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1941 Curtiss P-40E (S/N AK803) is available for sale with a newly reduced price.
The aircraft was delivered to the RCAF in October 1941 and based at an RCAF Station in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where it saw use in anti-submarine patrols. Later, it was flown 4,000 miles to Annette Island, Alaska (setting a record in the process) before moving on to Boundary Bay near Vancouver, British Columbia, where it performed fighter affiliation work with B-24s and B-25s.
Following a landing accident on Vancouver Island, AK803 was sent to Coates Limited on Sea Island, where it was stripped to bare metal, polished and used as part of a War Bond drive at Brockton Point Oval in Vancouver.
After being declared surplus in 1946, the Kittyhawk was acquired by noted warbird preservationist George Maude, who transported it from Patricia Bay to Saltspring Island, British Columbia, where it became a tourist attraction.
The machine has been restored and, apart from six 50 inch caliber machine guns, is considered to be one of the most original examples of the type in existence. The airframe reportedly has 569.20 TTSN / 3.30 Hrs. Since military overhaul on new engine (Allison V-1710-73, Serial No 19653) installed 1946.
The P-40 is currently available for $1,575,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.
(via Platinum Fighter Sales Photo: Gary Danvers Collection via Flickr)
