Spinners Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 Curtiss Kittyhawk 1A - No.19 Squadron, Royal Air Force, 1938 Inspired by the classic Spitfire picture below my 'what if' needs Curtiss to have got the XP-40 into the air a lot earlier... 3 Quote
+Wrench Posted June 20, 2013 Posted June 20, 2013 not with an E model ... didn't start production until approx. mid 41 (last quarter?) first B/C models entered USAAC squadron service 6/40 RAF deliveries 11/40 (Tomahawk IIA) great looking skin, though!! Quote
Spinners Posted June 20, 2013 Author Posted June 20, 2013 not with an E model ... didn't start production until approx. mid 41 (last quarter?) first B/C models entered USAAC squadron service 6/40 RAF deliveries 11/40 (Tomahawk IIA) great looking skin, though!! Yes, I know all that. That's why I commented that Curtiss would have needed to have got the XP-40 into the air a lot earlier. Quote
Spinners Posted June 21, 2013 Author Posted June 21, 2013 Curtiss Kittyhawk 1A - No.43 Squadron, Royal Air Force, September 1938 'Munich Crisis' 1 Quote
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