![Destroyed US Army aircraft at Wheeler Field, Oahu, during post-Pearl Harbor raid clean up, Dec 1941; note P-40 parts in the pile [Colorized by WW2DB]](/images/ai/20230224/battle_pearl48.jpg)
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| Caption | Destroyed US Army aircraft at Wheeler Field, Oahu, during post-Pearl Harbor raid clean up, Dec 1941; note P-40 parts in the pile [Colorized by WW2DB] ww2dbase | ||||||||||||
| Colorization Note | This photograph was originally a black and white photograph; the colorized version presented here was a derivative work by WW2DB. The colors used in this version were speculative, and could be significantly different from the real colors. Processed using Adobe Photoshop Image Processor, with default neural filter, selecting "None" as the profile. View the original black and white photograph at its own permanent page. | ||||||||||||
| Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||||||
| Identification Code | SC 134872 | ||||||||||||
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| Photo Size | 3,729 x 3,009 pixels | ||||||||||||
| Photos on Same Day | 10 Dec 1941 | ||||||||||||
| Photos at Same Place | Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii | ||||||||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||||||
| Colorized Date | 24 Feb 2023 | ||||||||||||
| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Bill says:
22 Apr 2014 08:43:04 PM
WE'LL BE BACK!
Those Curtiss P-40s may look like junk now, but they'll be melted down into aluminum ingots and return as P-51s, Hellcats and B-29 Bombers.
PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR:
Did you know that a Curtiss P-40B is the world's
oldest airworthy fighter that was stationed in Hawaii during the Dec.7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Aircraft No. 41-13297 was one of a batch of 131 P-40Bs built at the Curtiss, Buffalo Plant, in New York during 1940/41, she was delivered to the USAAC in March 1941.
Aircraft spent years being restored, and today she is camouflaged and carries the markings she wore on Dec.7,1941 with the 18th Pursuit Group.
Bill says:22 Apr 2014 08:43:04 PM
WE'LL BE BACK!
Those Curtiss P-40s may look like junk now, but they'll be melted down into aluminum ingots and return as P-51s, Hellcats and B-29 Bombers.
PEARL HARBOR SURVIVOR:
Did you know that a Curtiss P-40B is the world's
oldest airworthy fighter that was stationed in Hawaii during the Dec.7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor.
Aircraft No. 41-13297 was one of a batch of 131 P-40Bs built at the Curtiss, Buffalo Plant, in New York during 1940/41, she was delivered to the USAAC in March 1941.
Aircraft spent years being restored, and today she is camouflaged and carries the markings she wore on Dec.7,1941 with the 18th Pursuit Group.
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