Curtiss P-40N Warhawk

Specifications
Aircraft Type:	Fighter Aircraft
First Flight:	XP-40, October 1938
Wingspan:	37 feet 3.5 inches
Length:	33 feet 4 inches
Height:	12 feet 4 inches
Weight:	6,000 pounds
Capacity:	One
Status:	Display - Flyable

At the outbreak of World War II, Curtiss P-40s formed the backbone of the United States Army’s fighter corps. It was the P-40 that struggled into the air to counter Japanese attacks on Pearl Harbor and the Philippines when the U.S. entered World War II. The P-40 fought in almost every theater of war, and flew with pilots of almost every allied country, including the American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers) in China. This P-40 wears the Flying Tigers’ paint scheme of Hell’s Angels Squadron aircraft number 88, in honor of Oregon native Ken Jernstedt, a Marine ace who joined Claire Chennault’s Flying Tigers in China and destroyed a total of 12.5 enemy aircraft with five aerial victories. This aircraft remains flyable.