Well I for one can't believe there is another one. The 40 was quite a good design for shoving in an extra seat, unlike the Spit of Hurri.
Nice to see them fly, and some lucky devils get the opportunity to go up in one

Cheers Brensec
Ozzy

Ben is most definately Duxfords main photographer, his stuff for warbirds is simply awesome.
I believe this one was converted Doug, if you have a look at the first shot, that isn't the normal back part of the 'pit, it looks like a seat and harnesses. I'll ask Roger though too.

Mark

Thanks for all this info people.

It's all very interesting to me . As you know, the P40 is 'MY' plane. Especially being Aussie. It was better than anything we came up with, until we started making the Boomerang, which wasn't bad, just too slow.

We also seemed to be able to score the kills against the Japs, just as the Tigers did in China. Tactics and training was the key.
Also the fact that, although it had it's performance limitations at height, it was still a 350 mph fighter in 1941. Faster than the Zeros, so good for hit'n'run, or 'boom'n'zoom' as you Yanks call it.

It's nice to know that there are at least a couple of P40's I can have a ride in one day, if I ever really want to look them up and go to the trouble and cost.

As for the comment 'the P40 was better suited to two seat conversion'. Most definitely. There seems to be ample room for an extra seat, if not the extra controls for training.
In fact, the rear of the cockpit seems to have the perspex extending back over the fuselage, almost as if they were going to have a two seater and at the last minute decided not to.........lol

Antway, thanks for the info. 

If you ever make it here to South Florida, the Weeks museum(KTMB) has a "true" two seat P-40, with the extended canopy. Sort of reminds me of TBM(Avenger) meets P40. I can appreciate it for it's value as a rarity, but also being a P40 fan,(I still watch the movie 1941 on a regular basis), I have to admit, I think it's kinda ugly.

The reason for the windows over the scalloped out turtle deck is for rear visibility for the pilot.......it was an intentional design addition to aid the boss and had nothing to do with leaving space for a second seat....found this out from a very good aviation historian while walking through the Glenn Curtiss Museum in Hammondsport NY........they have a 3/4 scale version in there....full size wasn't available when this one came up, so they grabbed it anyway......

I was only pulling your leg Steve. I don't think Ken twigged though

Mark 8)

Fuel tank that far back behind the C of G ? I wouldn't want it that way.....you'd always be landing nose heavy when going dry.............

Your second image looks to be from the Squadron Signal Publication of " P-40 in Action "......I believe I have that one.......

Most Spits from MkIX onwards had a 29 gallon tank behind the pilot. The later Mustangs also had a tank behind the pilot but I've read that this tank when full and with a full load on the plane did cause a few handling problems!

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Hope you don't mean that in the literal sense. I have visions of them sucking on a rubber pipe to siphon it out like I used to in the old days. LOL

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Also note what I assume is a periscope fitted above the rear canopy. Various methods were used to give the instructor better forward vision. The Miles Master advanced trainer (similar to the Harvard) had a special rear seat which could be raised so the instructor's head was above the canopy during take-off & landing. The top section of the canopy was hinged to form a windscreen. The passenger conversions would not need anything like this.

Very amusing, my friend. LMAO 

If anyone else had defaced my Lovely P40 like that, I would be planning the 'Revenge of the Century' right now.

(But you can have that one, and that one only.......for free.......... )