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Old 30th Dec 2018, 11:06
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treadigraph
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The former Fighter Collection P-40C 41-13297, now flown by The Collings Foundation, is actually a Pearl Harbor survivor - it had been in a landing accident a few weeks earlier and survived the attack on Wheeler Field with no further damage. It then crashed early in 1942. Substantial wreckage was recovered in 1985 by the Curtiss Wright Historical Association along with major parts from two earlier P-40 accident sites on Oahu and the rebuild took place, all three airframes being acquired by TFC along the way. I believe TFC still owns the other two wrecks (39-285 and 39-287) which will perhaps reappear as flyers in years to come.
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