Military Aviation Trivia #15 (1 Viewer)

[Beaufighter]

Forum Squadron Members:

Another one so here you go...

Q. By what four names was the Curtiss P-40 known?

A. ?

Charge the Guns,
Beaufighter

 

[wayne556517]

I know 3 tomahawk kittyhawk and warhawk..?

 

[wayne556517]

How about chickenhawk...................

 

[Evzone]

Didn't the French just call theirs 'Hawk'?

 

[Spitfrnd]

Warhawk was the name the USAAC gave to all P-40 models. Curtiss called the original P-40 the Hawk 81 and the later models the Hawk 87. The British and Commonwealth air forces gave the name Tomahawk to the P-40B and P-40C and the name Kittyhawk to the P-40E and all later versions, which had improved engines and armament. Unofficially the RAF called the P-40L the Gipsy Rose Lee.

 

[Beaufighter]

Didn't the French just call theirs 'Hawk'?

C'est vrai! Yes, absolutely! Nice shooting gentleman on this one!

Thanks,
Marc