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1685 Bomber (Defense) Training Flight

Unidentifed RAF Hawks

Tomahawk I AH762

See more of this Hawk HERE.


From: 'Lend-Lease Aircraft in World War II' by Arthur Pearcy (via Philip Jarrett) - Larger Image

Tomahawk I AH860

This photo of AH860 has also been censored, though in slightly more subtle a fashion.


San Diego Air and Space Museum Archives (Charles M. Daniels collection) - Larger Image

Tomahawk IIA AH925


Project 914 Archives


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Tomahawk IIA AH972

AH972, seen at Old Sarum in 1941.


Project 914 Archives - Larger Image

Tomahawk IIA AH973


Project 914 Archives (S.Donacik collection) - Larger Image


NASM


Project 914 Archives (S.Donacik collection) - Larger Image

Tomahawk IIB AK184

Here's the Imperial War Museum's caption for this photo:

Tomahawk Mark IIB, AK184, at Hamble, Hampshire, following erection by
Air Service Training Ltd. This aircraft was passed to the Royal Aircraft
Establishment at Farnborough, with whom it remained in service until 1944.


Imperial War Museum - Larger Image

Here's the Imperial War Museum's caption for this photo:

Tomahawk Mark IIB, AK184: cockpit interior, port side.
Photograph taken at Air Service Training Ltd, Hamble Hampshire.


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Kittyhawk I AK571

AK571 was the first Kittyhawk I. Although this variant was equivalent to the P-40D, only twenty were built
with the four-gun wing... the rest were completed with six guns, making them virtually identical to the P-40E.

More photos of this Kittyhawk HERE...


Project 914 Archives (S.Donacik collection) - Larger Image

Kittyhawk I AK575

AK575 was the fifth Kittyhawk I. The photograph below shows her at RAF Speke on December 5th, 1942 during
a press day featuring RAF aircraft that were built in the USA. A few days later, on December 10th, she left
Speke with ATA pilot F/O Joseph Stuart Wiley behind the stick, headed to Scottish Aviation at Prestwick. Wiley
was an American from Pine Bluff,Arkansas serving with 4b Ferry Pilot Pool of the RAF's Air Transport Auxiliary.
He had flown Tomahawks before, but this was apparently his first time flying a Kittyhawk, as it was noted that he
was somewhat unfamiliar with the controls and took a fair amount of time familiarizing himself with them during
engine run-up, and sought advice from 'delivery crews'. Wiley finally departed Speke at 16:15 hours and was
seen to be "heading north with the aircraft properly under control". Neither he nor AK575 was ever seen again.

More info about F/O Wiley can be found HERE.


Project 914 Archives (S.Donacik collection) - Larger Image

Kittyhawk IA

A fine inflight view of a Kittyhawk IA. I have conflicting info as to which
Hawk this is, but she is identified as AL225 on the reverse of the print.


Project 914 Archives (S.Donacik collection) - Larger Image

Training Hawk

This Kittyhawk I, snapped by LIFE photographer Hart Preston from a
USAAF C-47 in 1943, was likely from No.1 Middle East Training School.


LIFE Photo Archives via Google Arts & Culture (Hart Preston photo) - Larger Image

A closer look...


LIFE Photo Archives via Google Arts & Culture (Hart Preston photo) - Larger Image

Kittyhawk IIA FL220

The Kittyhawk II was equivalent to the P-40F and L.

Another print of the first photo below is held by the Imperial War Museum,
and here is their caption for it:

Kittyhawk Mark IIA, FL220, on the ground at Hamble, Hampshire after erection by Air Service
Training Ltd. This aircraft, unusually for the type, remained in Great Britain throughout its
service life, flying with Aeroplane and Armament Experimental Establishment, the Handling Squadron
and Empire Central Flying School, and was finally returned to Air Service Training Ltd.


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