.C., 2002.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Mike Henniger
Pat Carry