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Description
| Manufacturer: | Curtiss |
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| Base model: | P-40 | ||
| Designation: | P-40 | ||
| Version: | E | ||
| Nickname: | Warhawk | ||
| Designation System: | U.S. Air Force | ||
| Designation Period: | 1925-1947 | ||
| Basic role: | Pursuit | ||
Specifications
| Length: | 31' 2" | 9.4 m | |
| Height: | 10' 7" | 3.2 m | |
| Wingspan: | 37' 4" | 11.3 m | |
| Empty Weight: | 6,350 lb | 2,880 kg | |
| Gross Weight: | 8,263 lb | 3,755 kg | |
| Max Weight: | 8,280 lb | 3,756 kg | |
Propulsion
| No. of Engines: | 1 | ||
| Powerplant: | Allison V-1710-39 | ||
| Horsepower (each): | 1150 | ||
Performance
| Max Speed: | 354 mph | 570 km/h | 308 kt |
Known serial numbers
Examples of this type may be found at
| Museum | City | State |
| Hill Aerospace Museum | Hill AFB | Utah |
| National Air and Space Museum | Washington | Dist of Col |
| San Diego Aerospace Museum | San Diego | California |
| United States Air Force Museum | Wright-Patterson | Ohio |
| War Eagles Air Museum | Santa Teresa | New Mexico |
P-40E on display
Hill Aerospace Museum | San Diego Aerospace Museum |
Recent comments by our visitors
| Clark McNulty , TX | I would like a picture of Robert H mooney's P-40E. I am also a Wentworth Alumn that would like to build a to scale replica of his plane. Does anyone know the name and or number of his plane? 01/26/2009 @ 17:25 [ref: 23559] |
| Aaron F. Robinson Wilmington, NC | In spring 1942, at least 30 P-40Es were delivered to the AVG (American Volunteer Group) in Burma. 11/21/2008 @ 16:07 [ref: 23119] |
| Aaron F. Robinson Wilmington, NC | A total of 820 P-40Es was built for the USAAF, while another 1500 were built for the RAF as P-40E-1s. 11/21/2008 @ 16:03 [ref: 23118] |
| Steve Smith Scotts Valley, CA | Robert Mooney was an alumni of Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington Missouri. He was killed in China in 1942 when he bailed out of his stricken P40. A replica of the Mooney Memorial in China stands outside the Wentworth Memorial Chapel. Inside the chapel is a painting called Mooney's Sacrifice by Roy Grinnell as well as a photograph of Mooney.
The Chapel was dedicated in 1955 and was built with funds raised by Mooney's father in his honor. 10/10/2008 @ 20:27 [ref: 22826] |
| Rob , MB | Information on aircraft and the men that used them in RAF 112 Squadron RAF, can be found at :
http://www.geocities.com/raf_112_sqdn/ Regards Rob 02/04/2006 @ 09:28 [ref: 12409] |
| Paul Dwyer , NY | There is a P-40N at the Air Zoo (http://www.airzoo.com) in Kalamazoo, Mich. This aircraft was flown for many years on the airshow circuit by owner and former WASP Suzanne Parish. It is memorable for its pink paint job, replicating sun-faded desert camouflage. 12/08/2005 @ 19:39 [ref: 11919] |
| Guo Xizhu Yunnanyi Twon,Xiangyun County of Yu, TX | Hi!
I\'m a Chinese guy from Yunnanyi .China.I like and reseach the flying tigers and USAAF during WW2.Maybe you know Robert H.Mooney ,he died at Yunnanyi for the Chinese on Dec 26th 1942,his plane was p-40E,I will send you a picture about Mooney\'s plane.But I want to be look for the other picture,which Mooney\'s girlfriend name (Rose)pined up his P-40E plane .Wounld you tell me If you have found it ? and we are builting a museum of CBI in WW2 at Yunnanyi,beacuse Yunnanyi was a important airport during the Hump airline. I hope to get your help. Chinese friend:Guo Xizhu 01/25/2005 @ 22:11 [ref: 9263] |
| arthur b cleaveland , NC | MY FATHER BECAME A ACE 0N APRIL 18 1943 WHEN HE SHOT DOWN 5 PLANE IN NORTRH AFRICA 4 FLAMERS AND ONE EXPLODED . HE ALSO HAD SEVERAL KILLS AS A ROYAL CANADIAN AIRFORCE PILOT AND RAF PILOT BEFORE AMERICA GOT INTO THE WAR ,ALSO WAS FIRST AMERICAN TO FLY SPITFIRE OFF A AIRCRAFT CARRIER THE WASP 4/20/ 1942 IF ANYONE KNOWS OF MY FATHER PLEASE CALL ME AT 910-428-4792 05/23/2003 @ 19:50 [ref: 6469] |
| Jose Moreno , OTH | i want many information about the WWII, and i need P-40E Warhawk´s images and planes.
please some body send me no sean unos pinches ojaldres 09/26/2002 @ 20:12 [ref: 5764] |
| Justin Upton Gilbert, AZ | I belive the correct answers to what the terms Tomahawk, Warhawk and Kittyhawk designate are as follows. The first P-40's(Curtiss designation Hawk 81A)ie: the P-40B&P-40C were called Tomahawk by the RAF.
The second series P-40's(Curtiss Designation Hawk 87A)ie: all subsequent P-40's, were called Warhawk by the USAAF and Kittyhawk by the RAF. 12/05/2001 @ 03:52 [ref: 3775] |
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