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WARHAWK/41-5709

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk/41-5709 WRG #:0021311

Serial #: 41-5709
Construction #: 16701
Civil Registration:
  N2416X
  Model(s):
  P-40E Warhawk
  Kittyhawk Mk. 1a
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2013

History:
Delivered to U.S. Army Air Corp as 41-5709, 19??.
- Crashed while landing Fort Randall, Cold Bay, AK, September 26, 1942.
- Hulk stripped of useful parts and abandoned on airfield dump.
Dick Odgers, circa 1983.
- excavated from airfield dump, Cold Bay, AK.
Tom Reilly, Kissimmee, FL, 1988-1990.
Don Brooks/Brooks Aviation, Douglas, GA, June 1990-2001.
- Restoration to airworthy, Griffin, GA, 1996-1997.
Don Brooks/Liberty Foundation Inc, Atlanta, GA, 2002-2003.
- Restoration continued, Kissimmee, FL, 2003-2006.
Brooks Aviation Inc, Douglas, GA, June 5, 2003-2010.
- Registered as N2416X.
- Restoration completed, Douglas, AZ, 2009.
- First flight, flown by test pilot Eliot Cross, Douglas, AZ, August 25, 2009.
- Flown in U.S. Army Air Corp scheme as 11456/7.
Liberty Foundation Inc, Miami, FL, April 9, 2010-2012.
Walter Bowe, Sonoma, CA, January 28, 2013.

Source(s):
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-6th Edition, 2013.
Federal Aviation Administration.
Photo Source(s):
William T. Larkins

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