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Serial #: 44-7619 Construction #: 33359 Civil Registration: N5038V N1251N N222SU |
Model(s): P-40N Warhawk Name: None Status: Airworthy Last info: 2002 |
Chowchilla Union High School, Chowchilla, CA, 1946-1950.
- Registered as N5035V.
Carol Collier, Chowchilla, CA, 1950-1952.
- Car Dealer Display.
George Mokski/Avia-Union, Montebello, CA, 1952.
Avia-Union, Montebello, CA, 1954.
- Registered as N1251N.
- Adopted ID of crashed P-40E, N1251N, C/N 18757.
- Withdrawn from use and placed in open storage, Fullerton, CA, 1954-1959.
- Modified as racer but never flown.
-- Installed cut-down F-80 canopy.
Ed Maloney/The Air Museum, Ontario, CA, November 1959-1969.
- Stored dismantled, Addison, TX.
Frank Sanders, Long Beach, CA, 1972.
- Restored to airworthy, Long Beach, CA, 1973-1976.
-- Used parts from 44-6519.
- First flight 1976.
- Flew as USAAC/47619.
Suzanne Parish/Kalamazoo Aviation History Museum, Kalamazoo, MI, 1973-2002.
- Registered as N222SU.
Comments:
The paint scheme on the Museum's P-40 is actually a combination of two paint schemes. The Desert Pink color and yellow rim around the national insignia are from the 9th A.F. P-40s used in North Africa. The stylized "Flying Tiger," shark's teeth, and evil eye hex sign are more reminiscent of the P-40s used by the AVG in China.
Note the Fifinella insignia near the cockpit. This is the insignia of the Women's Airforce Service Pilots (WASPs) which was designed by Walt Disney. This aircraft was flown for many years by Mrs. Suzanne DeLano Parish, president and co-founder of the Kalamazoo Aviation Museum. Mrs. Parish was a WASP during WW II.
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.
Photo Source(s):
Mike Henniger
Linda Carry.
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