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P-40
WARHAWK references

Archer and Archer:
‘USAAF Aircraft Markings and Camouflage: 1941-1947’
(USAAS/USAAC/USAAF Markings & Camouflage series [unnumbered]; Schiffer
[USA], 1997; 350 pages; US$79.95) — P-40C undersurfaces (p. 58), P-40B/C
(p. 42) and P-40 D/E (p. 119) generic marking patterns

Beauchamp and Cuny:
‘Curtiss Hawk 75’ (ViP Press [USA], 1996; 344 pages; US$49.95) — P-40
[Curtiss Hawk 81] Allison engine (p. 38); COMMENTS: Revised English
translation of Collection Docavia No. 22, by Cuny & Beauchamp. Softcover.
Dated 1996 but actually issued in 1997

Bentley et al.:
‘Fighters of World War Two, Vol. 1’ (Aircraft Archive series [unnumbered];
Motorbooks International [USA], 1988; 96 pages; approximate value US$17
[availability unknown]) — P-40E & P-40N multi-view drawings (p.
23-26); COMMENT: Published originally in the UK by Argus Books

Bingham: ‘Merlin
Power’ (Airlife [UK], 1998; 176 pages; US$34.95) — P-40F [Kittyhawk
II] cutaway drawing (p. 158)

Bowyer and Shores:
‘Desert Air Force at War’ (At War series [unnumbered]; Ian Allan [UK],
1981; 128 pages; approximate value US$35 [out of print]) — P-40F bomb
rack (p. 118)

Cuny and Beauchamp:
‘Curtiss Hawk 75’ (Collection Docavia series, No. 22; Editions Lariviere
[France], 1985; in French; 360 pages; approximate value US$60 [out of
print]) — Curtiss Hawk 81 [Curtiss H-81] engine installation (p. 352);
XP-40 multi-view drawings (p. 56-59)

Dean: ‘America’s
Army and Air Force Airplanes, Post World War I to the Present’ (Schiffer
[USA], 1997; 384 pages; US$49.95) — P-40E engine bay(p. 348)

Dean: ‘America’s
Hundred Thousand’ (Schiffer [USA], 1997; 606 pages; US$59.95) — P-40
[version?] wheelwell detail (p. 264); P-40D/E cockpit detail (p. 272,
273[?]), cutaway drawings (p. 231, 271, 273), engine (p.267, 268, 270),
engine bay (p. 252, 254); P-40D/E (p. 272, 273[?]) and P-40N (p. 273)
cockpit detail; P-40N (p. 273) cockpit detail, cutaway
drawings

Dibbs: ‘Duxford,
Airfield of Dreams: A Guide to Aircraft at Duxford’ (Airlife [UK], 1992;
[pages not numbered]; approximate value US$20[availability unknown])
— P-40M canopy, landing gear (no page numbers)

Donald (ed.): ‘American
Warplanes of World War 2’ (Aerospace / AIRtime [UK / USA], 1995; 256
pages; US$34.95) — P-40E cutaway drawing (p. 68, 69)

Drendel: ‘P-40 Warhawk’
(Walk Around series, No. 8; Squadron/Signal [USA],1996; 80 pages; US$14.95)
— P-40B [P-40C] landing light (p. 14); P-40E ailerons (p. 36, 41),
ammunition bays (p. 50), bombs (p. 77), bomb racks (p. 19, 20, 70, 74),
canopy (p. 59, 64, 66), canopy track (p. 40, 62), cockpit detail (p.
57, 60-62, 64-66), cutaway drawing (p. 38), drop tanks (p. 20, 34),
engine bay (p. 44, 45, 47-49, 52, 53, 56, 58), elevators (p.39, 41),
exhaust pipes (p. 56, 58), flaps (p. 12, 16, 54), fuel tanks (p.26),
fuselage compartment door (p. 28), fuselage panels (p. 28, 29, 33, 37-39,
42), guns (p. 68, 75), landing gear (p. 5, 8-10, 17, 18, 20), landing
light (p. 14, 25), pitot tube (p. 23, 58), radiator cooling flaps (p.
17, 21), radiator intake duct (p. 47, 49, 53), rudder (p. 37, 39), shell
ejection chutes (p. 25, 69), stencil markings (p. 29, 38-40), ventral
pylons [ventral racks] (p. 19, 20, 70, 74), wheel (p. 10), wheelwell
detail (p. 5, 8, 16, 18, 22), wing panels (p. 22, 25, 26, 69, 75), wing
gun bay
(p. 50), wing pylon [wing rack] (p. 70); P-40F exhaust pipes (p. 58),
lower cowl (p. 51), pitot tube (p. 51)

