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P-40 Hawks at War

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Author(s)	Joe Christy, Jeff Ethell
Editor	Ian Allan Publishing	Place	London
Year	1979	Pages	128
Measure	23x30 (cm)	Illustration	ill. b/n n.t. - b/w ills.
Binding	cart. edit. con sovracc. ill. colori - Hardcover with dustjacket	Conservazione	Usato ottime condizioni - used very good
Language	Inglese - English text	Weight	1300 (gr)
ISBN	071100983X	EAN-13	9780711009837

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Known as the Warhawk, the Kittyhawk and the Tomahawk, the Curtiss P-40 was not the best fighter of World War ll. However, it was produced in large numbers, was ruggedly effective and was considerably modified during the war years until over 13,700 had been built and they had supplied the air forces of Britain, Australia and New Zealand as well as that of America, and had fought with distinction in every theatre of operations - in Europe and the Western Desert against the Germans and Italians and in the Aleutians and Pacific against the Japanese. While never gaining the popularity of the P-51 or P-47, the Hawks were reliable and dependable fighters perhaps best remembered for being the main weapon in the China-Burma-India theatre of the American Volunteer Group - the famous 'Flying Tigers - who fought with great heroism against the Japanese, achieving 297 confirmed kills.
P-40 Hawks at War charts the progress of the P-40 from its earliest H75/P-36 Mohawk days, through the engine trials and developments that led to the P-40 proper and on into battle against the Axis powers. With over 150 photographs, detailed appendices on the production figures and data of the various marks and types, and numerous personal accounts, P-40 Hawks at War portrays authoritatively and accurately the history of one of the most widely used aircraft of World War II.