Curtiss P-36 Hawk photo gallery

Curtiss H-81A Hawk - Tomahawk photo gallery

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk photo gallery

Curtiss P-40 Warhawk photo gallery

Tomahawk RAF 168Sqn OE-V AN756 Snailwell 1941

Source: Flypast March 2013

Tomahawk RAF 349Sqn (Belgium) GE-H AH972 Ikoja, Nigeria West Africa 1943

Ikeja is a suburb of the city of Lagos and the capital of Lagos State Nigeria

 

Profile 00: Tomahawk Mk IIA RAF Training Unit 1683BDTU PB-F AH899 Bruntinthorpe, UK

Photo: Curtiss Tomahawk Mark IIB, AK162 'SY-N', of No. 613 Squadron RAF based at Doncaster, Yorkshire, in flight over Auckley Common, east of Doncaster.

Source: IWM HU 92995 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211466

Photo: Tomahawk Mark IIB, AK184, at Hamble, Hampshire, following erection by Air Service Training Ltd. This aircraft was passed to the Royal Aircraft Establishment at Farnborough, with whom it remained in service until 1944.

Source: IWM ATP 10993C https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126699

Photo: Two Tomahawk Mark IIBs on a test flight following assembly at No. 107 Maintenance Unit, Kasfareet, Egypt.

Source: IWM CM 852 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208754

Photo: Tomahawk Mark I, AH769 on the ground at Boscombe Down, Wiltshire. This aircraft served with No. 268 Squadron RAF before being turned over to No. 1686 Bomber (Defence) Training Flight in 1943.

Source: IWM ATP 10466B https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126698

Photo: Tomahawk Mark I, AH791 RME, of No. 26 Squadron RAF based at Gatwick, Sussex, in flight.

Source: IWM CH 4052 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205210117

Photo: Original wartime caption: 1090 h.p Allison V-1710-C-15 engine. Place- Bagington - April 1941

Source: IWM CH 17251 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205456151

Photo: Original wartime caption: 1090 h.p Allison V-1710-C-15 engine. Place- Bagington - April 1941

Source: IWM CH 4054 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205444791

Photo: Original wartime caption: For story see CH.4052 The American-built aircraft, the Tomahawk, in flight.

Source: IWM CH 4053 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205444790

Photo: Tomahawks of No. 26 Squadron RAF based at Gatwick, Sussex, in flight. AH893 RM-D and AH896 RM-Y are Mark IIAs, while AH791 RM-E is a Mark I. All Tomahawks based in the United Kingdom operated as low-level tactical reconnaissance aircraft with Army Co-operation Command, hence the oblique camera ports visible on the port fuselage side of these aircraft.

Source: IWM CH 5874 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126935

Photo: Tomahawks of No. 26 Squadron RAF based at Gatwick, Sussex, in flight. AH893 RM-D and AH896 RM-Y are Mark IIAs, while AH791 RM-E is a Mark I. All Tomahawks based in the United Kingdom operated as low-level tactical reconnaissance aircraft with Army Co-operation Command, hence the oblique camera ports visible on the port fuselage side of these aircraft.

Source: IWM CH 5874 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205126935

Photo: Newly-delivered Curtiss Tomahawk Mark IIBs lined up shortly after arrival at an airfield in the Canal Zone of Egypt.

Source: IWM E 2677E https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205207870

Photo: Sir Charles Portal in the cockpit of a Tomahawk fighter. Marshal of the Royal Air Force Charles Frederick Algernon Portal, 1st Viscount Portal of Hungerford, KG, GCB, OM, DSO & Bar, MC, DL was a senior Royal Air Force officer.

Source: IWM CH 2865 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205443865

Photo: The work completed - a Tomahawk gliding down to base with wheels and flaps down.

Source: IWM CH 5866 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446148

Photo: The work completed - a Tomahawk gliding down to base with wheels and flaps down.

