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This is our last post before our summer vacations. See you back later! The P-36 was delivered to Hawaii in February 1941 on board USS Enterprise (CV-6) aircraft carrier. The Hawks were loaded in California, and then flown off the carrier's deck when the Enterprise was close the shore of Hawaii. This kind of procedure was the first of its kind for the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) and would…
Following with the experimental P-36 variants, the XP-36E was a regular P-36A up-armed with four .30in machine guns plus the two fuselage ones, the XP-36F was armed with two 23 mm (0,91 in) Madsen autocannons placed under the wings, however it was reverted back to regular P-36A's configuration because the cannons created an unacceptable top-speed penalty of just 265 mph (426 km/h). The XP-36D…
The Curtiss P-36 is an American fighter of the 1930s that was best known as the predecessor of the P-40 Warhawk. Its inception can be traced back to the Curtiss Model 75, which was a private venture by Curtiss, designed by Don R. Berlin, former Northrop's engineer. The first prototype, built in 1934 featured an all-metal construction with fabric covered control surfaces and was powered by a Wright…
(This post is a direct continuation of the previous one) Almost one month later of the French armistice that took place on 22nd June 1940, the French Armée de l'Air de l'Armistice (Armistice's Air Force - the official name of Vichy France's Air Force) inventoried all their Curtiss H-75s and so, on 20th July one batch of 45 machines remained in Metropolitan France, while most of them, 186 aircraft,…
(This post is a direct continuation from the previous one) The first aircraft of the new contract arrived in France in March 1940 and consisted on more than a hundred Hawks H-75A-3 equipped with the more powerful 1,200 hp Pratt & Whitney R-1830 Twin Wasp SIC3G radial engine. They were quickly assigned to Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) units shortly after arrival. During that time, many dozens…
In late 1937 the French Conseil Supérieur de l'Air (Air Council - depending of the Ministry of the Air), realised that French aircraft manufacturers alone could not equip the Armée de l'Air (French Air Force) with enough fighters, specially after the objectives of the so-called "Plan V", which was in force at the time, could not be achieved. It was decided therefore to ask for help to foreign…
During World War 2, Portugal maintained neutrality, but with an eye put on whether Germany would respect it or not. Before 1939, thirty Gloster Gladiator biplane fighters were bought from Great Britain, after the British government refused the sale of fifteen Spitfire Mk. I, however, shortly later, in 1940 it was decided that the Portuguese Air Arm needed more modern fighters. Unfortunately,…
The history of the Norwegian Hawks began in 1938, when the Norwegian government decided to modernize its aerial fleet. Since its own aviation industry was not prepared to develop modern aircraft, it was decided to purchase them abroad.These initial purchases resulted in a dozen of British Gloster Gladiator biplanes, which, although they were not as modern as the German machines, they were modern…
The Germans got some Hawks at the cheapest cost. They captured many of them in France after its surrender. For instance, in Bourges, ten aircraft were found in advanced state of assembly. They were completed by specialists from Arado, but they all were most likely lost during trials. Around 25 more Hawks were captured by the Germans in Chateauroux, and 20 or 21 more aircraft were found in French…
Finland became one of Germany's allies, not out of any sympathy for fascism. The main reason was its aggressive neighbour, the Soviet Union, which attacked the Nordic country by surprise on 30th November 1939, waging the so-called 'Winter War'. The heroic and effective of not just the Finnish army, but the entire Finnish society allowed Finland to keep its independence, albeit at the cost of some…
