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VINTAGE CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK WW2 AMERICAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT 10 X 8 PRINT

CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK

WORLD WAR 2 AMERICAN FIGHTER AIRCRAFT

VINTAGE | COLLECTABLES | HERITAGE |

AIRCRAFT | AERONAUTICA | AMERICA / AMERICAN |

CURTISS WRIGHT CORPORATION | BUFFALO , NEW YORK |

MILITARIA | TRANSPORT | AIRCRAFT | HISTORY

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MEASUREMENTS:

Approx. 10 inches X 8 inches

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The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter

and ground-attack aircraft 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 Warhawk was used by most Allied powers during World War II,

and remained in frontline service until the end of the war.

It was the third most-produced American fighter of World War II,

after the P-51 and P-47;

by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased,

13,738 had been built,

all at Curtiss-Wright Corporation’s main production facilities

in Buffalo, New York.

P-40 Warhawk was the name the United States Army Air Corps

gave the plane, and after June 1941,

the USAAF adopted the name for all models,

making it the official name in the U.S. for all P-40s.

The British Commonwealth and Soviet air forces

used the name Tomahawk for models equivalent to the original P-40, P-40B, and P-40C,

and the name Kittyhawk for models equivalent

to the P-40D and all later variants.

P-40s first saw combat with the British Commonwealth squadrons

of the Desert Air Force in the Middle East and North African campaigns,

during June 1941.

No. 112 Squadron Royal Air Force,

was among the first to operate Tomahawks in North Africa

and the unit was the first Allied military aviation unit

to feature the “shark mouth” logo,

copying similar markings on some Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine fighters.

(SOURCE: WIKIPEDIA)

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