Wing access hatch : P-40E fighter: 2LT N Takala : 49th Fighter Group USAAF

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Accession Number REL33531
Collection type Technology
Object type Technology
Maker Curtiss-Wright Corporation
Place made United States of America
Date made c. 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Description

Olive drab coloured aluminium wing access hatch from P-40E Kittyhawk.

History / Summary

This P-40E Kittyhawk (serial 41-5602) fighter fatally crashed on 28 March 1942 near Eden New South Wales when being flown by 2LT Neal T Takala, of the 8th Pursuit Squadron of the 49th Fighter Group United States Army Air Force.