[ARC5] P-40 Found In Desert

[Geoff]

Well, since the UK and Canada are both claiming it is a RAF plane I guess 
that settles it.
Plane markings hold a bit more weight than an itinerant battery pack which 
could have come from any field or depot.

Right now its Egyptian (-;


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David Stinson" <arc5 at ix.netcom.com>
To: "ARC-5 List" <arc5 at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, May 11, 2012 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [ARC5] P-40 Found In Desert


>I don't doubt an Englishman might have flown it-
> why not,  if he was taking it for repairs?
> Or that it might have been in RAF service;
> I have no way of knowing.
> But the RAAF was in North Africa,
> it's painted RAAF and the battery pack is RAAF.
> Occum's Razor- It's RAAF.
>
> Supportive quote:
> "Group Captain Clive Robertson Caldwell DSO,
> DFC & Bar  (28 July 1910 - 5 August 1994)
> was the leading Australian air ace of World War II. ...
> Caldwell flew Curtiss P-40 Tomahawks and Kittyhawks
> in the North African Campaign ....."
>
> 73 Dave S.
>
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