Warbirds Digest 10 Ron Fagen Article Question

[paulmcmillan]

Just got my Warbirds Digest 10 , another excellent issue.. If I have one overal criticism of WD is that all photos are not labelled... anyway I digress

Can anyone provide the ID of the P-40 Fuselage on page 28 in the Ron Fagen Article? is it.. AK753, 42-10083 or another?

Many Thanks

Paul

[AirJimL2]

I'm a little confused about Fagen's P-40s as well. I believe the article states...I don't have it in front of me...that AK863/N7205A purchased from Canada was restored into AK753/N4420K. But a while back there was a post with a picture of the fuselage of AK873/N7205A in a museum. So did AK753 incorporate parts of AK873...wings maybe...or are they two separate aircraft?

Jim

[Tim Savage]

I'm a little confused about Fagen's P-40s as well. I believe the article states...I don't have it in front of me...that AK863/N7205A purchased from Canada was restored into AK753/N4420K. But a while back there was a post with a picture of the fuselage of AK873/N7205A in a museum. So did AK753 incorporate parts of AK873...wings maybe...or are they two separate aircraft?

Jim

The photo without a caption of the unrestored P-40 is s/n 42-10083. Not sure off hand what Canadian serial number that is.


On the other question, I don't have an answer for that except to say that to the best of my recollection N4420K was the regisration number of Shirley II which is about to undergo a rebuild.

[paulmcmillan]

Thanks Tim!

Paul

[mennie]

I have received all issues, 1 to 10, a few days ago and I am very happy!

[warbirdfinder]

#10083 was recovered out of Russia in 1995, P-40K-10