History: Aircraft was flown in the Aleution Islands during 1942 after being delivered to the U.S. Army in January of 1942. Aircraft was in landing accident in September of 1942 and parted out as salvage. Aircraft was placed in a dump in Cold Bay Alaska. Aircraft recovered some forty years later and restored by Don… More
Category Archives: P-40
Texas Flying Legends Museum P-40K Warhawk “Aleutian Tiger”
History: The P-40 was a fighter and ground attack aircraft that was first produced in 1938 at the Curtiss Wright Corporation facility in Buffalo, New York. The P-40 design was an outgrowth of the pre-war Curtiss P-36. The Warhawk eventually saw service with 28 nations and was used by most of the Allied powers in… More
Lewis Air Legends Curtiss P-40C Tomahawk
History: The Tomahawk was an early bird for the Second World War and stayed until the show was over. The first documented victory over a German aircraft unit was recorded by a P-40 pilot. This warbird is an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that took its first flight on April 10,… More
Chuzy Suzy’s Curtiss P-40N Warhawk
History: This Curtiss N-model P-40 began life in Buffalo, New York, during the summer of 1943. It was one of more that 12,000 P-40s built during World War II by the 40,000 employees at Curtiss. 105861 was shipped to the Army Air Force at San Diego in August, 1943. From California it went to the… More