P-40 part 1
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28 Air Forces Insignia Mark on P-40N 15 000th Curtiss P-40 1944
2lt Lawrence N Succop, 7th FS, 49th Fighter Group, Dobodura New Guinea, May 1943
42-105112 "Geronimo!" of 15th Fighter Group, 45th FS on Mankin Island in the Central Pacific during 1943
42-105288 and 42-105745 parked on an airstrip at Cape Gloucester New Britain
49th Fighter Group pilot Lt. John Angel by P-40 Nose Art 1942 Australia
49th Fighter Group, 7th FS P-40 Warhawk "Jayhawker" #18. Pilot David Allen with dog "Billy"
64th FS 57th Fighter Group P-40K #11
74th Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group Check The Guns On A Curtiss P-40 At Kunming China
79th Fighter Group Based At Capodichino Italy pilot Examines his Damaged P-40
A Chinese Carrying Rock For The Construction Of A Field Of The 14th Air Force In China, P-40 in the background
Ace Col Robert Scott 23rd Fighter Group In Cockpit of P-40K in China 1944
camera pod installation on a P-40 10th Combat Camera Unit
camera pod installation on a P-40 10th Combat Camera Unit 2
Capt John Hampshire, 23rd fighter group 75 FS Flying Tigers and P-40K Warhawk #161, China 1943
Chinese Mechanics Assemble Curtiss P-40 in Rangoon Burma
Cletrac M2 High Speed Tractor towing a Fuel Servicing Truck type F-2
Col Bennett And Maj C.H. Yaun Group Commanding Officers Of A Fighter Group Of The Chinese American Composite Wing. P-40 in the foreground.
Col Bruce K. Holloway commander 23rd FG in P-40K
Col Clinton D. Vincent P-40K Peggy II #7 over Kunming Lake
Comedian Joe E. Brown in cockpit of Maj Edward M. Nollmeyers P-40K 42-9768 Kunming 1943
Crew readies shark-nose P-40E Rose Marie of 16th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group for Mission
Curtiss P 40K-1-CU Warhawk 42-46319 Aleutian Islands Alaska
Curtiss P-40 40 Squadron SAAF WR+H
Curtiss P-40 47 nose art "MARY LOU"
Curtiss P-40 75 squadron RAAF
Curtiss P-40 Africa 1943
Curtiss P-40 after forced landing at El Saff Egypt on 22 February 1943
Curtiss P-40 China 1943
Curtiss P-40 destroyed
Curtiss P-40 fighters New Guinea PTO
Curtiss P-40 front view
Curtiss P-40 Iceland 1941
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk of the 14 Sqn RNZAF in flight
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk of the 14 Sqn RNZAF in flight July 1943
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk RAAF No 450 Squadron in North Africa 1942
Curtiss P-40 New Guinea
Curtiss P-40 of 11th Fighter Squadron Aleutians
Curtiss P-40 of 14th AF Flying Tigers
Curtiss P-40 of 325th Fighter Group
Curtiss P-40 of 33rd fighter squadron Reykjavik Iceland
Curtiss P-40 of 80th Fighter Group in the CBI
Curtiss P-40 of AVG Flying Tigers number 100
Curtiss P-40 Of The 26th Fighter Squadron 51st Fighter Group (color photo)
Curtiss P-40 of the 332nd Fighter Group, 99th Fighter Squadron. 1st Lt Bolling Capt Lawrence jr and Capt Roberts Italy
Curtiss P-40 Patches nose art
Curtiss P-40 Prepares for Takeoff at Amchitka 1943. Consolidated PBY Catalina in the foreground.
Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk of RAF, North Africa
Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk RAF Africa
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk of 11th FS 343rd fighter group 11th AF Aleutian Tigers
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk of 11th FS 343rd fighter group 11th AF, Aleutian Tigers 1942 nose art
Curtiss P-40 Warhawk of the 80th Fighter Group in the CBI
Curtiss P-40C serial 41-13468, 31st Fighter Squadron 6th Air Force in camouflaged revetment, December 1942
Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk of 112 Squadron RAF
Curtiss P-40E of the 11th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk 51st fighter group CBI shot down
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk Capt Bill Hennon 49th Fighter Group shark mouth nose art
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk machine gun test at night
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk of 11th fighter squadron Authie Babe
Curtiss P-40E-1 41-36504
Curtiss P-40F
Curtiss P-40F named Destitute Prostitute of 18th Fighter Group, 44th FS arrives at Munda airstrip 14 August 1943
Curtiss P-40F of 325th Fighter Group Operation Torch
Curtiss P-40F of 325th Fighter Group Operation Torch 2
Curtiss P-40F of the GC II/5 Free French (color photo)
Curtiss P-40F Warhawk of 57th Fighter Group Sweet Adeline VI nose art
Curtiss P-40F Warhawks of 33rd FG take off from USS Chenango CVE-28 carrier. Operation Torch North Africa
Curtiss P-40F-15-CU Warhawk #257 41-19835 "BETTY ANNE" Pacific
Curtiss P-40K named "Lady Eleanor" of the 16th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, Chengkung airfield China late 1943
Curtiss P-40K of the 23rd Fighter Group, pilot Col Robert L Scott Kunming China Flying Tigers of the 14th AF
Curtiss P-40K Of The 64th Fighter Squadron 57th Fighter Group At Its Base In North Africa
Curtiss P-40K Warhawk Capt Hamilton 51st Fighter Group 26th FS Burma 1943 tail
Curtiss P-40K Warhawk Capt Hamilton 51st Fighter Group bomb
Curtiss P-40K Warhawk Capt Hamilton 51st Fighter Group landing gear
Curtiss P-40K Warhawk Capt Hamilton 51st Fighter Group wing
Curtiss P-40K Warhawk of 5th Air Force in Australia 1943
Curtiss P-40K Warhawk serial 42-10135 is on its way to the Soviet Union
Curtiss P-40K Warhawk with shark mouth nose art, pilot Capt Colwell 51 Fighter Group
Curtiss P-40M Warhawk "M" of RNZAF after belly landing on Munda airfield
Curtiss P-40M Warhawk 18th FG pilot
Curtiss P-40M Warhawk Capt Frank Gaunt 18th FG Ace
Curtiss P-40M Warhawk number 126 Capt Frank Gaunt 18th FG Ace
Curtiss P-40M Warhawk RNZAF Ready For Take Off
Curtiss P-40N
Curtiss P-40N number 8 PTO New Guinea
Curtiss P-40N Royal New Zealand Air Force in Solomons 1944
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron Nose Art #15
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk of 15th fighter group on Mankin Island
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk of 15th fighter group on Mankin Island and pilot
Curtiss P-40N Warhawk of RAAF 75 Squadron GA+F
Curtiss P-40N-10-CU Warhawk 42-106019
Curtiss P-40N-30-CU Warhawk #12 44-7492
Curtiss P-40N-5 Warhawk 42-105182, Ellice Island PTO Repair shop
Curtiss Tomahawk of No 112 Squadron RAF 1941
Damaged Kittyhawk of RNo. 250 Squadron RAF 1943
December 7 1941, Wrecked Curtiss P-40
December 7, 1941 Wrecked Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk #337 of the 44th Pursuit Squadron at Belows Field
December 7, 1941 Wrecked P-40 At Belows Field
Early B-24 Bomber and Curtiss P-40 fighters in Tulsa 1941
Early Curtiss P-40 Hickam Field Hawaii
Engine Of A Curtiss P-40 7th Fighter Group Dobodura New Guinea
Flying Tiger AVG (American Volunteer Group) pilots and P-40B Tomahawk shark mouth nose art
Former Members Of The AVG Serving With The 23rd Fighter Group Stand Beside A Curtiss P-40 With The Insignia Of The Group
French Curtiss P-40 #2
Ground Crew Checking Engine Of A Curtiss P-40 Of The 26Th Fighter Squadron (color photo)
Ground Crew Men Loading A 500lb Bomb On A Curtiss P-40 Warhawk Of The 79th Fighter Group Based At Capodichino Italy
Ground Crew Working On A Curtiss P-40 (color photo)
Ground crewmen ready to load A 500 lb bomb under the belly a P-40 of the 79th Fighter Group, Capodichino Italy
Lend Lease P-40F for the Free French AF Algiers (color photo)
Lt Don Lee 49th Fighter Group P-40K Warhawk
Lt Duke Bishop 51st Fighter Group P-40K Warhawk with shark mouth
Lt Ed Gilmore 20th pursuit squadron in Curtiss P-40B Tomahawk
Lt John Livingstone 49th fighter group In Curtiss P-40E Warhawk
Maj Salisbury 57th Fighter Group warms up his Curtiss P-40 Warhawk prior to take off Burg El Arab North Africa
