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Curtiss Kittyhawk III

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Here's a scan of a P-40M painted up in British colors. The British Empire air forces called these later models "Kittyhawks" while the earlier B and C models were "Tomahawks." If the AK 845 designation is right, it is an ex-Royal Canadian Air Force machine. The P-40 was "start to finish" WWII fighter. The early models were the first to get the shark mouth paint jobs in North Africa by the Aussies. In 1941 the American Volunteer Group in China picked it up from a magazine photo and became the famous "Flying Tigers." P-40 variants were never the best Allied fighter of WWII, but they were sturdy, reliable, versatile and when flown using the proper tactics quite deadly.

Comments (26)


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Buffalo1

3:41PM | Sat, 26 December 2009

Oh, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year,Happy Holidays to everyone at Rosity. Like most of us I have been rather busy and have fallen behind in visiting galleries. I'll stop by yours soon!

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erlandpil

3:47PM | Sat, 26 December 2009

Good shot again And thanks happy new year to you erland

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RodS Online Now!

3:52PM | Sat, 26 December 2009

OOOO - she's a beauty!! Great shot!

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killerkane

4:12PM | Sat, 26 December 2009

sweet machine... one of my favs after the F4 phantom, and the F4-U Corsair :) btw, great pic... :) -jeff

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sandra46

4:33PM | Sat, 26 December 2009

very beautiful capture!!!

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Rainastorm

4:43PM | Sat, 26 December 2009

Oh darn and cool...hope Rob sees this, as he is away right now with limited pop into rend time. Excellent pain job on this.

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debbielove

6:20PM | Sat, 26 December 2009

Yep!!! Rob sure did.. She is lovely...and i knoww she sounds wonderful, as I've heard two flying together... Great shot, Rog AND have a Happy Christmas mate..... Take care!!! Rob....

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flavia49

7:20AM | Sun, 27 December 2009

fantastic capture!!! Happy Holidays to you too!!!

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texboy

8:55AM | Sun, 27 December 2009

what a sweet machine... good stuff, bud!!

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rawdodb

11:24AM | Sun, 27 December 2009

Gorgeous Shot!!! Has always been a favorite since I first saw it being Flown on a Saturday morning Serial... Excellent !!!!

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MagikUnicorn

12:55PM | Sun, 27 December 2009

Stunning my friend

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RodolfoCiminelli

1:10PM | Sun, 27 December 2009

Fantastic airplane and wonderful shot my friend....!!!

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jocko500

5:51PM | Sun, 27 December 2009

wonderful shot

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zet

3:04PM | Tue, 29 December 2009

I love these Curtis aircraft, especially the Warhawk. Nice shot against a difficult bright sky.

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VonCroy

3:48PM | Tue, 29 December 2009

There is something about this particular war horse, perhaps it is because it is an unsung hero. Also the shot is very special.

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Alex_Antonov

12:47AM | Wed, 30 December 2009

Outstanding work!

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danapommet

12:06AM | Thu, 31 December 2009

Super capture and POV. Awesome paint job. Dana

M2A

2:22AM | Thu, 31 December 2009

Excellent plane, looks furious.

jared99

3:26PM | Thu, 31 December 2009

A wonderful shot of a piece of history. I've always loved that shark mouth design on them.

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tennesseecowgirl

5:37PM | Mon, 04 January 2010

Cool capture. And Happy 2010 to you as well.

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e-brink

2:23PM | Wed, 06 January 2010

LOvely shot! Excellent details.

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ontar1

11:19AM | Sat, 09 January 2010

Cool plane, excellent find and capture!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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ragouc

5:35AM | Sun, 10 January 2010

Cool shot.

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junge1

4:07PM | Tue, 19 January 2010

Great shot of this beautiful flying machine Rog and interesting info. I didn't know the Aussies were the first ones to use the shark mouth!

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lior

12:44PM | Wed, 10 March 2010

Superb POV!

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2Loose2Trek

7:28PM | Thu, 11 March 2010

What an outstanding aircraft and photo. WEll DONE!


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