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Kittyhawk - Aircraft Profile - Curtiss : Kittyhawk

Kittyhawk

Manufacturer : Curtiss
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Type : Fighter

Curtiss Kittyhawk, single engine fighter with a top speed of 362mph, ceiling of 30,000 feet and a range of 1190 miles with extra fuel tanks but 900 miles under normal operation. Kitty Hawk armaments was four or six .50in machine guns in the wings and a bomb load of up to 1,000 lb's. A development of the earlier Tomahawk, the Kitty Hawk saw service in may air force's around the world, American, Australian, New Zealand, and the Royal Air Force. which used them in the Mediterranean, north Africa, and Malta. from January 1942/ apart from the large numbers used by the Us Air Force, over 3,000 were used by Commonwealth air force's including the Royal air Force.

Kittyhawk


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 Whilst flying Curtiss Kittyhawk AK726 (O) on 22nd February 1942, Sgt Ray Shaw, assisted by Sgts Beste, Shillabeer and Kierath in similar aircraft, became the first pilot to score a victory for 450 Sqn RAAF, sending down a Ju.88A4 south east of Gazala, Libya.  The German aircraft, coded 7A+NH from 1.(F)121, suffered terminal damage to an engine and crash landed in the desert, where the crew were taken prisoner.

Tribute to Sgt Ray Shaw, RAAF by Ivan Berryman. (PC)
  Having joined the RAF at the age of 19, James Francis Edwards was to end the war with a total of  20 confirmed kills and another 10 probables and was one of Canada's greatest aces.  He is depicted here in his Curtiss P.40, dispatching a Macchi MC.202 whilst defending Boston and Baltimore bombers on their way to attack the airfields of Daba on 19th October 1942.

Tribute to Wing Commander James 'Stocky' Edwards by Ivan Berryman. (PC)
  Sqn Ldr Billy Drake is shown in Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk1a ET790 claiming a Ju87 Stuka  on the 31st of October 1942.  Sqn Ldr Drake commanded  112 Squadron flying Kittyhawks at Gambut on 24th May 1942.  He claimed a probable Bf109 on 6th June, another probable on  2nd July, destroyed a Bf109 on the 8th, damaged a Ju88 on the ground on the 19th, destroyed a Bf109 on the 24th, two Ju87s on  the 1st September and another Bf109 on the 13th.  Drake shared a Ju87 and probably destroyed another on 1st October 1942, got a probable Bf109 on the 22nd, destroyed another on the 26th, an Me202 on the 27th, a Ju87 on the 31st, a Bf109 destroyed and another damaged on 5th November, a Bf109 destroyed on the ground on the 11th, an He111 destroyed and a Bf109 damaged on the 15th, a Bf110 destroyed and another damaged on the 19th, an Me202 and a Bf109 destroyed on 11th December and he finally shared a Bf109 on the 13th.  Drake was awarded a Bar to the DFC (28.7.42) and the DSO (4.12.42).

Tribute to Squadron Leader Billy Drake by Ivan Berryman. (PC)
 P-40 Kittyhawks of No.112 Squadron, Medenine, April 1943.  Aircraft GA-V (ground, nearest on right) is Kittyhawk Mk.III, FR440, which was later lost when damaged beyond repair after a belly landing.

Kittyhawks of No.112 Squadron by Graeme Lothian.

Kittyhawk Artwork Collection


Pappy Boyington Scores his first victory by William Reynolds.


The Jaws of Victory by Ivan Berryman.


Tribute to Squadron Leader Billy Drake by Ivan Berryman.


Tribute to Sgt Ray Shaw, RAAF by Ivan Berryman.


Over Grand Harbour by Anthony Saunders.


Milne Bay - The Turning Point by Robert Taylor.


Kittyhawks of No.112 Squadron by Graeme Lothian.


Desert Hawks by Robert Taylor


Combat Over New Guinea by Nicolas Trudgian.


Desert Sharks by Robert Taylor.


Tribute to Wing Commander James 'Stocky' Edwards by Ivan Berryman.


Duel in the Desert by Nicolas Trudgian.


Desert Sharks and Eagles by Nicolas Trudgian.

Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth.

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A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown this aircraft. A profile page is available by clicking the pilots name.
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James Francis Edwards16.50The signature of James Francis Edwards features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available.
Bobby Gibbes10.50The signature of Bobby Gibbes features on some of our artwork - click here to see what is available.

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