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P-40 WARHAWK/42-104730
P-40 WARHAWK/42-104730
Serial #: 42-104730
Construction #: 28492
Civil Registry:
  ZK-CAG
Model(s):
  P-40N Warhawk
  Mk. IV
Name: Currawong
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2023
History:
Delivered to Royal Australian Air Force as A29-448.
  • BOC: August 1943.
  • SOC: November 1946.
  • Crashed landed, Tadji Strip, PNG, May 1944.
  • Fuselage used in field rebuild of P-40N/A29-1050.
  • Damaged and abandoned, Tadji, PNG.
d'E.C. Darby & N.M. Armstrong, 1974.
  • Fuselage and wing parts recovered from Tadji, West Sepik, PNG, 1974.
  • Trucked to beached then barged to Lae, PNG.
Charles Darby, Auckland, NZ, 1974-1997.
  • Shipped to NZ.
  • Stored in backyard.
Charles Darby & Garth Hogan, Aucklan, 1997-2000.
  • Restoration to airworthy, Eat Tamaki, Auckland, 1997-2000.
  • Final assembly at Hobsonville AB.
  • First flight March 17, 2000.
  • Flew as RAAF/A29-448/GA-C/Currawong.
Garth Hogan/Charles Darby/The Kittyhawk Partnership, Auckland, NZ, March 8, 2000-2002.
  • Registered as ZK-CAG.
Warbird Adventure Rides Ltd, Drury, New Zealand, 2012-2023.
P-40 WARHAWK/42-104730
P-40 WARHAWK/42-104730
Source(s):
Chapman, John & Goodall, Geoff, Edited by Paul Coggan - Warbirds Directory,Warbirds Worldwide Ltd., Mansfield, England, 1989.
Goodall, Geoff - Warbirds Directory-4th Edition, 2003.
New Zealand Civil Aviation Authority
Flightaware.
Photo Source(s):
Aaron Smith
Dave McDonald via Mike Henniger.

Research Assistance:
Mark Nankivil
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