P-40n Kittyhawk

Curtiss
P-40n Kittyhawk

Italeri #2658 (1/48)

This model depicts the P-40n A29-451 of
RAAF no.4 squadron
Labuan, North Borneo, 1945.

Aircraft history:

served with 75 and 4 Sqns;
on 7/9/43 it was damaged when it nosed over on landing at Evan Heads, NSW;
on 18/9/43 it was received by 75 Sqn from 2 AD;
on 21/10/43 after landing on the Kiriwina strip after dark the a/c swung to port and ran through the flare path onto rough ground and the undercarriage collapsed with F/Sgt P M Sheahan escaping injury;
on 6/3/44 it was received back at 75 Sqn from 12 RSU but was only there some 4 months before being received at 11 RSU for completion of repairs;
on 9/1/45 it was received back at 11 RSU after having been through 10 RSU, 15 ARD and 22 RSU;
on 29/8/45 it was received by 4 Sqn at Labuan, Nth Borneo;
on 6/10/45 it was received back at 4 Sqn from 6 RSU;
on 16/10/45 F/O J C Maddern was forced to crash land it on the beach some 50km south of Jesselton, Nth Borneo and was under water at high tide and due to corrosion it was converted to components

P-40 Information

	Role:	Fighter
	Country:	USA
	Manufacturer:	Curtiss
	First Flight:	14 October 1938
	No Produced:	13,738* / ?? **

*total all variants, ** p-40n version
RAAF: 841 (163 p-40e; 42 p-40k; 90 p-40m; 553 p-40n)

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter & ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The Warhawk was used by most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in frontline service until the end of the war. It was the third most-produced American fighter, after the P-51 & P-47; by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built, all at Curtiss-Wright Corporation's main production facilities at Buffalo, New York.

P-40 Warhawk was the name the United States Army Air Corps and after June 1941, USAAF-adopted name for all models, making it the official name in the U.S. for all P-40s. The British Commonwealth & Soviet Air forces used the name Tomahawk for models equivalent to the P-40B and P-40C, and the name Kittyhawk for models equivalent to the P-40D and all later variants.

Specifications:
crew:	1
length:	9.68m
wingspan:	11.38m
height:	3.76m
weight (empty):	2753kg
weight (loaded):	3760kg
Performance:
Powerplant:	1 x Allison V-1710-81 liquid-cooled V12 engine, 858kW
Max Speed:	580km/h
Range:	1100km
Service Ceiling:	8,800m
Armament:
Guns:	6 x 12.7mm M2 Browning machine guns
Bombs:	900kg Bomb load on 3 hard points (one on the fuselage & two underwing)