| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | AK571 |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss P-40 Hawk |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss P-40 Hawk/Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss P-40D Kittyhawk Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 14952 |
| Operator Titles: | UK - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Buffalo - Niagara InternationalMap |
| Region / Country: | New York, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KBUF IATA: BUF Local: BUF Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 22 May 1941 to 31 December 1941 |
| Photo from: | AirHistory.net Photo Archive |
| Photo ID: | 406530 |
| Photo Comment |
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One of the first P-40s with an inline engine, the very first Kittyhawk for the RAF and one of the few equivalent to the P-40D, with only four machine guns. The pilot is Lloyd Child, Curtiss chief test pilot in Buffalo. On the right is a Curtiss O-52 Owl. Photo by: Rudy Arnold / Smithsonian Institution This photo was added on 29 October 2021, and has since been viewed 1623 times. |