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Caption | Destroyed US Army aircraft at Wheeler Field, Oahu, during post-Pearl Harbor raid clean up, Dec 1941; note P-40 parts in the pile ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
WW2-Era Location Name | Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||
Date | 10 Dec 1941 | ||||||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||||
Identification Code | SC 134872 | ||||||||||||
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Visitor Submitted Comments
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Bill says:
22 Apr 2014 08:43:04 PM
WE'LL BE BACK!
Those Curtiss P-40s may look like junk now, but they'll be melted down into aluminum ingots and return as P-51s, Hellcats and B-29 Bombers.
PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR:
Did you know that a Curtiss P-40B is the world's
oldest airworthy fighter that was stationed in Hawaii during the Dec.7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Aircraft No. 41-13297 was one of a batch of 131 P-40Bs built at the Curtiss, Buffalo Plant, in New York during 1940/41, she was delivered to the USAAC in March 1941.
Aircraft spent years being restored, and today she is camouflaged and carries the markings she wore on Dec.7,1941 with the 18th Pursuit Group.

22 Apr 2014 08:43:04 PM
WE'LL BE BACK!
Those Curtiss P-40s may look like junk now, but they'll be melted down into aluminum ingots and return as P-51s, Hellcats and B-29 Bombers.
PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR:
Did you know that a Curtiss P-40B is the world's
oldest airworthy fighter that was stationed in Hawaii during the Dec.7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Aircraft No. 41-13297 was one of a batch of 131 P-40Bs built at the Curtiss, Buffalo Plant, in New York during 1940/41, she was delivered to the USAAC in March 1941.
Aircraft spent years being restored, and today she is camouflaged and carries the markings she wore on Dec.7,1941 with the 18th Pursuit Group.
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10 Sep 2007 07:26:00 PM
One of the sorriest days of my life. Still have trouble blocking out some of the events that took place that morning.