Registration / Serial:NZ3246
Military Code:FE-V
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk
Aircraft Version:Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk
C/n (msn):31587
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Unit Markings:2 OTU
City / Airport:Hamilton (NZHN / HLZ)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1946 to 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:470890Submit Correction
View count: 191
Photo appears to show NZ3246 in open storage at RNZAF Rukuhia, as Hamilton aerodrome was known then. Hundreds of World War II surplus aircraft were held in open storage there, cockpit canopies open to the weather, pending sale to scrap merchants. This was the fate of NZ3246. Photo from: Des White/Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ3246
Aircraft Version:Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk
C/n (msn):31587
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Airport:Hamilton (NZHN / HLZ)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1946 to 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Registration / Serial:NZ3246
Military Code:FE-V
Aircraft Original Type:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
Aircraft Generic Type:Curtiss P-40 Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk
Aircraft Version:Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk
C/n (msn):31587
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
Unit Markings:2 OTU
City / Airport:Hamilton (NZHN / HLZ)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1946 to 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive
Photo ID:470890Submit Correction
View count: 191
Photo appears to show NZ3246 in open storage at RNZAF Rukuhia, as Hamilton aerodrome was known then. Hundreds of World War II surplus aircraft were held in open storage there, cockpit canopies open to the weather, pending sale to scrap merchants. This was the fate of NZ3246. Photo from: Des White/Air Force Museum of New Zealand
Registration / Serial:NZ3246
Aircraft Version:Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk
C/n (msn):31587
Operator Titles:New Zealand - Air Force
City / Airport:Hamilton (NZHN / HLZ)Map
Country:New Zealand
Photo Date:1946 to 1947
Photo from:AirHistory.net Photo Archive