Tomahawk

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Tomahawk is a variant name for the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, an American single-engine fighter and ground-attack aircraft widely used during World War II.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aircraft variant name ⓘ
fighter aircraft variant ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft variant ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration all-metal construction ⓘ
low-wing monoplane ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ
aircraftRole fighter ⓘ
ground-attack ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk ⓘ
armament nose-mounted machine guns ⓘ
wing-mounted machine guns ⓘ
capability bomb-carrying capability ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
developedFrom Curtiss P-36 Hawk ⓘ
engineType piston engine ⓘ
introducedAsVariantOf Curtiss P-40 ⓘ
manufacturer Curtiss-Wright Corporation ⓘ
namingConvention British Commonwealth service name for early P-40 variants ⓘ
notableMarking shark mouth nose art ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operator Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Soviet Air Forces ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
partOfSeries Curtiss P-40 series ⓘ
powerplant Allison V-1710 ⓘ
primaryTheaterOfUse China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
North African Campaign ⓘ
successor Kittyhawk ⓘ
later Curtiss P-40 variants ⓘ
timePeriodOfUse early years of World War II ⓘ
usedByUnit American Volunteer Group ⓘ
linked to: Flying Tigers

No. 112 Squadron RAF ⓘ
usedFor air superiority missions ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
fighter escort ⓘ
usedInConflict World War II ⓘ
variantOf Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ

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