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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:Kittyhawk IV
    Last Military Serial:858 RCAF
    Last Civil Registration:N85104
    Compressed ID:Curtiss Kittyhawk IV sn 858 RCAF cr...
    Latest Owner or Location:Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA

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    Dates

    Event

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

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Canadian Air Force with s/n 858 as a Kittyhawk IV.

    30 December 1980

    To Planes of Fame Inc, Anchorage, AK with new c/r N85104 (P-40N, F858).

    7 October 1984


    Photographer: Mike Powney
    Notes: At Chino Airport CA

    10 May 1985


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airport, CA.

    Circa 8 September 1986


    Photographer: William T Larkins
    Notes: Photographed at the Reno Air Races.

    By October 1986


    Photographer: Unknown

    23 August 1997


    Photographer: Nick Taylor
    Notes: Planes of Fame P-40 at the Hawthorne Air Faire 1997

    4 December 1997


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Planes of Fame in Chino, California.

    15 May 2000


    Photographer: Tom Tessier
    Notes: At Chino Airshow, Chino, CA.

    6 March 2006

    To Air Museum, Chino, CA keeping c/r N85104.

    Markings Applied: 79

    Operated by Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    By 26 June 2010

    Markings Applied: 79

    26 June 2010


    Photographer: John Meneely
    Notes: At Vale, AZ

    24 September 2016

    1 November 2018

    To Planes of Fame Air Museum, Chino, CA keeping c/r N85104.

    18 May 2024


    Photographer: Earl A Holmquist
    Notes: Photographed at the Gnoss Field Fly-In at San Rafael, CA.

    Circa 23 September 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Central Coast Air Fest in Santa Maria, CA.

    Circa 23 September 2024


    Photographer: Mike Henniger
    Notes: Photographed at the Central Coast Air Fest in Santa Maria, CA.
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