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The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter-bomber that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service.
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was a WWII fighter aircraft that was developed from the P-36 Hawk, via the P-37. Many variants were built, some in large numbers, under names including the Hawk, Tomahawk, and Kittyhawk.
P-40E-1CU 41-36084 RAAF P-40E Kittyhawk A29-133 Polly Australian War Memorial. The Curtiss P-40 was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft. Flown by the air forces of 28 nations, when production of the P-40 ceased in November 1944, 13,738 had been built.
P-36A, P-36B, P-36C, XP-36D, XP-36E, XP-36F to USAAF. Model 75M Hawk 75M sold to China. Model 75N Hawk 75N sold to Siam . Model 75O Hawk 75O 29 built by Daniel with additional 200 built under license locally by Fabrica Militar de Aviones in Argentina. Model 75P XP-40 prototype for Curtiss P-40. Model 75Q Hawk 75Q China demonstrators. Model 75R
Produced as the P-40 Warhawk, over 13,000 were eventually built, in a wide-ranging series of P-40 variants. [12] In similar fashion to the success of the earlier P-36, the P-40 was adopted by many foreign air arms, including the Royal Air Force where early models were known as the "Tomahawk", and later series, "Kittyhawk". [13]
Statistics blocks for performance, armament etc. are almost always given for one of two variants - most as in the main Curtiss P-40 Warhawk wiki show the early war P-40E, a few the end of the War (but comparatively little used)P-40N. This effectively eliminates the most active variants of the aircraft in the mid-war years.
Bär claimed two B-25 Mitchell bombers and three P-40s on 14 January which do not appear to have been credited. Two claims for P-40s destroyed on 18 January were also not granted. [43] On 25 January 1943, Bär claimed two Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk/Warhawk fighters, taking his total to 149 aerial victories. [44]
The W.A.R. P40E is a near-scale homebuilt replica of a Curtis P-40 Warhawk fighter. Variants ... WAR P40E 1/2Scale Replica Curtiss Kitty Hawk; Kitplanes.