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    Airframe Family: Curtiss 81/P-40 Tomahawk / 87/P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk
    Latest Model:P-40N-5-CU Warhawk
    Last Military Serial:42-104977 USAAF
    Construction Number:28739
    Last Civil Registration:N977WH
    Compressed ID:Curtiss P-40N-5-CU sn 42-104977 USA...
    Latest Owner or Location:Mid America Flight Museum Inc, Mount Pleasant, TX

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    Dates

    Event

    Constructed as a P-40N-5-CU by Curtiss at Buffalo, NY.

    Circa 1942

    Taken on Strength/Charge with the United States Army Air Force with s/n 42-104977.

    13 September 1943

    Crashed.
    Was shot down by a Japanese Zero on 13 September 1943 in the Lae area of Papua New Guinea.

    10 December 2004

    Recovered.
    Retrieved from its wartime resting place.

    23 October 2006

    To Cairns Airport Hangars Pty Ltd, Cairns, QLD with new c/r VH-MIK (P-40N, 42-104977).

    23 October 2006

    Operated by North Queensland Warbirds Pty Ltd.

    Operated by North Queensland Warbirds Pty Ltd.

    To North Queensland Warbirds/Warbird Adventures, Mareeba Airfield, Mareeba, Queensland.
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    December 2008

    To North Queensland Warbird keeping c/r VH-MIK.
    Markings added: BU-B

    1 December 2008

    First post-restoration Flight.

    19 August 2015

    To Davis John F III, Englewood, CO with new c/r N587VD.

    19 August 2015

    To Davis John F III, Elizabeth, CO with new c/r N977WH.

    By 19 August 2015

    To unknown owner with c/r VH-MIK.

    19 August 2015

    Civil registration, VH-MIK, cancelled.

    24 June 2016

    To Davis John F III, Elizabeth, CO with new c/r N977WH.

    26 May 2018

    To TP40 Llc, Winter Park, FL keeping c/r N977WH.

    21 August 2018

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL977WH (P-40N-5, 42-104977) issued.

    20 October 2018


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Port Charlotte, FL.

    20 October 2018


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Port Charlotte, FL.

    20 October 2018


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Port Charlotte, FL.

    15 March 2019


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Space Coast Warbird Airshow, Titusville, FL.

    15 March 2019


    Photographer: Robert Bourlier
    Notes: Space Coast Warbird Airshow, Titusville, FL.

    10 June 2019

    Certificate of airworthiness for NL977WH (P-40N-5, 42-104977) issued.

    23 September 2022


    Photographer: James Eubanks
    Notes: Triple Tree Aerodrome, Woodruff SC

    21 July 2024


    Photographer: Roman Tornopilsky
    Notes: Image taken at the 024 Thunder Over Michigan Airshow, Willow Run Airport, Michigan

    21 July 2024


    Photographer: Roman Tornopilsky
    Notes: 2024 Thunder Over Michigan Air Show at Willow Run Airport

    21 September 2024

    To Mid America Flight Museum Inc, Mount Pleasant, TX keeping c/r N977WH.


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