Early RAF Kittyhawks

[Spinners 15,966]

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...

 

[Wrench 9,460]

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!!

[Spinners 15,966]

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.

[Spinners 15,966]

Curtiss Kittyhawk 1A - No.43 Squadron, Royal Air Force, September 1938 'Munich Crisis'