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fannum

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Thank you all ... found misidentified as a P-40!!
 
From Canadian Warplanes 4: Fairey Battle

Fairey Battle Mk. I (Serial No. R4013), with shark mouth. Austin Motor Co. Ltd. RR Merlin lll. TOS 23 Oct 1940 at Fleet Aircraft, Fort Erie. To No. 1 Training Command on 26 December 1940, for use by No. 31 Service Flying Training School at Kingston, Ontario. Category C14 damage at 14:00 on 22 January 1941, at Kingston, pilot landed wheels up. Category C crash at Kingston 10 Feb 1941, pilot applied brakes behind another aircraft, aircraft tipped up on nose. To workshop reserve at No. 6 Repair Depot, Trenton on 3 September 1941. Transferred from RAF account to JATP account on 3 December 1941, still at No. 6 Repair Depot. Winter conversion kit installed by 2 December 1941. To No. 3 Training Command on 11 December 1941, for use by No. 9 Bombing & Gunnery School at Mont Joli, Quebec. Assigned to workshop reserve at No. 9 Repair Depot at St. Jean, Quebec on 8 July 1943, arrived at St. Jean on 13 July 1943. Pending disposal with No. 3 Training Command from 26 July 1944. Stored at No. 9 Repair Depot. SOS 4 Nov 1944 for War Assets Corporation [682 hrs].
 
I immediately had thought Fairey, but am not as astute as many here, and they made several similar like Fulmar, Firefly, etc.

At least, I knew it wasn't a Swordfish.
Thank you all!
 
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