Ehrman: ‘Curtiss
P-40’ (MBI [Czech Republic], 1993; in Czech and English; 40 pages; approximate
value US$9 [out of print]) — XP-40 cowl (p. 5); P-40 [Tomahawk I] cowl
& canopy (p. 6), multi-view drawings (p. 11, 12); P-40B [Tomahawk
IIA] cockpit detail (p. 18, 37), cowl & canopy (p. 8); P-40C [Tomahawk
IIB] cockpit detail (p. 9, 11, 12) multi-view drawings (p.11, 12); P-40D
[Kittyhawk I] & P-40E [Kittyhawk IA] cockpit detail (p.13, 37, 39);
P-40D [Kittyhawk I] cowl & canopy (p. 12); P-40E [Kittyhawk IA]
canopy (p. 13), cowl (p. 13), cutaway drawing (p. 36), drop tank (p.39),
engine bay (p. 13), flaps (p. 38, 39), landing gear (p. 38) multi-view
drawings (p. 20, 21), wheelwell detail (p. 38); P-40F [Kittyhawk II]
canopy (p. 16), cowl (p. 16), multi-view drawings (p. 27), tails (p.
16); P-40K [Kittyhawk III] canopy (p. 24), cowl (p. 24), multi-view
drawings (p.19), tails (p. 25); P-40L & P-40M cowl & canopy
(p. 26), multi-view drawings (p. 20, 21); P-40N [Kittyhawk IV] cockpit
detail (p. 22, 23, 30 1), cowl & canopy (p. 28), multi-view drawings
(p. 27); TP-40N canopy (p.32); P-40Q canopy (p. 33)

Ehrman and Roman:
‘Curtiss P-40’ (MBI [Czech Republic], 1998; in Czech and English; 76
pages; US$15) — XP-40 cowl (p. 9); P-40 [Tomahawk I] cowl & canopy
(p. 10); P-40B [Tomahawk IIA] cockpit detail (p. 13, 36, 75), multi-view
drawings (p. 18); P-40B [Tomahawk IIA] & P-40C [Tomahawk IIB] cowl
& canopy (p. 14), engine bay (p. 15); P-40C [Tomahawk IIB] cockpit
detail (p. 13), multi-view drawings (p. 18, 19); P-40D [Kittyhawk I]
cowl & canopy (p. 20), multi-view drawings (p. 43), radiator (p.
20); P-40D [Kittyhawk I] & P-40E [Kittyhawk IA] cockpit detail (p.
25, 74); P-40E [Kittyhawk IA] canopy (p. 21), cowl (p. 21), cowl for
Soviet Klimov replacement engine (p. 68), cutaway drawing (p. 70), drop
tank (p. 72, 74),
engine (p. 73), engine bay (p. 21), flaps (p. 71), landing gear (p.
72), multi-view drawings (p. 38, 39), tail wheel (p. 73), wheelwell
detail (p.72, 73), wing structure (p. 71); P-40F [Kittyhawk II] canopy
(p. 26), cowl (p. 26), multi-view drawings (p. 43), tails (p. 26); P-40K
[Kittyhawk III] canopy (p. 30), cowl (p. 30), tails (p. 31); P-40K &
P-40M multi-view
drawings (p. 38); P-40L canopy (p. 33), cowl (p. 33); P-40M canopy (p.34),
cowl (p. 44); P-40N [Kittyhawk IV] canopy (p. 44), cockpit detail (p.40,
46, 47), cowl (p. 44), multi-view drawings (p. 43); TP-40N canopy (p.46),
multi-view drawings (p. 43); P-40Q canopy (p. 51)