Members of the 49th Fighter Group pose beside a Curtiss P-40 at an air base in Buna New Guinea
P 40 in CBI
P 40E 33 of the 16th FS 23rd Fighter Group, 22 October 1942
P-40 "Kittybomber" loaded with 6 250 lb bombs Africa
P-40 "Konkubine" carry 1000 lb bomb 1943
P-40 #129 of the 44th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group on Munda airstrip August 1943
P-40 #16, #14, China 1943 Flying Tigers
P-40 #255 of the 26th Fighter Squadron 51st Fighter Group (color photo)
P-40 #74 Approaches The Field For A Landing At Kunming China After A Mission
P-40 #89 of the 51st Fighter Group, Parked Under Engine Hoist At Lilibari Field Lilibari India, 16 March 1943
P-40 260 Squadron RAF in Libya North Africa
P-40 344th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group
P-40 80th Fighter Group 89th FS CBI
P-40 87th Fighter Squadron At Tunisia 1943
P-40 and Chinese Soldiers And Armorers Of The 74th Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group China
P-40 and Officers Of The 74th Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group
P-40 AVG Flying Tiger Pilots Farrell Boyington Croft
P-40 AVG Flying Tigers 100
P-40 AVG Flying Tigers 98
P-40 AVG Flying Tigers White 103 Takes Off
P-40 AVG Flying Tigers White 7
P-40 AVG Flying Tigers White 9 and 16 96
P-40 China May 1945
P-40 Formation AAF Tactical Center
P-40 in Chinese markings
P-40 Kittyhawk RAF Africa
P-40 named "Available Jones" of the 79th Fighter Group Capodichino Italy
P-40 named "Little Flower" of the 51st Fighter Group Kunming
P-40 of 325th Fighter Group in flight during World War II
P-40 of Flying Tigers China March 1944
P-40 of the 2nd Service Group Parked In A Revetment Iceland
P-40 of the 344th Fighter Squadron 343rd FG, 344th FS
P-40 of the 44th Fighter Squadron "Vampires" 18th Fighter Group Munda airstrip August 1943
P-40 of the 49th Fighter Group New Guinea January 1944
P-40 of the 79th Fighter Group 84th Fighter Squadron North Africa
P-40 of the 99th Fighter Squadron 332nd Fighter Group Italy
P-40 of the 9th Fighter Squadron "Iron Knights" 49th Fighter Group Lined Up Along The Runway At 30 Mile Strip In Port Moresby Papua New Guinea
P-40 on Assembly Line in Curtiss Wright Plant 1940
P-40 pilot lt James Perryman 11th Fighter Squadron 343rd Fighter Group
P-40 pilot Maj Harry Pike. 16th Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group
P-40 pilot of the 9th AF 57th Fighter Group in his plane ready for take off North Africa
P-40 RAF Libya 1943
P-40 Tomahawks of No. 403 Squadron RCAF Based at Baginton 1941
P-40 Warhawk 18th FG "Betty" number 105
P-40 Warhawk 18th FG pilot
P-40 Warhawk ammo belt, 11th FS 343rd fighter group 11th AF Aleutian Tigers 1942
P-40 Warhawk Bombers Delight In Bomb For Hitler 1944
P-40 Warhawk Col Bob Scott 23 Fighter Group Ace shark mouth nose art
P-40 Warhawk Operation Torch North Africa 1942
P-40 Warhawks and P 39 of 11th fighter squadron 343rd fighter group 11th AF Aleutian Tigers 1942
P-40 Warhawks of 11th fighter squadron 343rd fighter group 11th AF Aleutian Tigers 1942
P-40 Warhawks of 11th FS, 343rd FG maintenance on Amchitka, Aleutians October 1943
P-40 Warhawks of 80th Fighter Group in the CBI
P-40 Warhawks of 80th Fighter Group in the CBI Miss Frances III. Nagaghali AB Assam India, May 1944
P-40 Warhawks Taxi Up To The Take Off Line At An Airbase Near Burg El Arab Somewhere In North Africa
P-40 Warhawks Taxi Up To The Take Off Line Near Burg El Arab, North Africa October 1942
P-40 Which Crashed During A Forced Landing 14th AF China
P-40 White 104 and 7 with Flying Tiger shark's mouth
P-40B Tomahawk Flying Tigers AVG (American Volunteer Group)
P-40C 41-13426 of the 33rd FS 342nd Composite Group taxies out for takeoff Iceland 7 April 1943
P-40E 16th Fighter Squadron 23rd FG Kweilin China October 1942
P-40E 41-36381 pilot 1lt Llewellyn H Couch 16th Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group
P-40E of the 11th FS 343rd Fighter Group
P-40E pilot 1lt Edgar D. Ball 9th Fighter Squadron 49th FG, Dobodura May 1943
P-40E Poopy II of the 7th Fighter Squadron 49th Fighter Group Dobodura New Guinea 1943
P-40E Warhawk 51st FG CBI Shot Down by AA
P-40F 41-19913 21 of the 64th Fighter Squadron 57th Fighter Group, North Africa 1943
P-40F of 57 Fighter Group North Africa
P-40F of the 86th FS 79th Fighter Group at Tripolitania Libya
P-40F Warhawk of the 33rd Fighter Group aboard USS Chenango CVE-28 for Operation Torch November 10th, 1942
P-40K "King Boogie" 75th Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group China 1943
P-40K #255 and Pilots Of The 26th Fighter Squadron 51st Fighter Group 1943 (color photo)
P-40K #255 of the 26th Fighter Squadron 51st Fighter Group Kunming China. C-46 Commando (8th CCS) in the background.
