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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:Kittyhawk IV
    Last Military Serial:877 RCAF
    Construction Number:31423
    Last Civil Registration:N1009N {1}
    Compressed ID:Curtiss Kittyhawk IV sn 877 RCAF cn...
    Latest Owner or Location:National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-40N-40-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY.

    Circa 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 43-23494 as a Kittyhawk IV.

    1944

    Transferred to No. 132 (F) Squadron, Western Air Command.

    From 1944 to 1945

    Transferred to Fighter Affiliation Flight, No. 5 Operational Training Unit.

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 877.

    12 August 1947

    To Universal Aircraft/J. P Swann with new c/r NL1009N {1}.

    24 February 1951

    To E. L. Gerry of Dracut, MA with new c/r N1009N {1}.

    Passed through the hands of several owners.

    1958

    To National Museum of the United States Air Force, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    Circa 1965

    Used for spare parts by the museum and scrapped.

    The paperwork may have been acquired by a new owner. In any event the ID was adopted by a Kittyhawk Mk III, s/n 840 RCAF, c/n 27490, c/r N1009N.
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    unreviewed imported data.
    If you can verify the documented history or add to it with additional text and/or photos please feel free to do so by using the upload tool and the history editor.
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