post nothin' but P-40 pictures

[Duggy009]

Gotta love kodachrome
Partial left side view of the engine of a US Army Air Force Curtiss P-40B Warhawk being worked on on the east coast of the USA ca. 1942.

Partial close-up one-half right front view of US Army Air Force Curtiss P-40 Warhawk warming up at the Curtiss Airplane Company hangar at Buffalo New York 1940.

Six U.S. Army Air Force pursuit pilots wearing seat-type parachutes responding to a practice alert are approaching 11 Curtiss P-40 Warhawks ca. 1941.

Informal portrait of U.S. Army Air Forces pilot wearing A-6 boots B-3 jacket A-3 trousers B-7 goggles and an A-8 oxygen mask arm around propeller of Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

[AG pilot]

Please don't stop with just those few!! Keep going. Simply fantastic!

[Duggy009]

A couple more, first one is well known buy here is a HD version.
United States Army Air Forces aircraft in flight in formation; bottom (foreground) to top (background): Republic YP-43 Lancer, Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, Bell P-39 Airacobra, and Lockheed P-38 Lightning; 1941.

U.S. Army Air Force Curtiss P-40 Warhawk (s/n 39-188) with Captain Charles W. Stark Jr. of the 35th Pursuit 'Black Panther' Squadron, 8th Air Force, climbing out of the cockpit of the aircraft which is assigned to Mitchell Field, ca. 1941.

[Tulio]

These come -as clearly indicated- from the LIFE magazine photo archives in Google.


Saludos,


Tulio

Attachments

[Chris Brame]

From American Indian magazine, Winter 2014, P-40N 44-7143 Baby II coded "M E1" at MacDill Field:

Horace Poolaw (Kiowa), aerial photography instructor.

[cooper9411]

So I've heard some rumors lately about P-40's gathering later this year around Atlanta. Anyone know anything about this or is it purely rumors?

[Warbirdnerd]

So I've heard some rumors lately about P-40's gathering later this year around Atlanta. Anyone know anything about this or is it purely rumors?

Here you go:
http://www.dixiewing.org/events/168-3rd ... eekend.htm

[stuart n]

A few of "Lulu Belle", part of The Hangar 11 Collection she is currently up for sale with Platinum Fighters:


Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk LuLu Belle by stu norris, on Flickr


Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk LuLu Belle G-KITT The Hangar 11 Collection by stu norris, on Flickr


Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk LuLu Belle - G-KITT The Hangar 11 Collection by stu norris, on Flickr


Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk 43-5802 G-KITT - Hangar 11 Collection by stu norris, on Flickr

[Django]

Definitely looking forward to Atlanta Warbird Weekend this year!

[Mark Allen M]

Two rare photos and one ultra-rare photo ...


USAAF Curtiss P-40E 41-25094 with wing tanks.


USAAF Curtiss P-40F 41-13600 with an interesting tail configuration.

... and an ultra-rare photo of the rarely seen and rarely known only P-40B that landed in the hands of the Luftwaffe.

[TJJ]

Some more of the Hangar 11 Collection's P-40 at North Weald

[Django]

How about video of a live fire test in NZ? That's a lot of brass to sweep up.

https://youtu.be/Qmln5aChX0s

[res6kgcr]

Hi Mark,

Your "ultra-rare photo of the rarely seen and rarely known only P-40B that landed in the hands of the Luftwaffe" is the old (50 years plus) Monogram P-40B. I would recognize that ground crew anywhere. I think the photo is from some 30 year old Fine Scale Modeler issue.

All the best

Tom

[Mark Allen M]

Ha!!! I knew that one wouldn't fly for long before someone figured it out ....

[Lon Moer]

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... and an ultra-rare photo of the rarely seen and rarely known only P-40B that landed in the hands of the Luftwaffe.

Hi Mark,

Your "ultra-rare photo of the rarely seen and rarely known only P-40B that landed in the hands of the Luftwaffe" is the old (50 years plus) Monogram P-40B. I would recognize that ground crew anywhere. I think the photo is from some 30 year old Fine Scale Modeler issue.

All the best

Tom