Setting The Record Straight: George Maudes P-40E

[Glenn Maude]

haha I doubt even 1000 times what he paid for it would buy much of the airplane. From what I've heard over the years from my Grandfather and Father is that he bought the P-40 because he had always been interested in airplanes and when the P-40 came up at auction with all the extra parts he just had to have it. And also yes its quiet the airloom, everyone in the family veiws it regularly. Hope that answers your question.

Cheers,

Glenn Maude

[TAdan]

Glenn thank you so much for sharing your grandfathers P-40 with us. It is really a fascinating story.

[Jeff Hunt]

I was in British Columbia in September of 2006 and saw this beautiful machine sitting in the hanger. Got a chance to take a close look and get a couple of photos. There was some kind of function going on in the hanger. The Aviation Museum at Victoria airport had towed their Norseman over and there was a T-28 present also. I wondered about the history of this machine and now I know. Thanks to all who supplied info, I can now update my records.

jeff

[gregv]

Hey Greg.

I beleive that the wings went down to California with John Paul. You could ask his son John Curtiss Paul, he has an account on here. He could clarify it the best for you. But other then that im poisitive they where used on another P-40.

Cheers,

Glenn Maude

thanks Glenn!

ever since I read about this aircraft in Flypast in the eighties I wondered about the old wings.

cheers

greg v.

[Beachy]

Wow! What an amazing piece of history for your family to be part of! Thanks for posting! The photos & newspaper articles are fantastic!

[John-Curtiss Paul]

Here is the deal on the wings... it's a little confusing but the short answer is that the cut off wings that were originally with Geroge's P-40 went to Granger Taylor and his "P-40" which of course are the wings that Deimert used to finish that "airplane". My Dad had already removed absolutly everything from them that was useful and those parts went into the wings of his second P-40E that he built and is now owned by Kermit Weeks. There was nothing left to even hold the gear in.

George's wings on his P-40 are actually the original wings fom my Dad's P-40E AK899 that he still ownes. I'm sure jack can post a picture. Here's the skinny on how it all washed out....

George cut the wings off his plane....so he found two sets of wings, the first set in Cutbank Montana from a trade school and a much nicer set in Alberta Canada that he took from P-40 AK899 but left the fuselage. Neil Rose bought the fuselage out of Alberta (AK899) and bought the Cutbank wings from George Maude. Neil now had a complete P-40E package that he sold to George Perez in Halfmoon Bay California and my Dad (John Paul) bought that That P-40 from George - AK899 in 1967. My Dad put it all back together and first flew it 1971. He still flys it to this day and it's kept at the Warhawk Air Museum in Nampa Idaho.

My Dad got the cut off wings in exchange (needed the parts for his second P-40E) for changing the cut off wings off of George's P-40 for the new wings he had out of Alberta. George had received an estimate from someone that figured it would take 2-3 guys about 6 months to do the job. My Dad and Art Zoterelli went up there and not only changed the wings for George, but also removed the landing gear , retract cylinders and hydraulic lines for the gear etc. from the cut off center section and installed them into the new wing. That's not all, they also put a new nose case on it for him. ALL IN 3 DAYS!! My Dad said they were done the still had time leftr over to do a little fishing with Geroge's wife Nancy out on the lake. Those two talk about how much fun they had on that trip to this very day.

Hey Glenn...are you Chris' son? I remember Chris from when I was a little kid and he used to visit us in California... I was just a little guy but I remember his visits.

[Glenn Maude]

Hey John Paul Jr.

Thanks for clarifying the whole wing swap out and everything. You would be amazed to hear that we have a video of the moving of the P-40 from saltspring to patricia bay. Ill post it on here or a site soon. Yes infact I am Chris' son. He says he remembers you as well, and misses talking to you and your father. Ill make him contact you both haha.

[John-Curtiss Paul]

Hey Glenn,

Give me an e-mail... we'd like to hear how your whole family is.

curtissp40@yahoo.com

JC

[Glenn Maude]

Sure thing John. Email my father Chris at: cmaude@shaw.ca

Hes going to love hearing from you and your family as well.

[Steve Nelson]

What an incredible time capsule! I hate to sound morbid, but has your grandfather made arrangements for the plane's long-term future? As much as I love to see restored warbirds, I'd hate to see an aircraft this original stripped down and rebuilt.

SN

[Steve Nelson]

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[lmritger]

Utterly, utterly fantastic. Don't EVER let it escape your grasp, Glenn... your family has obviously taken far better care of this precious aircraft than most museums would. This is such a beautiful aircraft... Thanks very much for taking the time to join us and let us know what's happening with it!

Cheers,

Lynn

[paulmcmillan]

Post of the year and we are only at the 5th of Jan!

Thanks for posting this Glenn!

[N3Njeff]

Ditto!!!!!

Our N has been in the family since 1969................its gonna stay that way!!!


Can we get some current and detailed pics!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[John-Curtiss Paul]

Same with us.... My Dad's planes are not going anywhere...ever...period.
They say everythings for sale....that's just not true in some cases.