ASN Wikibase Occurrence # 241149
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| Date: | xx Oct 1941 |
| Time: | c. |
| Type: |  Curtiss P-40B Warhawk |
| Owner/operator: | 19th PSqn /18th PGp USAAF |
| Registration: | 41-13297 |
| MSN: | 16073 |
| Year of manufacture: | 1941 |
| Fatalities: | Fatalities: 0 / Occupants: 1 |
| Aircraft damage: | Substantial |
| Location: | Wheeler Field, Oahu, HI -
 United States of America
|
| Phase: | Landing |
| Nature: | Military |
| Departure airport: | Wheeler AAF (PHHI), Wahiawa, Hawaii, USA |
| Wheeler AAF (PHHI), Wahiawa, Hawaii, USA |
The aircraft was damaged when the pilot carried out a wheels up belly landing at Wheeler Army Airfield (PHHI), Wahiawa, Hawaii in October 1941.
The aircraft was still under repair in a hanger on the base when the attack on Pearl Harbour took place on 7th December 1941, which ensured its survival. Following its repair and return to service the aircraft was lost and the pilot killed when in crashed in the Ko'olau Mountain Range, O'ahu Island, Hawaii on 24th January 1942.
The aircraft remains were recovered from the mountains in 1985 and 1989 and restored to flying condition utilising parts from several other aircraft, with the first restoration flight carried out on 12th January 2007 at Chino, California, USA
Sources:
https://pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-40/41-13297.html
http://fighter-collection.com/cft/curtiss-p-40b-warhawk/
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p40registry/p40-4113297.html
https://www.globalaviationresource.com/v2/2015/12/07/historic-aviation-in-focus-the-collings-foundations-curtiss-p-40b-warhawk-41-13297/
http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=23711
History of this aircraft
Other occurrences involving this aircraft
| 24 January 1942 | 41-13297 | 19th PSqn /18th PGp USAAF | 1 | Koolau Range, Oahu, HI | |
w/o |
| 29 October 2014 | N284CF | Collings Foundation | 0 | New Smyrna Beach Municipal Airport (KEVB), New Smyrna Beach, FL | |
sub |
| Runway excursion | ||||||
Images:
Duxford Airfield (EGSU), Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England, UK - 15th September 2010
Revision history:
| Date/time | Contributor | Updates |
|---|---|---|
| 10-Sep-2020 18:41 | Peter Clarke | Added |
| 31-Jan-2021 16:57 | Anon. | Updated [Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator] |
| 11-Jun-2023 04:05 | Ron Averes | Updated [[Operator, Location, Departure airport, Destination airport, Operator]] |
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