Curtiss P-40 Wreckage at the Chiang Mai Air Classics Museum

Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:20 pm

Remains of a Curtiss P-40 shot down during a WWII raid on Chiang Mai. The pilot Bill McGarry survived.

Wed Feb 13, 2008 12:21 pm

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For more aircraft go to: http://www.chiangmaiphotos.com/base/thu ... m=5&page=1

Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:35 pm

Is that a replica kate? :shock:

How did she get there?
Why is she there?

Wed Feb 13, 2008 1:43 pm

Very cool pictures. Thanks for posting them.

Tim

Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:40 pm

I wonder if that Kate replica is one of the airframes built in Japan for Tora3? Does anybody know the where abouts or dispositions of all the US built Kates?
Jerry

Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:48 pm

According to the images caption:

"North American AT6 converted to appear as Japanese Kate bomber for the movie Tora Tora Tora"

For a full size view click: http://www.chiangmaiphotos.com/base/dis ... fullsize=1

Wed Feb 13, 2008 2:54 pm

You may be right Jerry. This may be one of the lost Tora birds from across the lake!

Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:09 pm

The museum is home of the Thai warbird association 'Tango Squadron'.

Some more info here: http://thaiaviation.com/gallery2/v/Tang ... hiang+Mai/
and here
http://www.thai-aviation.net/W&R%20-%20Tango.htm (impressive list :shock:

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Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:13 pm

Heck, Gary can make that look like new in no time :-)

Very interesting - thanks for posting! Mark

Wed Feb 13, 2008 3:31 pm

John Paul could have it flying in a couple of years!

Wed Feb 13, 2008 4:36 pm

Warbird Kid wrote:You may be right Jerry. This may be one of the lost Tora birds from across the lake!

I don't recall if any of the Kates built in the US had the gear P&W and the 3 Bladed props. I'll have to check my "stuff". It just doesn't look exactly right.
Jerry

Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:50 pm

Is this an early AVG aircraft?

If so, I'd sure like to see them gently wash that left wing, and maybe give it a gentle coat of wax so that we could see those cool colors underneath....

nice pics!

cheers!

greg v.

Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:58 pm

gregv wrote:Is this an early AVG aircraft?

If so, I'd sure like to see them gently wash that left wing, and maybe give it a gentle coat of wax so that we could see those cool colors underneath....

nice pics!

cheers!

greg v.

The only known AVG Tomahawk II to exist........(for know)

Shay
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Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:04 pm

You know, it looks like about the same amount of aircraft and in a similar condition to the one Avspecs is working on right now....

Seriously though, if there are patches of original paint shouldn't someone be documenting it? I understand that there is some contention about what the colour specs actually were on these early avg aircraft.

fascinating stuff!

greg v.

Wed Feb 13, 2008 9:23 pm

Jerry O'Neill wrote:
Warbird Kid wrote:You may be right Jerry. This may be one of the lost Tora birds from across the lake!

I don't recall if any of the Kates built in the US had the gear P&W and the 3 Bladed props. I'll have to check my "stuff". It just doesn't look exactly right.
Jerry

doesn't look Right? She would look PERFECT sitting on the Tarmac in Bridgeport!

And she looks airworthy if not flyable.

So if this is one of the 3 flyable built Kates from Japan, then there are still 2 to count for, and a whole mess of zeros and t-6s. All very hazy

Curtiss P-40 Wreckage at the Chiang Mai Air Classics Museum

Curtiss P-40 Wreckage at the Chiang Mai Air Classics Museum

what do you mean...remains?