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Must have been repaired as it's wearing mid-1943 markings. It's been fitted with the fillet on the vertical stabilizer as well.Curtiss P-40E-1 41-36504 retained in USA. Collided with another aicraft on takeoff at Hillgrove AAB, RI Dec 27, 1942. 27-12-1942 Sunday
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GregMust have been repaired as it's wearing mid-1943 markings. It's been fitted with the fillet on the vertical stabilizer as well.
Good info, Buz!Greg
The fin fillet was actually fitted to late model E-1's as built, affecting the last 500 aircraft (this is one of those 500). It's what makes telling what model you are looking at extremely difficult when it comes to late model E-1 and K-1/K-5 models when you cannot see the serials (also why it "seems" CBI theatre and Russia got far more K-1/K-5 models than they actually did).
She suffered an engine failure and force landing in Jul 1942, and a further accident 27th Dec 42 (as above), and as such you can see she has "fishtailed" exhausts, vice the original "Pot " type she would have left the factory with - likely indicating an engine change (I'll see if I can confirm later tonight). IIRC this picture was taken when she was flying with a Training Unit out of Eagle Pass Jul/ early Aug 1943.
Buz