This aircraft has recently been registered on the US Register as N95665
http://registry.faa.gov/aircraftinquiry/NNumSQL.asp?NNumbertxt=95665
During here service life this was involved in at least two incidents according to
www.aviationarchaeology.com
411020 P-40E 40-401 79PS 20PG Hamilton Field, CA CBLoG 3 Smith, Herbert E, Jr USA NC Cunningham Field, NC -- One of 4 aircraft, that either forcelanded (3) or crashed (1) killing William Houston
420703 P-40E 40-401 Fort Randall, AK 5 Bernston, James A. USA AK Fort Randall, AK
However, Joe Baugher has
http://home.att.net/~jbaugher/1940.html
41-401 crashed and burned after takeoff Jun 3, 1942, Fort Randal, AK
I think this could be confused with another P-40E incident at Cold Bay (which is the same as Fort Randall) this date.
420603 P-40E 41-5717 Cold Bay, AK 5 Dickinson, Robert K USA AK Cold Bay, AK
AccidentReport.com has a another different date for the Alaska incident
40-401 P-40E 420727 ALASKA
40-401 P-40E 411020 NORTH CAROLINA
So firstly, can anyone confirm the date that P-40E 4-401 crashed in Alaska (I Aassume with 11th Fighter Sqn)
And secondly confirm that the pilot listed for this incident Bernston, James A. is ACTUALLY
BERNTSON JOHN A
2LT 0-724679 22-Sep-42 HN
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army Air Forces
Service # 0-724679
18th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group
Entered the Service from: Utah
Died: 22-Sep-42
Missing in Action or Buried at Sea
Tablets of the Missing at Honolulu Memorial
Honolulu, Hawaii
Awards: Air Medal, Purple Heart
Note: He is with 18th Fighter Sqn (so there is the 343rd Fighter Group link to 11th Fighter Sqn)
And finally, confirm to me now BERNTSON JOHN A came to lose his life on 22 September 1942 - I can't find a P-40 loss on this date
Many Thanks
Paul