PoF P-40N departs Flabob for Chino

Visiting from Chino

Dramatic take-off. Ex USAAF 42-105915, VH-KTI

ex USAAF 42-105915, VH-KTI

Originally built under USAAF contract as 42-105867. To RCAF as Kittyhawk Mk.IV s/n 867 in 1943.

Originally built as USAAF S/N 42-105861. Marked as 49th Fighter Group, New Guinea 1944.

Built for the USAAF as P-40N 42-105867 then transferred to the RCAF as Kittyhawk Mk.IV 867 in 1943. To N1226N in 1947. Still current on the register in 2021.

"O'Reilly's Daughter" at the Museum of Flight. This P-40N has a low flight time of only 60 hours. It is painted in the markings of 1LT Philip E. Colman of the 26th FS, 5th FG, Chinese-American Composite Wing. Successor to the Flying Tigers and the China Air Task Force (CATF), the CACW was formed in Jul 1943 by Gen C. Chennault and equipped with the new P-40N. It comprised of American and Chinese pilots who trained at Karachi, India. CACW formed part of the 14th Air Force in the CBI theatre. At 378 mph the N was the fastest Warhawk after the plane was lightened and the rear canopy squared off.

Former USAAF 44-7192. Sold to Paul Mantz in 1946. To San Diego Aerospace Museum as N4161K in 1967 then sold as N10626 in 1970. To the Champlin Fighter Museum, Mesa AZ in 1981 then to the Museum of Flight in 2000.

Recovered from Papua New Guinea. Restored as VH-KTI, flying in 2002.