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Trouble is that Wiki doesn't really tell you anything.F-104
Top speed 1,528 mph, combat range 420 mi
One Indian pilot, when asked how fast the Mig-21 was, replied, "I don't know. The low fuel warning light comes on about the time I hit Mach 1.""I do know that at full afterburn the full load of internal fuel won't last 10 minutes."
Thumpalumpacus - by the way, one last note on Jane's WW2F:
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The first three from the camera back have the stretched tail, so they could be the later P-40K-10 through K-15 models or early N models.I think these are all P-40K, at least the second from the top is for sure (tail fin)..
All known Aussie Kittyhawks are listed on one or other of the ADF Serials Kittyhawk pages. The associated articles are also worth a read through.Yeah I think most of the RAAF P-40K used in the Pacific are here ADF Serials - Kittyhawk
though they also used a few in the Med, not sure if officially or what. Nicky Barr flew one for a while.
All known Aussie Kittyhawks are listed on one or other of the ADF Serials Kittyhawk pages. The associated articles are also worth a read through.
Not sure how Nicky Barr could have flown a P-40K Kittyhawk III in the desert. He was shot down and captured by the Italians on 26 June 1942 and was a PoW until he arrived back in Allied hands in March 1944 after which he served in NWE before returning to Australia in Sept.
A29-171 | P-40K-10-CU | 42-10185 | 1/43 | USAAF Contract W535-AC-22714, USAAF accepted 23/10/42, RAAF Case 126 Indent 2012A RFDA-322A, Diversion 146-A, Aus 1 #34 Ex San Francisco SS ??? 241 W18/12/42. Rec 1AD ex USA 24/01/43. Rec Special Duties Flight (SDF) for RWT fitment/Trials ex 1AD 07/04/43. Rec 1AD ex SDF 13/07/43. Issued 13ARD ex 1AD 09/08/43. Rec 77 Sqn RAAF ex 13ARD RP 29/11/43. Rec 3AD ex 77Sqn RAAF 06/03/44. Rec 2OTU ex 3AD 09/06/44. Coded AB-Y. Accident 11/01/45 crashed on landing at Essendon Aerodrome when pilot over corRected landing swing. Pilot Sqn Ldr Andrew William "Nicki" Barr Serv#250774 was not injured. Repaired. Accident 15/03/43, on landing at Mildura . Pilot F/Sgt Edward Irwin Lorne Baker Serv#433765 was not injured. Rec 1CRD ex 2OTU 09/10/45. Authorised to Write-off 19/11/46. Passed to DAP 25/08/48. Completed 22/07/49. |
P-40K production only began in May 1942 and the Kittyhawk squadrons in the DAF didn't start to receive them until Sept/Oct 1942. That seems about right given delivery times from the USA. 450 began to receive them in Oct & 3 RAAF in April 1943.
Like to address this, as I believe you may be in error with this statement (think its a mix of information with the wrong conclusion).Most of the Tomahawks and many of the early (i.e. P-40D/E) Kittyhawks they got were ones that had already 'seen action' with the British, such as in North Africa, and this no doubt meant that the engine time was already substantially reduced. Some were noticeably 'clapped out' when they arrived.