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Serial #: AK827 Construction #: 15208 Civil Registration: N1223N N40245 Model(s): P-40E Kittyhawk Mk. 1 Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
History: Delivered to RCAF as 1038. Fred Dyson, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA, Sept. 13, 1947-1949. - Disposal from Patricia Bay AB, Vancouver Island. - Barged to Boeing Field, Seattle, WA, 1947. - Registered as N1223N. Bob Sturges, Troutdale, OR, 1949. Leo J. Demers, Salem, OR, 19??. Rogue River Water Association, Medford, OR, 1954. Weather Modification Co, Redlands, CA, 1954-1957. Bill Ruch, Pompano Beach, FL, 1959. David B. Robinson, Miami, FL, 1959-1969. - Used as advertising display at drive-in theater. - Then derelict at Pompano Beach Airport, 1960-1964. -- Marked as 39500 with Sharks Mouth. William Ross, Chicago, IL, 1969. - Dismantled. Robert L. Goodman, Little Rock, AR, 1970. - Dismantled. Charles F. Nichols, Covina, CA, 1976-1986. - Dismantled. Charles Nichols/Yankee Air Corps Museum, Chino, CA, Apr. 1983-2002. - Museum renamed Yanks Air Museum. - Registered as N40245. - Rebuilt Chino. - Flown as 136483. |
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):
Tony Andrews.