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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: 978-1-4728-0706-9
  • EAN: 9781472807069
  • Produktnummer: 16944923
  • Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2013
  • Seitenangabe: 64 S.
  • Plattform: EPUB
  • Masse: 5'031 KB
  • Auflage: 1. Auflage

Über den Autor


Carl Molesworth has specialized in producing unit histories for the USAAF fighter groups of the CBI since the 1980s, interviewing surviving veterans from these little-publicised units.

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