Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk - a photo on Flickriver

             History:
Delivered to RAF as ET482.
Transferred to RNZAF as NZ3009, April 1942.
- Allocated to USAAC 68th PG, Tonga after Pearl Harbor Attack.
- Transferred to 14th Squadron RNZAF, served till wars end.
- Sold as scrap.
Asplin's Supplies, Rukuhia, NZ, 1959.
- Scrapyard.
d'E.C. Darby & R.H. McGarry, Auckland, NZ, 1959-1994.
- Recovered from Rukuhia, NZ scrapyard, 1959.
- Loaned to Museum of Transport & Technology, Auckland, NZ, 1964-1994.
-- Displayed as NZ3009.
-- Static restoration using wings of NZ3203.
Old Flying Machine Company, Duxford, UK, 1994-1997.
- Restored to airworthy.
Pacific Aircraft Ltd, Auckland, NZ, December 9, 1997-1998 - Registered as ZK-RMH.
- Final assembly, Whenuapai AB.
- First flight December 1997.
Old Flying Machine Co (NZ) Ltd, Auckland, NZ, May 5, 1998-2002.
- Flew as RNZAF/NZ3009.
- Shipped to UK, Feb, 1999.
- Arrived dismantled, Duxford, March 19, 1999.
- Operated by Old Flying Machine Co, Duxford, 2000-2002.
- Operated by Breitling Fighters Team, 2002.
-- Flown as USAAC/AVG/663/88
   

Taken in: New Zealand / Otago / Wanaka Airport (show map)

Taken on: April 19, 2014

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Camera: Sony DSLR-A580, f/9.0, 1/640 sec, 150mm (=225mm), ISO 400 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Sony DSLR-A580
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Aperture:	f/9.0
Exposure Time:	0.002 sec (1/640)
Focal Length:	150mm (35mm equivalent: 225mm)
ISO:	400
Exposure Bias:	-0.3 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
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