P-36 Hawk Aces of World War 2

Name: P-36 Hawk Aces of World War 2
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ISBN: 9781846034091

ISBN-10: 1846034094

ISBN-13: 9781846034091

Edition: 2009

Authors: Lionel Persyn, Kari Stenman, Andrew Thomas, Chris Davey

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The Curtiss P-36 began its life in the US where it was considered a revolution in performance design in comparison to other US fighters. Its pilots achieved some of the first American victories of the war and many went on to become aces. One P-36 pilot, Frances Gabreski, became the leading US ace in the European Theater. Yet by the time of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the P-40 was increasingly supplanting the P-36, which the US then exported to France under the guise of the Hawk 75. Flown by the French, captured by the Germans, sold to the Finns, transferred to India and Africa, and even incorporated into the RAF, the Hawk 75 saw service in every theater of operations and in a…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Copyright year: 2009
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Publication date: 2/17/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 6.76" wide x 9.35" long x 0.35" tall
Weight: 0.638