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Serial #: AK940 Construction #: 15411 Civil Registration: N940AK |
Model(s): P-40E Warhawk Mk. 1a Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 Note(s): FAA Quotes ID as 15321.
AK940 from RAF Lend Lease Order without USAAC serial number issued, but also reported as 41-5321. |
Allocated to RAF as AK940 but diverted to Canada.
Delivered to RCAF as 1058.
- BOC: November 6, 1941.
- SOC: August 16, 1946.
- Flew as Vancouver XIII (later Popeye X).
- Served with 11 Squadron.
- Surplussed at RCAF Vulcan, Alberta, 1946.
Farmer, Champion, Alberta, 1946.
- moved by road.
Big Bomber Service Station, Red Deer, Alberta, 1950-1956.
- Displayed beside service station.
King Perry, Red Deer, Alberta, 19??.
- Displayed in front of business, Red Deer.
Bob Warden, Calgary, Alberta, 1968.
David Harrington, dmonton, Alberta, 19??.
- Open storage, Edmonton Airport, 1968.
Bob Diemert, Carman, Manitoba, 1969-1970.
- Towed on its wheels from Edmonton to Carmen.
William Anderson, Geneseo, NY, 1970.
- Unrestored, shipped by rail to NY, 1970.
Stewart Schwartz & Bill Pryor, Pontiac, MI, 1976-1977.
- Registered as N940AK.
- Fuselage restored, Ft. Collins, CO.
- Wings restored at Fabens, TX.
- Assembled, Ponitac, MI.
- First flight July 26, 1980 as "SNAFU".
Norton Aero Ltd, Athol, ID, 1984.
William Anderson/Rangoon Airways Inc, Las Vegas, NV, 1984-1988.
William Anderson/National Warplane Museum, Geneseo, NY, 1988-1995.
- Flown as 115321.
- Flew as USAAC/15321/"Rave #77.
- Crashed during forced landing near Phelps, NY, November 5, 1995.
John Giljam/Hilltop Welding, June 15, 1995-1998.
- Acquired wreckage.
- Sued by Bill Anderson for return of wreckage, suit failed.
Dick Thurman/Vintage Warbird Museum Inc, Louisville, KY, 1998-2001.
- Wreckage stored in Florida.
- Restoration started, June 2000.
- Wings moved to Pioneer Avspecs, New Zealand to start rebuild.
- Remaining parts sent to New Zealand for rebuild, March 2001.
Tony Banta/Banta Aviation Corp, Dover, DE, May 24, 2001-2002.
- First flight (New Zealand), March 24, 2002.
- Flown in USAAC scheme.
- Returned to California; now based Livermore, CA, May 2002.
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.
Mike R. Henniger
Photo Source(s):
Sandra da Motta
Dave McDonald via Mike R. Henniger
Steve Tournay.
Dennis Thompson
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