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WARHAWK/AK899



   

Serial #: AK899
Construction #: 15370
Civil Registration:
  N9837A
  Model(s):
  P-40E Warhawk
  Mk. 1a
Name: None
Status: Airworthy
Last info: 2002

Note:
FAA quotes ID as C/N 15280.

History:
Delivered to RCAF as 1051.
- BOC: November 6, 1941.
- SOC: August 23, 1946.
- Disposal from Patricia Bay AB, Vancouver Island.
Fred Dyson, Boeing Field, Seattle, WA, October 23, 1947.
- Barged to Boeing Field, Seattle, WA, 1947.
- Registered as N1223N.
Tony Dire, Everett, WA, 1948-1968.
- Displayed gas station roof.
Bruce Goessling/Unlimited Aircraft Inc, Chino, CA, February 12, 1968-1970.
- Removed from gas station.
M.E. Batchelor, Reseda, CA, 1970.
Military Aircraft Restoration Corp, Chino, CA, 1973-1985.
- Registered as N9837A, 1979.
- Arrived dismantled, 1973.
- Restored to airworthy as two-seater, Chino, CA.
John D. Pearl/Rudulphs Flying Circus, Chino, CA, January 15, 1985.
Brian O'Farrel/Johnson Aviation, Miami, FL, 1987.
Richard W. Hansen, Batavia, IL, May 25, 1987-2002.
- Trucked to Janesville, WI from storage in FL, 19887.
- Rebuilt Janesville, WI & Rock County airport, IL.
- First flight, February 1, 1992.
- Flew as USAAC/11456/Old Exterminator.
- Loaned to EAA Air Venture, Oshkosh, WI, 2001-2002.

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.
Stephen Rister's Warbird View, www.caprok.net/warbirds/warhawk.htm, 2002.
Photo Source(s):
Steve Tournay
Linda Carry

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