P-40

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ("Hawk") (English Curtiss P-40 Warhawk) is an American fighter aircraft of the Second World War, developed by the Curtiss-Wright Corporation.

The basis of the design was the Hawk-75 fighter (P-36), produced since 1936. Since 1939, it entered service with the US Air Force. It had 19 modifications. In total, the company built almost 14 thousand P-40 fighters of all modifications, which were in service with 26 armed forces of the countries of the world (including 2,243 aircraft were supplied to the USSR under lend-lease). The last production P-40 rolled off the assembly line on November 30, 1944