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