P-40's (2) ...

[Mark Allen M]

Finally got around to cleaning these photos up for the guys who requested more P-40's. They look much better than they did. the wonders of photoshop. On some of these you can actually count the rivets now ... Sources SDASM archives, Library of Congress archives.

Part 1


P-40D


Curtiss Tomahawk MkIA


Curtiss P-40 MkII RAF


P-40N




Curtiss Tomahawk MkIA


Curtiss P-40C 33rd PS Kaldadarnes Iceland


Curtiss Tomahawk MkIA


Curtiss P-40N


Curtiss P-40E




72nd Tactical Recon Group Curtiss P-40 Warhawk






343rd Fighter Group Curtiss P-40 Warhawk




Curtiss P-40K


P-40F Bradley Field CT 1943


Curtiss Kittyhawk MkIA








72nd Tactical Recon Group Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

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[Mark Allen M]

Part 2










Royal Australian Air Force Curtiss P-40s




A P-40N-5-CU Warhawk s/n42-105110 on the flightline at the 45th Fighter Squadron 15th Fighter Group area on Nanumea Island Ellice Islands on December 10 1943


Aleutian Tigers from the 11th Fighter Squadron


Luke Fields auxiliary fields during filming of movie 'God is My Co-Pilot'


Luke Fields auxiliary fields during filming of movie 'God is My Co-Pilot'












Three Kittyhawk Is from 111 Squadron RCAF on patrol in Alaskan skies during 1942


P-40K was originally destined for the USSR under Lend-Lease


18th Fighter Squadron P-40E


P-40N43-24012-Accident at Patterson Field


P-40E-1 Warhawk s/n41-25116 pilot was 2nd Lt James C Reed pictured near Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City North Carolina on April 12 1942




Crash at Piva airstrip 1943






344th Fighter Squadron P-40K

[Randy Wilson]

The image of the AVG #45 in the first set almost looks like the pilot is a girl with pig tails until you blow it up. Odd.

Randy

[Mark Allen M]

Part 3


Repairing a Flying Tiger P-40 at Kunming China (US Air Force photo)


P-40 of the 55th Pursuit Squadron 20th Pursuit Group at Oakland Airport 1940




P-40L-5-CU42-10554


P-40N43-23388


P-40C's of the 43rd Pursuit Squadron 16th Pursuit Group on patrol over Trinidad

[JohnCFord]

Thank you very much. Got some good ones there...
~J~

[cooper9411]

O.K. Mark, I got my weekly P-40 fix! Thank you!

[Deuelly]

Great photo's Mark. Thank you for all the time you spend to share them.

[hang the expense]

Hey Mark, Some really good shots of the Hawks.Feel free to post more of these anytime.I had not seen alot of those before.Thank you for posting.

[cooper9411]

Hey Mark, Some really good shots of the Hawks.Feel free to post more of these anytime.

+1

Enjoy all the models, but especially the P-40 E-1

[Mark Allen M]

Much Welcome!!!! ... This is becoming a new hobby to clean and clear these old photos. Amazing how bad some of them looked before I started messing around with photoshop. Night and day difference for many of them, hope you guys like the outcome. A few of these I posted before in the first 'P-40' thread a while back. Much better looking now.































Civilian P-40's

[Chris Brame]

You can add the E model in the tenth picture to the civilian side - it's one of the two Tora! Tora! Tora! flyers (looks like N1207V?).

Be interesting to find out what happened to that last crashed one - result of a midair collision or maybe caught a tow target?

[The Inspector]

Posting a P-40 picture is like posting a photo of a cute, fuzzy kitten sleeping in a weird or funny pose, every one just goes 'ahhhh-yes' and feels better for having seen it.

[hang the expense]

Anyone notice the B model mustang wing on gear in the back ground of the first civvy n model?

[Badman]

The P-40F in Part 1 called "Dutchess of Durham" belonged to the 325th FG's Capt. Taylor who would become their first ace in North Africa. The "Dutchess" was his fiance who he later married and had her likeness painted on the cowling on a later P-40 he flew ("the Dutchess of Durham IV"). He was originally assigned aircraft #11 in N. Africa while his squadron mate H. Green had #13. According to Capt Taylor, Green got shot up pretty bad on one of the 325th's early missions and thought the #13 was unlucky and traded planes with Taylor.

[John Kerr]

FYI: Ref civil P-40's
photo 2 is P-40E, AK-987 (EX RCAF 1068) N5673N. Photo taked at the USAF Museum.
photo 3 is TP-40N, 44-7084,N999CD