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Aviation Art Prints  Countries UK Aircraft Index More Aircraft Initial T to Z  Tomahawk |
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Curtiss Tomahawks by Roy Cross. Curtiss Tomahawks of No.414 Sqn RAF supplied from the United States under the lend-lease program. |
Curtiss Tomahawk IIB by Jerry Boucher. Curtiss Tomahawk IIB of No.112 Sqn RAF, in combat with a Regia Aeronautica Fiat G.50, North Africa, 1941. |
Tomahawk and Kittyhawk Aces of the RAF and Commonwealth. Deemed unsuitable for the Channel Front, lend-lease Tomahawks and Kittyhawks instead became the staple fighters of the Desert Air Force in 1941-42, flying with RAF, South African and Australian squadrons in North Africa and the Middle East. Although usually outclassed by the Bf 109, a number of pilots enjoyed some success during the desert campaign - men like Caldwell, Gibbes, Edwards and Drake, all of whom accrued double figure scores. In the Far East, Australian and New Zealand pilots also saw much action against the Japanese in 1942/43, flying over the jungles of New Guinea in defence of the Australian mainland. This book charts the careers of the men who made ace in these often underestimated fighters. |
Tomahawk A total of sixteen Royal Air Force squadrons used the Tomahawk from British bases, and five more squadrons in the Middle East, as well as South African and Australian units. The Curtiss Tomahawk equipped the legendary Flying Tigers of the American Volunteer Group in China, in 1941, before the United States was officialy at war with Japan. In all, 16,802 Curtiss Tomahawks in a succession of improved models, were mainly built for the US Air Force. |
| Top Aces for : Tomahawk | |
| A list of all Aces from our database who are known to have flown this aircraft. | |
| Name | Victories |
| Andrew Barr | 12.00 |
| Bobby Gibbes | 10.50 |
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