Source: IWM JAR 611 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205090528

Photo: Fitters testing the Allison V-1710-33 engine of Curtiss Tomahawk Mark IIB, AK326, at No. 107 Maintenance Unit, Kasfareet, Egypt.

Source: IWM CM 1098 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208764

Photo: RAF Fitters uncrate the wing and tailplane sections of a Curtiss Tomahawk Mark IIB for assembly at No. 107 Maintenance Unit, Kasfareet, Egypt

Source: IWM CM 1096 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208763

Photo: Fitters uncrate the fuselage section a Curtiss Tomahawk Mark IIB for assembly at No. 107 Maintenance Unit, Kasfareet, Egypt.

Source: IWM CM 1095 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205208762

Photo: A newly-arrived Curtiss Tomahawk Mark IIB being refuelled at an airfield in the Canal Zone of Egypt.

Source: IWM E 2676E https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205207869

Photo: A Curtiss Tomahawk Mark IIB of No. 250 Squadron RAF raises the dust at LG 13/Sidi Heneish South, before taking off on a patrol.

Source: IWM CM 1001 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211956

Photo: For story see CH.5858 Picture shows - Tomahawks wheeling to attack..

Source: IWM CH 5865 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446147

Photo: Pilot reporting his observations to an Army officer. Reconnaissance, aerial photography, location of enemy troop concentrations and movements, and spotting for the artillery are among the duties performed by an RAF/Army Cooperation Squadron. American-built Tomahawaks are often used. [Picture issued 1942] Installing the camera on an aircraft of the Unit.

Source: IWM CH 5869 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446151

Source: IWM CH 5862 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446144

Source: IWM CH 5870 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446152

Source: IWM CH 5868 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446150

Source: IWM CH 5873 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446155

Source: IWM CH 5858 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446141

Source: IWM CH 5859 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205446142

 

 Bruntinthorpe, England Map

 Gatwick Sussex, England Map

 Kasfareet Egypt Map

 Ikoja, Nigeria West Africa Map

 

    Bibliography: +

  • Baugher, Joe. 'Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Tomahawk, Kittyhawk.' American Military Aircraft.
  • Planes and Pilots: Curtiss P40 Vol 3 From 1939 to 1945. ISBN: 2913903479 Author: Anis Elbied Publisher: Histoire & Collections Paperback Pages: 84
  • Osprey - P-40 Warhawk Aces of the CBI (Aircraft of the Aces 35) ISBN: 184176079X Author: Carl Molesworth Publisher: Osprey Paperback Pages: 96.
  • Osprey - P-40 Warhawk Aces of the Pacific (Aircraft of the Aces 55) ISBN: 1841765368 Author: Carl Molesworth   Publisher: Osprey Paperback Pages: 96.
  • RAAF Camouflage & Markings 1939-45 Vol 1 ISBN: 0858800365 Author: Geoffrey Pentland Publisher: Kookaburra Hard Cover Pages: 144
  • RAAF Camouflage & Markings 1939-45 Vol 2 ISBN: 0858800373 Author: Geoffrey Pentland Publisher: Kookaburra Hard Cover Pages: 144
  • Jane's - Fighting Aircraft of World War II ISBN: 1851701990 Author: Bill Gunston Publisher: Janes Hard Cover Pages: 320

    Magazines: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
  • Flugzeug Publikations GmbH (German) - http://vdmedien.com/flugzeug-publikations-gmbh-hersteller_verlag-vdm-heinz-nickel-33.html
  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
  • Klassiker (German) - http://shop.flugrevue.de/abo/klassiker-der-luftfahrt
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://boutique.editions-lariviere.fr/site/abonnement-le-fana-de-l-aviation-626-4-6.html
  • Le Fana de L'Aviation (French) - http://www.pdfmagazines.org/tags/Le+Fana+De+L+Aviation/
  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109
  • Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_variants#cite_ref-100
  • Wikipedia.org - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Bf_109_operational_history
  • Flickr.com - https://www.flickr.com/photos/farinihouseoflove/2209839419/in/photostream

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