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c/n 29863 Built in 1943 with the US military serial 42-106101. Allocated to the Royal Australian Air Force who allocated her the serial A29-556. She was in service from October 1943 until written off when struck by a landing aircraft in May 1944. She was then dismantled for spares. In 1974 she was one of thirteen P-40 wrecks recovered from New Guinea to the USA. In 1987 the RAF Museum swapped a Spitfire XVI gate guard for a complete P-40, restored to static display standards. The fuselage of A29-556 was used in the rebuild and the completed airframe went on display at Hendon in May 1992, painted to represent ‘FX760’, a Kittyhawk IV of 112 Squadron. She was stored between 1999 and 2003, during which time further investigation revealed her true identity as A29-556. She then returned to Hendon where she remains on display in Hangar 4. RAF Museum London. Hendon, Greater London, UK

3rd October 2020
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Source Curtiss P-40N-15-CU Kittyhawk ‘FX760 / GA-?’ (really A29-556)
Author Alan Wilson from Peterborough, Cambs, UK
Camera location51° 35′ 54.36″ N, 0° 14′ 19.42″ W Kartographer map based on OpenStreetMap.View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMapinfo

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