P-40E Kittyhawk AK803 Offered For Sale

Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk S/N AK803 (C-GHTM) has hit the market.

The aircraft was delivered to the RCAF in October 1941 and based at an RCAF Station in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, where it saw use in anti-submarine patrols. Later, the machine was flown 4,000 miles to Annette Island, Alaska (setting a record in the process) before moving on to Boundary Bay near Vancouver, British Columbia, where it performed fighter affiliation work with B-24s and B-25s.

Following a landing accident on Vancouver Island, AK803 was sent to Coates Limited on Sea Island, where it was stripped to bare metal, polished and used as part of a War Bond drive at Brockton Point Oval in Vancouver.

After being declared surplus in 1946, the Kittyhawk was acquired by noted warbird preservationist George Maude, who transported it from Patricia Bay to Saltspring Island, British Columbia, where it became a tourist attraction.

The machine has been restored and, apart from six 50 inch caliber machine guns, is considered to be one of the most original examples of the type in existence. It has reportedly amassed 569.20 total hours since new, and 3.30 since military overhaul, which included a new Allison V-1710-73 engine.

The Kittyhawk is currently being offered for $1,895,000. Click here to check out the complete listing.