| Aircraft | |
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| Registration / Serial: | "104" |
| Aircraft Original Type: | Curtiss P-40 Hawk |
| Aircraft Generic Type: | Curtiss P-40 Hawk/Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk |
| Aircraft Version: | Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk1 |
| C/n (msn): | 18731 |
| Operator Titles: | USA - Air Force |
| Location | |
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| City / Airport: | Dayton - Wright-Patterson AFB / Wright AFBMap |
| Region / Country: | Ohio, United States |
| Airport Codes: | ICAO: KDWF IATA: - Local: DWF Other: - |
| Photo Date: | 15 December 2024 |
| Photo by: | Richard Vandervord |
| Photo ID: | 815829 |
| Photo Comment |
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Painted to represent a P-40 of the famous Flying Tigers, the First American Volunteer Group (AVG) of the Republic of China Air Force, this is actually a Kittihawk I taken up by the RAF in 1941 as AK987, transferred to the RCAF as 1068 in January 1942. Postwar it received registrations N1237N and N5673N. Crashed in Ohio in 1958, in 1965 it was loaned to the USAFM. The technical block stencilling has been left incomplete, showing only 41- This photo is copyright © Richard Vandervord, and may not be used or published in any way without permission. It was added on 11 June 2025, and has since been viewed 40 times. |