P-40N-5 Warhawk Serial Number 42-104961

USAAF
5th AF

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David Gillis 1969

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Ray Fairfield 1972

Aircraft History
Abandoned at Tsili-Tsili Airfield.

Recovery
Recovered by Monty Armstrong for Yesterday's Air Force (MARC) in September 1973, by floating the airframes down a river on rafts. Later, they were transported to storage at Chino California.

Storage
It is in storage dismantled and registered with civilian number 28723. No restoration work has been performed on this airframe.

References
Pacific Aircraft Wrecks page 22 (lower right)

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