P-40E 41-5336 A29-28 ?

[RTY1941]

According the the Pacific Wrecks website (https://www.pacificwrecks.com/aircraft/p-40/A29-28.html), the 41-5336 restoration project jointed the rear fuselage of P-40N A29-1210 and some parts from P-40E 41-25119 to the 41-5336, I would like to know in this restoration project, how many parts/ sections are actually from 41-5336, are the wings that recently restored are also from another aircraft? Does anyone have any photo prior to the restoration? Thanks

[Buz]

RTY1941

Errrrrmmmmm this may not be a can of worms you wish to open. However in the allowance for others to make their own opinions have a read of "Curtiss Wright Corner: P-40E-1 -CU: A29-90 "WINGedNEMISIS";76 Sqn's first killer" in the attached link........

http://www.adf-serials.com.au/newsletter/ADF Telegraph 2017 Winter Final Edition.pdf (for some reason the link didn't paste properly so please just copy the whole link and paste into a browser window)

Buz

[RTY1941]

Thanks for the reply. If the author's assumption turns out to be correct, it would be real sad as 41-5336 really has a great historical significance (for both USAAC/RAAF) and very little of the actual aircraft "survived"

[Buz]

RTY1941

Not sure about the historical bit for the USAAC, but certainly for the RAAF, mind you A29-90 is also historical for the RAAF (Milne Bay aircraft). The Assumptions are actually a little more than Assumptions (the numbers have physically been seen on the airframe in numerous places - and matched to factory records), however that argument/disagreement is for others to play with.

All that can be said with the Facts is A29-28 was expended as a range target post War (50 cal vs static target......so imagine the damage, especially with any fuel residue in the tanks), yet an airframe was found a significant distance away (over 500km) that was identified as A29-28, when the numbers and providence didn't match that identity - nor was there any indication of any range type of damage.

Buz

[RTY1941]

I would not say that A29-90 dosen't worth to be saved but 41-5336 was a E instead of E-1, it is rarer. 41-5336 was also among the first batch of P-40s that sent to Australia, although it was not able to join the rest of the group to Java, it was used by the USAAC to train pilots, so it was officially a USAAC aircraft. Among the surviving E's, probably only 41-5709 served on USAAC before, however, how much of the actual aircraft "survived" is also in doubt. Anyway, the "A29-28" that is currently being restored should be given the correct identity as evidence show that its identity is not 41-5336.