Vancouver Island P-40 in a junkyard?--late '70's/early '80's

Speedy · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2016 12:44 pm

This topic has possibly been well documented on here, but I'm drawing a blank at the moment.

Back about 1980 or so my family took a trip to Vancouver Island, and at some point, on an overcast rainy day, we found a P-40 in Flying Tigers colors acting as a gate guard at a junk yard or scrap dealer or something of the sort. I recall there being discussion that the front half was a Kittyhawk that was mated to the back end of a Bolingbroke or something of the sort. I know somewhere in the catacombs of my parents house there is a photo or two of this plane.

Does anyone know the provenance of this, and what became of it?

davem · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2016 1:21 pm

http://www.rcafkittyhawk.com/gtaylor.htm

mike furline · **Joined:** Wed May 05, 2004 3:45 pm **Posts:** 2635

This one?

https://www.flickr.com/photos/23057174@N02/3457406492
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p40regis ... ak940.html

Edit:AK863 per davem post. Diemert involved with both.
http://www.warbirdregistry.org/p40regis ... ak863.html

Dan Jones · **Posted:** Wed May 18, 2016 10:32 pm

Is this the P-40 that eventually went to Granite Falls and is being completely rebuilt?

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