Curtiss P-40C Warhawk, G-CIIO

One of 2 P-40C Warhawk's acquired from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s by The Fighter Collection, this aircraft, serial 41-13357, was in much worse shape than the other (41-13390).

It was accepted by the USAAC on 6th April 1941, where it went on to serve at Patterson Field, Ohio. After recording around 100 hours there, it was shipped to Puerto Rico. While stationed there is presumed to have been used for coastal and anti-submarine patrols.

Having amassed 603 hours, it was returned to the Curtiss Factory in Buffalo, New York, where it was overhauled for the Lend-Lease programme with the Soviet Union. The aircraft was then shipped to the USSR in December 1941. The history past this point is still relatively unknown.

During the restoration it was decided to finish the aircraft in the scheme of a P-40 based at Chanute Field, Kansas. The aircraft wears the scheme of 39-159, a P-40C that was stripped of it’s olive drab camouflage paint and used as a personal ‘hack’ for base commanders.

The restoration culminated on the 5th August 2011 when aircraft (then registered N80FR) had it’s first post restoration flight in the hands of Steve Hinton. The aircraft was shipped from Chino to Duxford during May/June 2014, in time for Flying Legends 2014 where it made it’s UK debut.


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