Ethell: ‘US Army
Air Forces World War Two: Volume I’ (Warbirds Illustrated series, No.
38; Arms and Armour Press [UK], 1986; 72 pages; approximate value US$6
[availability unknown]) — P-40 [version?] cockpit detail (p.12)

Ethell: ‘P-40 Warhawk
in World War II Color’ (Enthusiast Color series [unnumbered]; Motorbooks
International [USA], 1994; 96 pages; US$12.95) — P-40C propeller (p.
22); P-40F cockpit detail (p. 47), engine bay (p. 73)

Ferguson and Pascalis:
‘Protect & Avenge: The 49th Fighter Group in World War II’ (Schiffer
[USA], 1996; 360 pages; US$49.95) — P-40 [version?] cockpit detail
(p. 36, 37, 47, 48, 58, 66); P-40N cockpit detail (p. 175)

Geust and Petrov:
‘Red Stars 4: Lend-Lease Aircraft in Russia’ (Red Stars series, No.
4; Apali Oy [Finland], 2001; in Finnish and English; 224 pages; US$45)
— P-40C [?] drop tank & rack (p. 46)

Green and Swanborough:
‘US Army Air Force Fighters, Part 1’ (WW2 Aircraft Fact Files series
[unnumbered]; Arco [USA], 1977; 76 pages; approximate value US$15 [out
of print]) — P-40E cutaway drawing (p. 60, 61)

Kinzey: ‘P-40 Warhawk,
Part 1’ (Detail & Scale series, No. 61; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1999;
79 pages; US$12.95) — P-40- CU carburetor [carburettor] intale (p.
72), cockpit detail (p. 44, 59), engine [Allison V-1710-33] (p. 46),
engine bay (p. 56); P-40B canopy (p. 68, 73), cockpit detail (p. 2,
44, 45), engine bay (p. 47), exhausts (p. 73), landing gear (p. 69-71),
radiator (p. 47, 72), ring-and-bead gunsight (p. 72), tail (p.76, 77),
wheelwell detail (p. 69-71), wings (p. 74, 75); P-40B & P-40C multi-view
drawings (p. 65-67); P-40C cockpit detail (p. 64)

Kinzey: ‘P-40 Warhawk,
Part 2’ (Detail & Scale series, No. 62; Squadron/Signal [USA], 1999;
79 pages; US$12.95) — P-40 [version?] landing gear (p. 22, 46, 47),
wheelwell detail (p. 32, 46, 47); P-40D [Kittyhawk I] cockpit detail
(p. 12), cutaway drawing (p. 12), engine
[Allison V-1710-39] (p. 4), gun bay (p. 5), shell ejection chutes (p.
5); P-40E [Kittyhawk II] canopy (p. 20), cockpit detail (p. 16, 17,
20, 40, 41), drop tank (p. 22), engine [Allison V-1710] (p. 4), engine
bay (p. 14), exhausts (p. 21), flaps (p. 26, 27), guns (p. 28), gun
bay (p. 29), gunsight (p. 21), multi-view drawings (p. 18, 19), radiators
(p. 21), radio compartment (p. 24), tail (p. 30, 31), undersurfaces
(p. 15, 22, 23, 32), wing navigation lights (p. 25); P-40F [Kittyhawk
II] cockpit detail (p.53), multi-view drawings (p. 54, 55); P-40K [Kittyhawk
III] multi-view drawings (p. 59); P-40L [Kittyhawk II] multi-view drawings
(p. 51); P-40M
multi-view drawings (p. 63); P-40N [Kittyhawk IV] canopy (p. 70), cockpit
detail (p. 42, 43, 68), engine [Allison V-1710-99] & engine bay
(p. 44, 45), multi-view drawings (p. 71-73), undersurfaces (p. 66),
wheels (p. 68) XP-40Q cockpit detail (p. 75), multi-view drawings (p.
76, 77)

