CURTISS P-40 WARHAWK
Jun 11, 2020
3 minutes
“THE P-40 ‘WARHAWK’ FOUND ITSELF SUDDENLY THRUST ON TO THE FRONT LINE ONCE THE USA ENTERED THE SECOND WORLD WAR IN 1941”
Developed by Curtiss-Wright Corporation in the 1930s, the P-40 ‘Warhawk’ found itself suddenly thrust on to the front line once the USA entered the Second World War in 1941. The P-40 was the successor to the obsolete P-36 ‘Hawk’, which experienced many of the drawbacks that would hamper the Warhawk’s performance in wartime. Despite lagging behind in
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