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P-40B Tomahawk 1/24 signed by Tex Hill
SKU: AP40TSS
The P-40, manufactured by Curtiss-Wright Corporation, was a famous fighter/bomber aircraft which is used during the World War II. The P-40 had its first flight in 1938. The P-40B Tomahawk, a Warhawk variant, included more armor and self-sealing fuel tanks in early combat operations. Even though these improvements came at price, the P-40B Tomahawk became the best fighter the US had at the beginning of World War II. British Commonwealth Air Forces gave the name Tomahawk to models equivalent to the P-40B and P-40C. THE LATE David Lee “Tex” Hill learned to fly the Curtiss P-40 in the AVG training program in Burma and did well as a fighter pilot in the 2nd Pursuit Squadron as a flight leader and then squadron commander becoming one of the top aces under the tutelage of Claire Chennault. After the AVG was replaced by the USAAF 23rd Fighter Group in July 1943, Hill remained with Chennault taking over the 75th Fighter Squadron and later becoming group commander, credited with a total of 18.25 victories. ********************************************* Models with SKU numbers ending in "R" are hand crafted of resin material and those ending in "P" are plastic (EXCEPTION: ALL MODELS WITH A HYPHENATED SKU, LIKE AM231-BR, ARE MAHOGANY). All others are hand carved in mahogany. They are then hand painted and detailed by our talented artists. All dimensions given are in inches. This online catalog does not reflect realtime inventory.
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