The P-40 Tomahawk was used by most Allied forces during the war and remained in the front lines of operations for the entire period of the war.
The United States Army Air Corps named the P-40 the Warhawk. The British and Russian Air Forces used the name "Tomahawk" for the 'B' and 'C' series and Kittyhawk for the 'D' models.
It was powered by an Allison V-1710 and armed with nose and wing mounted Browning machine guns. Pilots generally avoided high altitude combat due to a lack of a two-stage super charger. This made combat with the Focke-Wulf 190 and Messerschmidt Bf 109 very dangerous.
At medium to low altitudes the P-40 had good agility.
--GreGen
My Cooter's History Blog has become about 80% World War II anyway, so I figured to start a blog specific to it, especially since we're commemorating its 70th anniversary and we are quickly losing this "Greatest Generation." The quote is taken from Pearl Harbor survivor Frank Curre, who was on the USS Tennessee that day. He died Dec. 7, 2011, seventy years to the day. His photo is below at right.
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