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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:P-40N Warhawk
    Last Military Serial:A29-448 RAAF
    Construction Number:28492
    Last Civil Registration:N4730
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-40N sn A29-448 RAAF cn 28...
    Latest Owner or Location:Soaring By The Sea Foundation Inc, Eugene, OR

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-104730.

    August 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A29-448.

    May 1944

    Crashed.
    Crash-landed at Tadji and abandoned.

    1974

    To Charles Darby.
    Recovered from Papua New Guinea and stored in New Zealand.

    Restoration started.
    By Pacific Aviation.

    2000

    Repair completed.
    By Pioneer Restorations.

    8 March 2000

    To The Kittyhawk Partnership, Auckland-Charles Darby and Garth Hogan with new c/r ZK-CAG (P-40N, 28492).

    Markings Applied: Painted up as A29-448 on its port side and A29-1050 on the starboard side.

    20 September 2012

    To Adventure Rides Ltd-Frank Parker and Liz Needham keeping c/r ZK-CAG.

    29 May 2015


    Photographer: Peter Mole
    Notes: At Ardmore, North Island, New Zealand

    November 2015


    Photographer: Colin Hunter
    Notes: 2015 photo at Ardmore Airport with Liz Needham in control

    26 March 2016


    Photographer: Terry Fletcher
    Notes: Displaying at 2016 Warbirds Over Wanaka, Otago, New Zealand

    By 12 June 2024

    To unknown owner with c/r ZK-CAG.

    12 June 2024

    Civil registration, ZK-CAG, cancelled.

    28 June 2024

    To Soaring By The Sea Foundation Inc, Eugene, OR with new c/r N4730.
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     AMCAR
    Civil Aviation Authority of New Zealand
    Federal Aviation Administration in the United States of America
    United States Military Services Serial Number Lists by Joe Baugher
    Individual Contributors
     Terry Fletcher
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