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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:Kittyhawk IV
    Last Military Serial:A29-526 RAAF
    Construction Number:29464
    Compressed ID:Curtiss Kittyhawk IV sn A29-526 RAA...
    Latest Owner or Location:President George W. Bush Airpark, Moody AFB, Valdosta, Georgia

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-40N-5-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-105702.

    17 September 1943

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the Royal Australian Air Force with s/n A29-526 as a Kittyhawk IV.

    Transferred to 13 ARDRP.

    31 January 1945

    Transferred to 84 Squadron.

    15 April 1945

    Transferred to 86 Squadron.

    18 October 1945

    Assigned to 6 AD, RAAF Oakey, QLD for storage.
    Delivered here for storage and disposal.

    19 November 1946

    Struck off Strength/Charge from the Royal Australian Air Force.
    Authorized for w/o.

    Recovered.
    Recovered from a farm near Oakey by David Tallichet. It is assumed that only a hulk was retrieved.

    To Military Aircraft Restoration Corporation (MARC)/David Tallichet, Chino Airport, Chino, CA.
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    To National Museum of the United States Air Force Loan Program, Wright Field, Dayton, OH.
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    From 1980 to 1990

    Loaned to England AFB, LA.

    From By 1993 to 2007

    To Pope AFB, Fayetteville, NC.
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    Loaned to 23 WG/HO, Moody AFB, GA.

    Placed on display with President George W. Bush Airpark, Moody AFB, Valdosta, GA.
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    21 July 2022


    Photographer: Nate Czlapinski

    21 July 2022


    Photographer: Nate Czlapinski

    21 July 2022


    Photographer: Nate Czlapinski
    Credits
     Data for airframe dossiers come from various sources. The following were used to compile this dossier...
    Print Sources
     U.S. Military Out of Service 2007 by Andy Marden
    U.S. Military Out of Service 2010 by Andy Marden
    Warbirds Directory, 5th Edition by Geoff Goodall
    Internet Sources
     Australian Defense Force Serials
    National Museum of the United States Air Force
    Warbirds Directory, 6th Edition (2013) by Geoff Goodall
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