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Serial #: 42-9733 Construction #: 21117 Civil Registration: N4363 ZK-FRE ZK-PXL N4436J Model: P-40K Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to USAAC as 42-9733, 19??. - Abandoned after being damaged, Amchitka Island, Aleutians. Bob Sturges, Troutdale, OR, 1969. - Recovered from AK. Joseph A. Morasky, Guildford, CT, 1972-1974. - Registered as N4363. George Enhorning/Wolcott Air Services, Wolcott, CT, 1978-1984. Bob Byrne, Bloomfield Hills, MI, 1986-1988. - Stored. Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, 1988-1992. - Registration ZK-FRE reserved but not taken up. - Rebuilt Airworthy, 1988-1992. - First flight Apr. 18, 1992. Tim Wallis/Alpine Fighter Collection, Wanaka, Apr. 3, 1992-1997. - Registered as ZK-PXL. - Flew as RNZAF/NZ3108/18. - Crashed during forced landing Oct. 26, 1997. Dick Thurman, Louisville, KY, 1997. - Acquired wreck. Dick Thurman/Vintage Warbirds Museum, Louisville, KY, 1998-2002. - Registered as N4436J. - Restored to airworthy, Auckland & Rotorua, NZ, 1998-2000. - First flight, Rotoruna, NZ, Apr. 7, 2000. - Shipped to USA, June 2000. - Assembled, Chino, CA, July 2000. - Flown as USAAC/33. |
As ZK-PXL.
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Photo Source(s):
Eric Dumigan Photography, http://www.airic.ca, 2002
Mike R. Henniger