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Aircraft Restoration Company Welcomes Maude P-40E: “Exciting Times Lay Ahead”

This week the Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk known as the “Maude P-40” arrived at the Aircraft Restoration Company’s Duxford base.

The aircraft (S/N AK803) 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. In 1946 it was acquired for $50 by George Maude, an RCAF veteran, who floated it on a makeshift log raft it to his family home.

The aircraft is now described as an in-house project owned by the Aircraft Restoration Company, which states:

It has long been a pipe dream to add a P-40 to the collection, and we have been following the journey of this particular one for over a decade. When it came onto the market, we felt it was now or never! Exciting times lay ahead

Check out photos of its arrival below.

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Eduard Releases Limited Edition, Dual Combo P-40E / P-40N Model Kit

Another new release from Eduard this month is a limited edition dual combo Kittyhawk Mk.Ia (P-40E) / Kittyhawk Mk.IV (P-40N) in 1/48 scale.

The kit (11187) includes Eduard plastic parts and decals, pre-painted PE parts, a painting mask and marking options for 10 aircraft serving in the RAF, RAAF, RNZAF and SAAF.

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P-40, Among Most Original Remaining Examples, For Sale With Reduced Price

Please Note: This is an archived post. The information presented here may not be current and the associated listing may no longer be active.

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. Continue reading P-40, Among Most Original Remaining Examples, For Sale With Reduced Price

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P-40E Kittyhawk AK803 Arrives At New Temporary Home

After being shipped from its previous base in New Zealand earlier this month, Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk S/N AK803 has arrived at its new, temporary home at the Erickson Aircraft Collection in Madras, Oregon.

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.

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