eBay: Curtiss P-40

Ad: This forum contains affiliate links to products on Amazon and eBay. More information in Terms and rules

Went to the Naval Air Museum in Pensacola this weekend. Kind of tricky to get there but it's a real neat place. These are of a (pretty rare I think) Hawk-81 P-40, originally a Tomahawk IIb used by the British in the Western Desert, then shipped to the Russians in whose hands it got shot down in Murmansk, where IIRC it landed in a lake. Anyway it was recovered and restored and they repainted it in AVG colors as you can see. I'll post some other photos from the museum in another thread, but these are just the P-40.








 
Resp:
But do you know why a Flying Tiger P-40 with Chinese marking is in a US Naval Museum? It is because @ 60 percent of the AVG pilots came from the USN and USMC. The balance being from the USAAC.
 
johnbr said:
Curtiss TP-40N - 2 place trainer aircraft I found this. mike furlineView attachment 546286View attachment 546287
View attachment 546205
Click to expand...
Resp:
The first photo looks to have "Nair" low on the L side of the air intake, but due to the latticed canopy which predates the P-40Ns used to make TP-40s, it was an early, possibly the first . . . two seat trainer. I still think it is a factory model rather than a field modification. The garrison covers (hats) the pilots are wearing suggest a leasure trip, or perhaps a non-scheduled demonstration flight. All are guesses though. I believe the first 'N' models had latticed canopies, or could be a P-40M conversion? No tail number to verify.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Users who are viewing this thread

Total: 1 (members: 0, guests: 1)

Similar threads

O
Curtiss A-18 with feathered prop
Replies
5
Views
647
fubar57
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
Replies
5
Views
813
Gnomey
eBay: Blohm & Voss HA137
Replies
1
Views
860
Wurger
P-38 "hydroplane" circumstances
Replies
4
Views
776
mjfur
M
eBay: Heinkel He116
Replies
16
Views
2K
Wurger
Menu
Log in
Register