Warhawk Air Museum

This P-40N (N1195N) was built for the United States Army Air Force in 1942 by the Curtiss factory in Buffalo, New York as serial number 42-106396. It was transferred to the Royal Canadian Air Force on 11 September 1944 and operated until 23 August 1946. It was another of the many salvaged by Fred Dyson after the war and was barged to Boeing Field in 1947.

It was purchased by aviation enthusiast and rare warbird collector Jack Hardwick and registered as N1195N and stored at his famous aircraft storage yard in Elmonte, California between 1953 and 1976 when it was bought by John Paul and now resides at his Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa, Idaho.

During its long restoration, the aircraft was modified from its original P-40N designation to a dual control TP-40N style. The aircraft was repainted in its original factory paint scheme of olive drab on top with dark green dapples on the upper flying surfaces and gray on its underside. More recently the Parrot Head nose art was applied. This is modeled after the P-40N's stationed at Napier Field, Dothan, Alabama in 1943. This aircraft as well as John Paul's other P-40 were featured in the movie Pearl Harbor.

By Frank Schaufler and Seth Goltzer