Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

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World War II aircraft fighter aircraft single‑engine aircraft

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was a rugged American World War II fighter aircraft, best known for its shark-mouthed nose art and combat service with Allied air forces in multiple theaters.

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Observed surface forms (11)

Surface form	Occurrences
Bell P-400	1
Curtiss P-40	1
Curtiss P-40B	1
Curtiss P-40C	1
P-40 Warhawk	1
P-40B	1
P-40C	1
P-40D	1
P-40E	1
P-40F	1
P-40K	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	World War II aircraft ⓘ fighter aircraft ⓘ single‑engine aircraft ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Kittyhawk ⓘ Tomahawk ⓘ
armament	bombs ⓘ nose‑mounted machine guns ⓘ rockets ⓘ wing‑mounted machine guns ⓘ
basedOn	Curtiss P-36 Hawk ⓘ
conflict	World War II ⓘ
construction	all‑metal ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
crew	1 ⓘ
enginePlacement	nose‑mounted ⓘ
engineType	liquid‑cooled V‑12 piston engine ⓘ
famousFor	ruggedness ⓘ shark‑mouth nose art ⓘ
firstFlight	1938 ⓘ
introduced	1941 ⓘ
landingGear	retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
limitation	relatively poor high‑altitude performance ⓘ
manufacturer	Curtiss-Wright Corporation ⓘ
maxSpeed	approximately 360 mph ⓘ
natoName	Warhawk ⓘ
notableFeature	radiator intake under nose ⓘ
notableFor	good performance at low and medium altitudes ⓘ
numberBuilt	more than 13,700 ⓘ
operator	Flying Tigers ⓘ surface form: American Volunteer Group No. 112 Squadron RAF ⓘ
powerplant	Allison V-1710 ⓘ
primaryRole	fighter ⓘ
propulsion	single propeller ⓘ
range	approximately 650 miles ⓘ
retired	1950s ⓘ
secondaryRole	fighter‑bomber ⓘ
serviceCeiling	approximately 29,000 ft ⓘ
theaterOfOperations	China Burma India Theater ⓘ surface form: China-Burma-India Theater Eastern Front ⓘ Mediterranean Theater of Operations ⓘ surface form: Mediterranean Theater North African campaign ⓘ surface form: North African Campaign Pacific Theater NERFINISHED ⓘ
usedBy	Chinese Air Force ⓘ Flying Tigers ⓘ Royal Air Force ⓘ Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ South African Air Force ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
variant	Curtiss P-40 Warhawk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: P-40B Curtiss P-40 Warhawk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: P-40C Curtiss P-40 Warhawk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: P-40D Curtiss P-40 Warhawk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: P-40E Curtiss P-40 Warhawk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: P-40F Curtiss P-40 Warhawk self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: P-40K P-40L NERFINISHED ⓘ P-40M NERFINISHED ⓘ P-40N NERFINISHED ⓘ
wingConfiguration	low‑wing monoplane ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

China Air Task Force → aircraftUsed → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

Seventh Air Force → equipment → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

this entity surface form: P-40 Warhawk

Mitsubishi A6M Zero fighters → facedOpponents → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

subject surface form: Mitsubishi A6M Zero

14th Air Force → notableAircraft → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

United States Army Air Corps → notableAircraft → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

Cactus Air Force → operatedAircraft → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bell P-400

Cactus Air Force → operatedAircraft → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

Flying Tigers → operatedAircraft → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Curtiss P-40B

Flying Tigers → operatedAircraft → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Curtiss P-40C

AVG → usedAircraft → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

subject surface form: American Volunteer Group

Packard V-1650 → usedInAircraft → Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

this entity surface form: Curtiss P-40