I’m not sure if this has been discussed here but Mike Nicholls has recently imported a Hawk 75 and will be restoring it at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, NZ. It has an interesting history, flown by the Germans in Russia.
Thre’s a page here on it.
http://www.classicfighters.co.nz/aircraft/hawk75.htm
Mike Nicholls is also owner of and is restoring one of the three P40 Kittyhawks situated at Omaka.
http://www.classicfighters.co.nz/aircraft/kittyhawkproj.htm
Does anyone know if any of these three Kittyhawks look like they’ll fly soon?
By: Dave Homewood - 2nd January 2005 at 14:16
Ah, thanks, I missed the bit where they gave it to the Finns. Still an interesting history though, It’ll be interesting to see how the restoration pans out.
By: Finny - 2nd January 2005 at 14:11
I’m not sure if this has been discussed here but Mike Nicholls has recently imported a Hawk 75 and will be restoring it at Omaka Aerodrome, Blenheim, NZ. It has an interesting history, flown by the Germans in Russia.
Actually, this one was captured by Germans in Norway, then supplied to Finnish AF and used in combat until shot down over Russia.
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January 2, 2005 at 1:45 pm