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[Flanker35M]

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Interesting find and seems not to be too much robbed by looters. Would be nice to know more about this plane, how it ended up there etc. Thanks for sharing.

[DroopSnoot]

I have a soft spot for tomahawks and kittyhawks.

It appears this looks like a tomahawk, you can tell this by the air intake on the nose. By the development of the C variant the intake had been streamlined and lowered, also the nose mounted machine guns had been removed.

Tomahawk's were P40C & D's. Kittyhawk's were P40E,F & G's, Warhawks were K's upwards.

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by DroopSnoot

I have a soft spot for Warhawks and kittyhawks ofc

Warhawk's were P40C & D Tomahawk II's. Kittyhawk's were P40E,F & G's.

What do you reckon this one is DroopSnoot?

[DroopSnoot]

Originally Posted by Sutts

What do you reckon this one is DroopSnoot?

Sorry sutts I made a typo ive updated my post above.

This is a tomahawk I'm betting, looks like an early one at first glance as the iconic Radiator intake is smaller. Although by the E the air intake was more streamlined the oil radiator was much larger to cope with the larger uprated engine.

Another indication is the spinner size and frontal nose area, with the Kitty is much bigger and boxy than the tomahawk:



In comparison:


(Not ideal photo I know)

[Sutts]

Originally Posted by DroopSnoot

Sorry sutts I made a typo ive updated my post above.

This is a tomahawk I'm betting, looks like an early one at first glance as the iconic Radiator intake is smaller. Although by the E the air intake was more streamlined the oil radiator was much larger to cope with the larger uprated engine.

Another indication is the spinner size and frontal nose area, with the Kitty is much bigger and boxy than the tomahawk:



In comparison:


(Not ideal photo I know)

Thanks DroopSnoot. I can't stop looking at these pics, just love timecapsules. Hope it gets the treatment it deserves. Wonder if the pilot got home?

[DroopSnoot]

Sad thought but many pilots didnt because of the vastness of the desert. I could be wrong but i dont think the RAF had a search & resuce for the desert because of the fluid nature of the war there.

I remember watching a war film years ago with P40's, it had a Tomahawk and a Kittyhawk in it. I'm gonna go hunt for it watch this space.

[Geronimo989]

Wonder if it is restorable?

[DroopSnoot]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069953/

Never released to DVD but my father did video it, maybe i ask him to see if he still has it and convert it.

[Osprey]

Originally Posted by DroopSnoot

Awwww, cute. Look at the little toy P40 that they given the crew member on the right to ride on

Originally Posted by DroopSnoot

I have a soft spot for tomahawks and kittyhawks.

It appears this looks like a tomahawk, you can tell this by the air intake on the nose. By the development of the C variant the intake had been streamlined and lowered, also the nose mounted machine guns had been removed.

Tomahawk's were P40C & D's. Kittyhawk's were P40E,F & G's, Warhawks were K's upwards.

Ah, me too. I think it is a beautiful plane and it has something very American about it. While the stang has something of a glamour boy and Cadillac style about it the P40 seems to me to be more grass root cowboy style.