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| Author | : Anis El Bied |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2002 |
| Genre | : Fighter planes |
| ISBN | : 9782913903470 |
200 color images showing the aircraft markings and all the variants of this classic American World War ll fighter. Also includes detail of personalized markings and nose art
| Author | : Emanuel Pernes |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2006-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9782352500131 |
This book sums up the international career of the P-40: the Flying Tigers' favorite, one of the most famous fighters of WWII.
| Author | : H. C. Bridgwater |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 56 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : Airplanes, Military |
| ISBN | : 9780953904051 |
| Author | : Brett Green |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 84 |
| Release | : 2012-04-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1780966873 |
The P-40 was a dependable warhorse that provided valuable service throughout World War II. The earliest operational variants were used to great effect by the famous 'Flying Tigers' in China, and the P-40 went on to serve in almost every theatre of the war. Modellers are well served with P-40 variants from major manufacturers and after-market companies, and this book helps make the most of the products available. The projects featured in clear step-by-step detail include a 1/32 'Flying Tiger' P-40B, an RAAF Kittyhawk Mk.IV in 1/48, a TP-40N two-seat trainer in 1/48 and an RAF Desert Kittyhawk in 1/72 scale. Superb colour reference photographs and detailed lists of kits and accessories available round off this authoritative treatment.
| Author | : Leszek A. Wieliczko |
| Publisher | : Monographs |
| Total Pages | : 72 |
| Release | : 2010-07-01 |
| Genre | : Fighter planes |
| ISBN | : 9788361220749 |
* Free extras for modelers, including decals and masking foil The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by the air forces of 28 nations, including those of most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in front line service until the end of the war. By November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built, all at Curtiss-Wright Corporation's main production facility at Buffalo, New York. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36; this reduced development time and enabled a rapid entry into production and operational service. The P-40's lack of a two-stage supercharger made it inferior to Luftwaffe fighters such as the Messerschmitt Bf 109 or the Focke-Wulf Fw 190 in high altitude combat and it was rarely used in operations in Northwest Europe. Between 1941 and 1944, however, the P-40 played a critical role with Allied air forces in three major theaters: North Africa, the Southwest Pacific and China. It also had a significant role in the Middle East, Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Alaska and Italy. About the series Monographs is a series focusing on an individual type of aircraft. Each monograph contains descriptions of the aircraft's origins, its variants and combat history. Each volume includes several hundred archive photographs, technical scale drawings and colour profile artworks, with free extras for modelers, including decals and masking foil.
| Author | : Herbert A. Hutchinson |
| Publisher | : Xlibris Corporation |
| Total Pages | : 641 |
| Release | : 2018-10-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 198455574X |
This book, in two volumes, attempts to explain the technology developments that evolved in the period from 1900 at Kitty Hawk through the ensuing seventy-five years leading to the development of the United States F-16 Multinational Weapon System in the mid-1970s. By 2017, 4,550 F-16s, all with the first all-electric, fly-by-wire flight control system have been manufactured for use by twenty-six countries. Awestricken birds undoubtedly ask themselves, How do humans do that? as an F-16 streaks by at over two hundred times the airspeed of the bird. This book strives to provide the how-and-why answer to that fascinating story.
| Author | : David Doyle |
| Publisher | : Schiffer Military History |
| Total Pages | : 112 |
| Release | : 2017-10-18 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780764354328 |
The Curtiss P-40 had a production run of 13,738 aircraft, making it the third most produced US fighter of WWII. Famous as the "shark-mouthed" aircraft of the legendary American Volunteer Group -- "Flying Tigers" -- the P-40 was first flown in 1938, and was used by the United States and many of its Allies throughout the war. This volume tells the story of this iconic aircraft -- from design and construction to combat use to detailed images of existing examplesthrough carefully researched photos, some of which have never before been published, and which are reproduced in remarkable clarity. These stunning photos, coupled with descriptive and informative captions, put the reader in the skies with this historic aircraft.
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| Total Pages | : 50 |
| Release | : 1984-05-01 |
| Genre | : P-40 (Fighter plane) |
| ISBN | : 9780897470254 |
| Author | : Carl Molesworth |
| Publisher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 67 |
| Release | : 2013-05-20 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1472802810 |
The initial version of the Curtiss P-40, designated by the manufacturer as the Hawk H-81, combined the established airframe of the earlier radial-powered H-75 (P-36) fighter with the Allison V-1710 liquid-cooled engine. The year was 1939, and the marriage was one of expediency. With the threat of war in Europe growing by the day, the US Army Air Corps brass wanted a modern fighter that would combine the sterling handling qualities of the P-36 with a boost in performance that would make it competitive with the new types emerging in Germany and England, and the generals wanted the new plane immediately. The P-40 delivered admirably, and though it never reached the performance levels of the Bf 109 or Spitfire, the sturdy fighter nevertheless made a place in history for itself as the Army's frontline fighter when the US entered World War II. Long-nosed P-40s initially saw combat in North Africa, flying in Royal Air Force squadrons. They also fought in the skies over Pearl Harbor and the Philippines. But the long-nosed P-40 is best known as the shark-faced fighter flown by the American Volunteer Group – the legendary "Flying Tigers" – over Burma and China during 1941–42.
| Author | : Tomasz Szlagor |
| Publisher | : SMI Library |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : P-40 (Fighter plane) |
| ISBN | : 9788364596315 |
Curtiss P-40, known to Americans as Warhawk, and to their allies of the British Commonwealth as Tomahawk and Kittyhawk, fought on nearly all fronts of the Second World War, serving with the American, British, Australian, New Zealand, South African, Canadian, Free French, Chinese, Dutch and Soviet air forces. The American Warhawks were part of as many as nine US Army Air Forces stationed overseas: the 5th (Australia, New Guinea, Philippines); the 6th (Central America); the 7th (central Pacific); the 9th (Middle East, North Africa), the 10th (India, Burma), the 11th (Alaska, Aleutians), the 12th (North Africa, Italy); the 13th (the Solomons); and the 14th (China). During the first years of the war the P-40 helped the Allies stem the offensive of the Axis powers and fight them back at the last-ditch defensive positions, like Kunming in China, Port Moresby on New Guinea, Darwin in Australia or El Alamein in Egypt. Never a high-performance fighter, it nonetheless proved a potent weapon in capable hands. Often turned into a fighter-bomber in later years, it soldiered on until phased out in favor of more advanced designs.