McDowell: ‘Curtiss
P-40 in Action’ (Aircraft in Action series, No. 26; Squadron/Signal
[USA], 1976; 57 pages; approximate value US$13 [out of print]) — P-40C
cockpit detail (p. 14), various other details; P-40E cockpit detail
(p. 17), various other details; P-40F cockpit detail (p. 22), various
other details

McDowell: ‘Checkertails:
The 325th Fighter Group in the Second World War’ Squadron/Signal [USA],
1994; 80 pages; US$10.95) — P-40 [version?] flap interior (p. 14)

Minoru: ‘WWII Fighters
(1)’ (Design with Precision series, No. 1; publisher unknown (specified
in Japanese) [Japan], 1994; in Japanese; 158 pages; US$39.95) — P-40E
multi-view drawings (p. 71-74)

Molesworth: ‘P-40
Warhawk Aces of the CBI’ (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 35;
Osprey [UK], 2000; 96 pages; US$17.95) — P-40K multi-view drawings
(p. 88, 89)

Molesworth: ‘P-40
Warhawk Aces of the MTO’ (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces series, No. 43;
Osprey [UK], 2002; 96 pages; US$18.95) — P-40K multi-view drawings
(p. 88)

Muth: ‘Cockpits
– Early WWII’ (Cockpits series, No. 1; Peregrine Publishing [USA], 2001;
11 pages; US$9.95) — P-40E [Kittyhawk I] cockpit detail (p.6)

Nowicki and Zbiegniewski:
‘Curtiss P-40’ (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No 104; Wydawnictwo “Militaria”
[Poland], 2000; in Polish and English; 80 pages; US$19) — P-40-CU multi-view
drawings (p. 14); P-40C multi-view drawings (p. 65)

Nowicki and Zbiegniewski:
‘Curtiss P-40 Vol. II’ (Wydawnictwo Militaria series, No. 122; Wydawnictwo
“Militaria” [Poland], 2000; in Polish and English; 82 pages;
US$20) — P-40E etc. landing gear (p. 69); P-40Ncockpit detail (p. 70)

O’Leary: ‘USAAF
Fighters of World War Two in Action’ (Blandford Press[UK], 1986; 478
pages; US$29.95) — P-40K cockpit detail (p. 176)

Pentland: ‘The P-40
Kittyhawk in Service’ (Kookaburra Technical Publications [Australia],
1978; 66 pages; approximate value US$50 [out of print]) — P-40 [version?]
cockpit detail (p. 20)

Rys: ‘Curtiss P-40
Tomahawk/Kittyhawk/Warhawk, cz. 1’ (Monografie Lotnicze series, No.
64; AJ Press [Poland], 2000; in Polish; 80 pages; US$20) — XP-40 multi-view
drawings (p. 59-62); P-40B & P-40C engine [Allison V-1710-33] (p.
9); P-40D & P-40E engine [Allison V-1710-39] (p. 9); P-40E multi-view
drawings (p. 70-72). underwing ferry tanks (p. 28, 29); P-40N underwing
ferry tanks (p. 39); Tomahawk IIA (p. 63-65, 69)

Shamburger and Christy:
‘The Curtiss Hawks’ (Wolverine Press [USA], 1972; 271 pages; approximate
value US$70 [out of print]) — P-40B cutaway drawing (p. 134, 135);
P-40E cockpit detail (p. 160-162, 218), engine bay (p. 211); P-40M engine
bay (p. 212); P-40N cockpit detail (p. 222)

Stanaway and Hickey:
‘Attack and Conquer: The 8th Fighter Group in World War II’ (Schiffer
[USA], 1995; 320 pages; US$45) — P-40B cockpit detail(p. 16)

