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Curtis P-40C Warhawk/Tomahawk - Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow 2017

The Fighter Collection's Curtiss P-40C Warhawk/Tomahawk, G-CIIO, displaying on the first day of the IWM Duxford Battle of Britain Airshow 2017. This is one of 2 P-40Cs acquired from the former Soviet Union in the 1990s by The Fighter Collection, 41-13357 was in much worse shape than the other (41-13390). 41-13357 was accepted by the USAAC on 6th April 1941, where it went on to serve at Patterson Field, Ohio. After recording around 100 hours there, it was shipped to Puerto Rico. While stationed there it is presumed to have been used for coastal and anti-submarine patrols. Asa United States Army Air Corp derivative of the P-40C it started life as a Warhawk. Having amassed 603 hours, it was returned to the Curtiss Factory in Buffalo, New York, where it was overhauled for the Lend-Lease programme with the Soviet Union. The P-40C was then shipped to the USSR in December 1941, at which point it technically also became a Tomahawk. The history past this point is still relatively unknown. During its restoration it was decided to finish the aircraft in the scheme of a P-40 based at Chanute Field, Kansas. The aircraft wears the scheme of 39-159, a P-40C that was stripped of it’s olive drab camouflage paint and used as a personal ‘hack’ for base commanders. The restoration culminated on the 5th August 2011 when the aircraft (then registered in the USA as N80FR) had it’s first post restoration flight in the hands of Steve Hinton. The aircraft was then shipped from Chino to Duxford during May/June 2014 and has since been based at the IWM Duxford with its owners, The Fighter Collection. Video and Audio content is Copyright © 2017 Stephen Keeler This video and audio material may not be reproduced in any form (except as the videos Youtube embedded video option on any other website), without written permission.