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The Curtiss Warhawk (P-40) was a series of American single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber aircraft of the Second World War. Production started in 1939 and from then until December 1944, when the Warhawk was withdrawn from production it was the subject of continuous development and served in the air forces of the Allies in practically every theatre of the war. Warhawks were used by twenty-eight Allied and friendly nations. In Britain, the early model Warhawks were known as the Tomahawk and the later models, Kittyhawk. The maximum speed of the P-40F (middle of the series) version was a top speed of 582 kmh and a normal range of 976 km and a maximum range of 1920 km when fitted with auxiliary fuel tanks.
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The P-40B was a development of the Curtiss Warhawk, P-40 single-seat fighter aircraft. It was fitted with pilot armour, a bullet-proof windscreen and had its armament increased to two machine-guns in each wing and leak proof fuel tanks.
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The Curtiss Warhawk P-40D was a fighter-bomber development of the P-40 fitted with a new engine which allowed the fuselage to be shortened by six inches. The synchronised fuselage machine-guns were abandoned and shackles under the fuselage fitted to carry a fuel tank or 300-500 lb bomb. Racks under the outer wings were fitted to carry six 20 lb bombs.
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The Tomahawk I was a British version of the Curtiss Warhawk P-40, fitted with British equipment and British 0. 303 inch calibre machine-guns.
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