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Carl Molesworth

Curtiss P-40

Snub-nosed Kittyhawks and Warhawks

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An improved version of the Allison V-1710 engine gave rise to the Curtiss H-87, which began life in 1941 as the P-40D and featured a completely redesigned fuselage. The shorter and deeper nose of the new fighter gave it a decidedly snub-nosed appearance compared to the earlier P-40 models. Curtiss continued to tweak the H-87 for the next two years in the search for better performance, but the last major version, the P-40N, was only marginally faster than the first. In the process, Curtiss even tried an engine change to the Packard Merlin in the P-40F and L but to no avail. What the late model P-40s lacked in speed and service ceiling, they tr… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Tooby, Adam (Illustr.) / Chasemore, Richard (Illustr.)
  • ISBN: 978-1-4728-0705-2
  • EAN: 9781472807052
  • Produktnummer: 20182881
  • Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 64 S.
  • Plattform: PDF
  • Masse: 1'673 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor


Carl Molesworth, a resident of Mount Vernon, Washington, USA, is a former newspaper and magazine editor now working as a publicist and freelance writer. A graduate of the University of Maryland with a BA in English, Carl served as an enlisted man in the United States Air Force, 1968-72. He has been researching and writing about fighter operations in World War II for more than 30 years. His 11 previous titles include three books in Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces series, three in the Elite Units series and two in the Duel series.

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