Kittyhawk

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Kittyhawk is the British Commonwealth name for later variants of the American Curtiss P-40 Warhawk fighter aircraft used extensively during World War II.

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Label Occurrences
Kittyhawk canonical 2

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Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf fighter aircraft ⓘ
military aircraft ⓘ
aircraftConfiguration low-wing monoplane ⓘ
single-engine ⓘ
armament six 0.50 inch Browning machine guns ⓘ
basedOn Curtiss P-40 Warhawk ⓘ
canCarry bombs ⓘ
drop tanks ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
crew 1 ⓘ
engineType liquid-cooled V-12 piston engine ⓘ
era World War II era ⓘ
historicalPeriod 1939–1945 ⓘ
introducedBy British Commonwealth air forces ⓘ
landingGear retractable tailwheel landing gear ⓘ
manufacturer Curtiss-Wright Corporation ⓘ
namingConvention British Commonwealth designation for later P-40 variants ⓘ
natoCategory fixed-wing aircraft ⓘ
numberOfEngines 1 ⓘ
operatorType British Commonwealth air forces ⓘ
powerplant Allison V-1710 ⓘ
primaryRole fighter ⓘ
propulsion propeller-driven ⓘ
relatedTo Tomahawk ⓘ
Warhawk ⓘ
secondaryRole fighter-bomber ⓘ
serviceEntry 1941 ⓘ
usedAsNameFor Curtiss P-40D ⓘ
Curtiss P-40E ⓘ
Curtiss P-40K ⓘ
Curtiss P-40M ⓘ
Curtiss P-40N ⓘ
usedBy Royal Air Force ⓘ
Royal Australian Air Force ⓘ
Royal Canadian Air Force ⓘ
Royal New Zealand Air Force ⓘ
South African Air Force ⓘ
United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
usedExtensively yes ⓘ
usedInRole air superiority fighter ⓘ
close air support ⓘ
ground-attack aircraft ⓘ
usedInTheater China-Burma-India Theater ⓘ
North African Campaign ⓘ
Pacific Theater ⓘ
variantOf Curtiss P-40 ⓘ

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

Tomahawk → successor → Kittyhawk ⓘ