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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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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