Hawks on the Hunt...

Two flights of unidentified P-40Bs on the prowl...


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Lightning Driver

An interesting photo in that the pilot pictured, Lt. Robert E. Kirtley, did not serve
with any unit that was equipped with the P-40. However, his first assignment after winning
his wings in 1940 was with the 27th Pursuit Squadron, 1st Pursuit Group at Selfridge Field,
Michigan. So it's possible that the Hawk he's sitting in, an initial production model,
belonged to the 40th Pursuit Squadron, 31st Pursuit Group, which did fly early P-40s
and was also in residence at Selfridge Field at that time.

Whatever the case so far as the Hawk is concerned, Kirtley went on to command the
95th Fighter Squadron, 82nd Fighter Group, flying the P-38. He racked up more than fifty
combat missions in North Africa and Sicily, and knocked four Krauts outta the sky.


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Seven Hawks

A group of P-40s at an unidentified airfield.

I'm not sure of all the variants here... looks to be a couple'a P-40-CUs,
some P-40B/Cs, and one that's definitely a P-40G. (second ship on the left)


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Hawk Driver

An unknown pilot about to climb into the cockpit of a P-40N.


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