Molesworth, C./Tooby, A. (Illustr.)/Chasemore, R. (Illustr.) Curtiss P-40. Long-nosed Tomahawks

Name: Molesworth, C./Tooby, A. (Illustr.)/Chasemore, R. (Illustr.): Curtiss P-40. Long-nosed Tomahawks
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English text, paperback, many bw-images, some colour plates. 64 pages.

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In 1939, with the threat of war in Europe growing by the day, the US Army Air Corps brass demanded 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 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 and it delivered admirably. Although 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. This book tells the complete story of the long-nosed P-40, from design and development through to its service with the RAF over North Africa and with US forces over Pearl Harbor and in the Far East, where it became renowned as the shark-faced fighter flown by the American Volunteer Group - the legendary ''Flying Tigers''.

Group: Books (first-hand)
Author: Molesworth, C./Tooby, A. (Illustr.)/Chasemore, R. (Illustr.)
Title: Curtiss P-40. Long-nosed Tomahawks
Details: English text, paperback, many bw-images, some colour plates. 64 pages.
Series: Osprey - Air Vanguard
State: new

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