Aircraft Photo of 459 | Curtiss Hawk 75A-8 | Norway - Air Force | AirHistory.net #352679
Aircraft
Registration / Serial:459
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss 75 (P-36/37/42)
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss 75 (P-36/37/42)
Aircraft Version:Curtiss Hawk 75A-8
C/n (msn):
Operator Titles:Norway - Air Force
Location
Location:In Flight
Region / Country:Ontario, Canada
 
Photo Date:1 December 1941 to 22 February 1943
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID: 352679
Photo Comment

Serial 459 was first given to a Norwegian Hawk 75A-6 which was captured by the Germans and sold to Finland. This airframe however is one of thirty Hawk 75A-8s used as trainers in Canada. The survivors were later supplied to Peru as P-36Gs. The photographer, Conrad Mohr, escaped Norway to Sweden in 1941 and reached Canada after an incredible journey. He was killed in a Hawk 75 training accident in February 1943. See photo 353189 for his picture. Photo by: Conrad Mohr / Arkivverket (Norway)

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