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Serial #: AK899 Construction #: 15370 Civil Registration: N9837A Model(s): P-40E Mk. 1a Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 Note: FAA quotes ID as C/N 15280. |
History: Delivered to RCAF as 1051. - BOC: Nov. 6, 1941. - SOC: Aug. 23, 1946. - Disposal from Patricia Bay AB, Vancouver Island. Fred Dyson, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA, Oct. 23, 1947. - Barged to Boeing Field, Seattle, WA, 1947. - Registered as N1223N. Tony Dire, Everett, WA, 1948-1968. - Displayed gas station roof. Bruce Goessling/Unlimited Aircraft Inc, Chino, CA, Feb. 12, 1968-1970. - Removed from gas station. M.E. Batchelor, Reseda, CA, 1970. Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, 1973-1985. - Registered as N9837A, 1979. - Arrived dismantled, 1973. - Restored to airworthy as two-seater, Chino, CA. John D. Pearl/Rudulphs Flying Circus, Chino, CA, Jan. 15, 1985. Brian O'Farrel/Johnson Aviation, Miami, FL, 1987. Richard W. Hansen, Batavia, IL, May 25, 1987-2002. - Trucked to Janesville, WI from storage in FL, 19887. - Rebuilt Janesville, WI & Rock County airport, IL. - First flight, Feb. 1, 1992. - Flew as USAAC/11456/Old Exterminator. - Loaned to EAA Air Venture, Oshkosh, WI, 2001-2002. |
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Source(s): Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989. Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003. Stephen Rister's Warbird View, www.caprok.net/warbirds/warhawk.htm, 2002. Photo Source(s): Steve Tournay Linda Carry |
