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The P-40 usually had an advantage over the Bf 109 in turning, dive speed and structural strength, was roughly equal in firepower but was slightly inferior in speed and outclassed in rate of climb and operational ceiling. [9] [31] The P-40 was generally superior to early Italian fighter types, such as the Fiat G.50 Freccia and the Macchi C.200.
Painting of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk in the Republic of China Air Force, autographed by R.T. Smith Hells Angels, Flying Tigers, in formation over China, 1942. Photo and autograph by R.T. Smith. Smith returned to the United States in the late spring of 1944 and was assigned as Director of Flying Training with the 441st Army Air Force Base Unit at ...
Curtiss XP-40 in flight. XP-40 fitted with tracked landing gear. In 1937, the 10th P-36A was fitted with a 1,150 hp (860 kW) V-1710-19. Unlike the Model 75I, the resulting XP-40 (Model 75P) did not have a turbo-supercharger, thus the cockpit was not moved back, and the radiator was moved to the ventral position.
Flight leader and fighter ace Robert "R.T." Smith stands next to his P-40 fighter at Kunming, China. The "Flying Tiger" insignia was created by the Walt Disney Company. [23] The AVG lacked many resources. Despite its location in areas with malaria and cholera, it had only "four doctors, three nurses and a bottle of iodine." Pilots found the ...
Scott began flying missions with the Flying Tigers, piloting a P-40 as a single ship escort for the transports and on ground attack missions. During this period, he frequently repainted the propeller spinner in different colors to create the illusion of a much larger fighter force in the area than a single aircraft, becoming in effect a "one ...
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
P-40 fighters of the Flying Tigers. The 75th Fighter Squadron's first assignment as an active unit was in the China-Burma-India theatre.Some members of the famous American Volunteer Group known as the "Flying Tigers" joined the 75th Fighter Squadron after the AVG was disbanded.