Curtiss P-40E Warhawk makes public debut in Belgium

Curtiss P-40E Warhawk OO-WHK made its first public flying appearance in Belgium during the annual Stampe Fly-in at Antwerp-Deurne airport on 11 May. The fighter, c/n 16786, was built for the US Army Air Forces as serial 41-13570, but entered service with the Soviet Air Force as ‘White 51’ on 23 January 1942. That June it was shot down, ditching in a fresh-water lake near Murmansk where it was abandoned. Fifty-five years later, the intact airframe and engine were lifted