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| Curtiss P-40C'Warhawk'Fighter (US Army Air Force) |
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| Manufacturer |
BRONCO MODELS |
| Item No |
BRO FB4008 |
| Scale |
1/48 |
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| Curr | Unit Price | Buy from | Stock Status |
| USD | 26.99 |
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Product Description
1937 Curtiss changed Allison V-1710-19 liquid cooled engine in a p36 fighter. The plane of the military project code is XP-40. The aircraft first flew successfully in October of the following year and reached a maximum speed of 587 km. In April 1939, the U.S. Army ordered the P-40A to start production and in a number of years have been changed out of type B and C. The P-40C (Hawk81 A-2) to increase the self sealing fuel tank based on type B, effectively improve the comprehensive protection of the fuel system. At the same time also increased the rack to Ground Weapons. Two weapons including a 12.7 mm machine gun and 4 wing was on a 7.62 mm gun. The United States Army Air Force is equipped with 193 P-40C. Most of those aircraft were deployed to Hawaii and Philippines. On December 7, 1941, the troops stationed in Hawaii at Pearl Harbor and the Philippines Clark base by the Japanese naval air force attack. Although the losses, but there are still such as Captain Ken Taylor driving the P-40C and take off against attack, downed 2 Japanese Type 99 dive bomber. After the United States in the war, P-40C was also deployed to England and Iceland and other European Theater. With the new aircraft to join, the relatively outdated P-40C gradually withdrawn from front-line troops.
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