P40 Part II

Pictured is Hasagawa P40E in 1/48 marked to represent TM-N, serial AK863 of 111(F) Squadron, RCAF. There are at least 13 ex RCAF P40’s still in existence, including P40E, AK987 in the USAF museum and P40E AK875 in the National Air and Space Museum in Washington. Both are painted to represent USAF machines. AK863 has also survived. The aircraft is Curtis #15244 and it was delivered to the RCAF on November 3,1941 as RCAF #1044. It is pictured in “RCAF Squadrons and Aircraft” as TM-N nosed over at Patricia Bay, British Columbia in March 1942 and was later pictured in Alaska with 111 Squadron in “440 Squadron History”. The aircraft was struck off charge August 16, 1946 and noted to be in Manitoba in 1947. It was subsequently recovered from Alberta in 1976 and registered N7205A. Made airworthy in 1997, it suffered right undercarriage failure on its delivery flight and is still listed as under restoration. Hical, Allan.