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Generaloberst Erwin Rommel with officers of the Afrika Korps inspects a damaged RAF Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk fighter, North Africa, 1942
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”The Breitling Fighters”
From left to right: Vaught F4U Corsair, North American P-51 Mustang, Supermarine Spitfire, Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk
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A Kittyhawk I of No 75 Squadron RAAF at Milne Bay, September 1942
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P-40
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#p 40 kittyhawk#wright Curtis aviation#fighter#aircraft#raf#aviation#ww2#ww2 aircraft#ww2 aviation#ww2 photo#wwii aircraft#wwii planes
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Oshkosh 2023
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RAF P-40 Kittyhawk, found abandoned in the Sahara desert
Shot down over Egypt in 1942, found and recovered in 2012. The pilot's remains were found a few miles away from the crash site.
#wwii#aviation#history#aircraft#war#royal air force#abandoned#ww2#war history#aviation history#p-40#kittyhawk#curtiss#warbird#england#air force
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Curtiss P-40M-5 Kittyhawk de la Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF)
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#WWII#Artwork#Guerre du Pacifique#Pacific War#Royal New Zealand Air Force#RNZAF#Avion de chasse#Chasseur#Fighter#Curtiss P-40#Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk#P-40
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1440x1168 P40 Curtiss Kittyhawks of the RAF in Northern Africa 1941
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Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk Aircraft
The P-40 was the third-most numerous US fighter of World War II. An early prototype version of the P-40 was the first American fighter capable of speeds greater than 300 mph.
#curtiss#p 40#warhawk#fighter#aircraft#airplane#aviation#wwii#military#ww2#plane#tomahawk#p40#flying tigers#pilot#kittyhawk#air force#warbird#avg#american#flying#p 40 warhawk#usaaf#curtiss p 40#world war 2#pzd#vintage#usaf#pzd501#war
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Dutch East Indies. March 1945. Portrait of Squadron Leader Clive Tolhurst, Commanding Officer of No. 75 Squadron RAAF, standing next to his Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk.
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Even though I am going to the airshow tomorrow it is hard to stop watching planes practicing for the airshow. (You can pay to ride on a B-17 Flying Fortress or a P-40 Kittyhawk ahhhh!)
#I don't mean to glorify war planes but I just really like airplanes and flying#and the WWII planes are fascinating#There aren't a ton of them still flying!#rambling#airplanes
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N2416X - 1941 P-40E Kittyhawk - Texas Warhawk LLC
#Curtiss#P-40#P-40E#Kittyhawk#vintage aircraft#WW2 fighter#warbird#airplane#plane#N2416X#aviation photography#shark mouth#nose art
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PACIFIC AIRSHOW GOLD COAST 2023 VOL 2
Incoming photodump! Batch 2!
Will title the different acts accordingly! Pictures below the cut!
Emma McDonald's solo performance (cont.)
A Marchetti S211 solo
Aaron Deliu came out to play in his Extra 330LT. IIRC, he is a national champion for aerobatics in Australia.
USAF put on a show with their own C-17, and also brought out their KC-135 Stratotanker to do a mock refuelling pass
The Screaming Diamonds put on an impressive display in their S-1-11 and two S-1Ts
Some skydivers from Gold Coast Skydiving dropped in to say hello!
Matt Hall returned for his own solo display
Then some old warbirds came out to give us a show. First a Focke Wulf FW190 flew...
... but got chased off by a P-40 Kittyhawk and P-51 Mustang
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RNZAF ground crew preform maintenance on the engine and guns of P-40E Kittyhawk.
No. 2 Fighter Maintenance Unit, Espiritu Santo, 1943.
Flying the P-40, Kiwi pilots of the NZ Fighter Wing scored 100 kills against Japanese planes (mostly Zeros) while only losing 20 P-40s to enemy
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P-40 Wing bomb racks
Special Hobby has released a new CMK underwing bombs set and racks that are compatible with 1:72 P-40 models. P-40 Wing bomb racks with plywood support boards A pair of bomb racks for the P-40 Warhawk/Kittyhawk bomber. Set is designed for the new SH72502 kit but can be used with any of our earlier P40 Warhawk / Kittyhawk releases. The set is designed for the new SH72502 kit but can be used with…
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