Award Winner Acquires a P-40 Warhawk

Moreno Aguiari Published April 23, 2013

The Warhawk takes flight (photo credit: Tim Easterday)

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk 41-5709 has been acquired by Walter Bowe, who won the Antique Grand Champion Award at AirVenture 2012 with his immaculate 1929 Laird Speedwing LC-R300. The Laird was recently sold on and Bowe has moved on to this Warhawk, which was purchased from the Liberty Foundation of Claremore, Oklahoma.

The P-40 had been recovered from a former Air Force airfield at Fort Randall in Alaska’s Aleutian Islands where it had been abandoned following a crash in 1942 and underwent an extensive multi-year restoration project, emerging in 2009 with registration number N2416X, a second seat and now sporting the colors and markings of the plane flown by the commander of the 23rd Fighter Group and author of “God is my Copilot”, Colonel Robert E. Scott.

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By Moreno Aguiari

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Born in Milan, Italy, Moreno moved to the U.S. in 1999 to pursue a career as a commercial pilot. His aviation passion began early, inspired by his uncle, an F-104 Starfighter Crew Chief, and his father, a military traffic controller. Childhood adventures included camping outside military bases and watching planes at Aeroporto Linate. In 1999, he relocated to Atlanta, Georgia, to obtain his commercial pilot license, a move that became permanent. With 24 years in the U.S., he now flies full-time for a Part 91 business aviation company in Atlanta. He is actively involved with the Commemorative Air Force, the D-Day Squadron, and other aviation organizations. He enjoys life with his supportive wife and three wonderful children.