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Kittyhawk?
Why is this P-40 called a "Kittyhawk?"
http://www.aviationclassics.org.uk/images/kittyhawk.jpg I thought all US P-40 aircraft were Warhawks and British P-40 aircraft Tomahawks. Please clarify this. Ian |
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"Ian McKellan" wrote in message om... Why is this P-40 called a "Kittyhawk?" http://www.aviationclassics.org.uk/images/kittyhawk.jpg I thought all US P-40 aircraft were Warhawks and British P-40 aircraft Tomahawks. Please clarify this. The P-40 had nearly 14,000 aircraft produced. There were numerous models, A thru N, with varying numbers of each type. From what I understand, from the D model forward the Commonwealth nations called them Kittyhawks. The British apparently called theirs Tomahawks, but they bought relatively few of them early in the war as gap-fillers. Some models with larger engines (than the first production model) and more guns were called Warhawks by the USA. |
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Why is this P-40 called a "Kittyhawk?" The small-jawed B and C models were called Tomahawk by the RAF. Both Curtiss and the British regarded the big-jawed P-40D as new enough to warrant a new designation, so it became Kittyhawk I in RAF service. The AVG Flying Tigers likewise used this term for the P-40Es that were ferried to them in the spring of 1942, though they were straight USAAF variants. all the best -- Dan Ford email: see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com |
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Cub Driver wrote in message . ..
Why is this P-40 called a "Kittyhawk?" The small-jawed B and C models were called Tomahawk by the RAF. Both Curtiss and the British regarded the big-jawed P-40D as new enough to warrant a new designation, so it became Kittyhawk I in RAF service. The AVG Flying Tigers likewise used this term for the P-40Es that were ferried to them in the spring of 1942, though they were straight USAAF variants. all the best -- Dan Ford email: see the Warbird's Forum at www.warbirdforum.com and the Piper Cub Forum at www.pipercubforum.com All US P-40s by late war were designated by the USAAC as Warhawk. Tomahawk and Kittyhawk were P-40s in foreign service. The P-40Q was unofficially known as the Winterhawk at its testing facility. Rob |
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All US P-40s by late war were designated by the USAAC
Please, guys, stop with this "USAAC" stuff. The Army Air Corps became history before the US entered WW2. The United States Army AIR FORCES were established per AR 95-5 on June 20, 1941. As part of the USAAF, an "Air Corps" still existed, but it handled training. Chris Mark |
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