Stoff: ‘Picture
History of World War II American Aircraft Production’ (Dover [USA],
1993; 179 pages; approximate value US$15 [availability unknown]) —
P-40E headrest bulkhead (p. 8), engine bay (p. 168)

Tullis: ‘Tigers
over China: The Aircraft of the A.V.G’ (Eagle Files series, No. 4; Eagle
Editions [USA], 2001; 87 pages; US$30) — Curtiss Hawk 81-A2 [P-40C]
windscreen (p. 69, 72), wingroot (p. 23)

Ward and Shores:
‘Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.I-IV in RAF, SAAF, RAAF, RNZAF, RCAF, NEIAF Service’
(Aircam Aviation series, No. 6; Arco [USA], 1969; [pages not numbered];
approximate value US$15 [out of print]) — P-40 [version?] Allison engine
bay (no page numbers)

Ward and Shores:
‘Curtiss P-40D-N Warhawk in USAAF, French and Foreign Service’ (Aircam
Aviation series, No. 7; Arco [USA], 1969; [pages not numbered]; approximate
value US$15 [out of print]) — P-40K engine bay (no page numbers)

White: ‘Allied Aircraft
Piston Engines of World War II’ (SAE International [USA], 1995; 426
pages; US$39.95) — P-40D/E[?] Allison engine bay (p.289), engine mounts
(p. 289); Allison V-1710 engine (p. 269, 272-277); Rolls Merlin engine
(p. 47, 49-53, 56, 57, 59-63, 65-67)

Whitney: ‘Vee’s
for Victory: The Story of the Allison V-1710 Aircraft Engine 1929-1948’
(Schiffer [USA], 1998; 470 pages; US$59.95) — P-40B/C engine bay &
radiator intake (p. 125), radiator (p. 115, 126); P-40D engine bay (p.
151); XP-40 cutaway drawing (p. 92); Allison V-1710 and Rolls-Royce
[Packard] Merlin 61 V-1650 engines

Wilson: ‘Spitfire,
Mustang and Kittyhawk in Australian Service’ (Australian Airpower Collection
series [unnumbered]; Aerospace Publications [Australia], 1988; 184 pages;
approximate value US$20 [out of print]) — P-40E cockpit detail (p.
135)

——: ‘Luftfahrt
Bilder, Texte Dokumente: Handbuch 9’ (Luftfahrt Handbuch series, No.
9; Mittler [Germany], 1978; in German; 482 pages; approximate value
US$25 [out of print]) — P-40 [version?] armament & armor (p.3987);
COMMENT: Hard-bound version of “Luftfahrt International,”
issues 25-27

——: ‘Curtiss
P-40 Warhawk’ (Famous Airplanes of the World (1) series, No. 117; Bunrin-Do
[Japan], 1980; in Japanese; 72 pages; approximate value US$5 [out of
print]) — P-40 [version?] landing gear (p. 35); P-40D cockpit detail
(p. 44); P-40E cockpit detail (p. 27); P-40K radiators (p.3); P-40N
access panels (p. 30), cockpit detail (p. 38, 39, 42, 43),
wheelwell detail (p. 35); COMMENT: First [previous] ‘Famous Airplanes
of the World’ series [gray or blue covers]

——: ‘Curtiss
P-40 Warhawk’ (Famous Airplanes of the World (2) series, No. 39; Bunrin-Do
[Japan], 1993; in Japanese; 88 pages; US$8.95) — P-40B engine (p. 19);
P-40C multi-view drawings (p. 81); P-40D cockpit detail (p. 8); P-40D
& P-40E engine (p. 19, 60); P-40E cutaway drawing (p. 87); P-40F
radiator and oil cooler (p. 15); P-40N cockpit detail (p. 28, 86), multi-view
drawings (p. 84, 85), wing ammo bays & guns (p. 60); P-40N[?] landing
gear (p. 86); COMMENT: Second [current] ‘Famous Airplanes of the World’
series [black and red covers]

©
Charles Metz 2002

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