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Aircraft History Built by Curtiss in Buffalo, New York. Delivered to the U.S. Army Air Force (USAAF) as P-40E-1 Warhawk serial number 41-35966. Assigned Royal Air Force (RAF) serial number ET612. Disassembled and shipped overseas to Australia and reassembled. Wartime History During May 1942 delivered to the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) as P-40E-1 Kittyhawk serial number A29-96. On May 18, 1942 assigned to No. 76 Squadron. Possibly coded "IU". This P-40 participated in the Battle of Milne Bay. On September 7, 1942 took off piloted by Sgt Watts on a mission to attack Japanese shipping off Normanby Island. On November 21, 1942 this P-40 took off piloted by F/L Peter Howard Ash, 260771. On landing, this P-40 suffered a landing gear collapse while landing, pilot unhurt. Afterwards, assigned to 4 RSU for repairs and was returned to the squadron on January 27, 1943. On May 9, 1943 assigned to 2 Operational Training Unit (2 OTU). On June 8, 1943 took off piloted by Sgt "Blue" Lambert on an empty fuel tank and suffered a force landing. On September 10, 1945 received by 1 Central Recovery Depot (1 CRD) for storage. On November 19, 1946 written off. Ultimate fate unknown, likely scrapped or otherwise disappeared. References Originally, P-40E Warhawk 41-25181 was allocated RAAF serial number A29-96 but was canceled four days later and allocated to this aircraft. ADF Serials - Kittyhawk A29-96 Contribute
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