P-40E joins Erickson collection

THE latest addition to the Erickson Aircraft Collection, Curtiss P-40E AK940/N940AK, arrived at Madras, Oregon in mid-May from Livermore, California, where the former Royal Canadian Air Force fighter had been operated by Tony Banta. Originally delivered to the Royal Canadian Air Force in November 1941, the P-40 served with No 111 Squadron and latterly with No 133 Squadron at Tofino and Sea Island, both in British Columbia. It was badly damaged in a forced landing at Phelps, New York on