P-40K 260 Squadron RAF in Libya North Africa
P-40K 42-46063 with RAF fin flash
P-40K 42-9870 named "Mimi" China
P-40K Warhawk "Shellie IV" #205 42-46104 of the 78th Fighter Squadron 15th FG
P-40K Warhawk 42-46205
P-40K Warhawk Capt Hamilton 51st Fighter Group 26th FS Burma 1943
P-40K Warhawk Capt Hamilton 51st Fighter Group 26th FS Burma 1943 wing
P-40K Warhawk Capt Hamilton 51st Fighter Group cockpit
P-40K Warhawk of 51st Fighter Group Capt Colwell of the 26th FS in Burma 1943
P-40M #129 of the 44th FS 18th Fighter Group, pilot Capt John Voss
P-40M Warhawk Capt Frank Gaunt 18th FG Ace
P-40M Warhawk The Twerp 126 Capt Frank Gaunt 18th FG Ace
P-40N 42-105112 "Geronimo!" of 15th Fighter Group on Mankin Island, engine
P-40N armed with rockets of the 26th Fighter Squadron 51st Fighter Group
P-40N of RAAF New Guinea
P-40N of the 45th FS, 15th Fighter Group on Makin Island, serial 42-105174, 11 September 1943
P-40N of the 89th FS 80th Fighter Group undergoes repairs in Upper Assam India February 1944
P-40N serial 42-104925 "Peace Maker" of the 26th Fighter Squadron, 51st Fighter Group, Kunming airfield China
P-40N Warhawks RAAF 75 Squadron
Pilots 11th fighter squadron, 343rd fighter group 11th AF Aleutian Tigers 1942-1943
Presentation Of French Curtiss P-40 of the GC II/5, Algiers North Africa (color photo)
RAF Kittyhawk OK+M 450 Squadron RAAF North Africa
RAF No. 107 Maintenance Unit assembling Tomahawk Mk IIB at Kasfareet, Egypt
RAF Tomahawks Mk IIB in Middle East 1941
Removing engine from a P-40 Dobodura New Guinea
RNZAF Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawks in flight
RNZAF Curtiss P-40M Kittyhawk of the 14 Sqn
Robert McHale and P-40 of the 49th Fighter Group 8th Fighter Squadron, New Guinea 1943
russian P-40 Karelia 1943
Shark Face P-40 of AVG Flying Tigers at base in Rangoon 1942
Three Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk aircraft in flight RNZAF
TP-40N Warhawk Trainer 44-7156 H80
Warhawk 42-10644, of thw 85th Fighter Squadron, 79th Fighter Group Sicily
Warhawk named Sue serial 42-104589 of the 51st Fighter Group CBI
Warhawk of 15th fighter group on Mankin Island serial 42-105110, December 1943
Warhawk of the 49th Fighter Group
Warhawksof the 11th Fighter Squadron 343rd Fighter Group 11th AF Aleutian Tigers 1942 96 + 49
Wreckage Of The P-40 #127 named Poison Iceland 1942
The first mass produced USAAF single-seat fighter, the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk, together with the Bell P-39 Airacobra, constituted more than half the USAAF fighter strength for the first half of the second world war, in addition to being supplied in considerable numbers to the RAF (Royal Air Force) and other Allied air forces. It was not a brilliant aircraft, and was inferior technically and in performance to many of its contemporaries, yet it acquired a justifiable reputation for ruggedness and dependability and was the subject of extensive development as the war progressed. The Curtiss XP-40, derived from the P-36A (Model 75) Hawk and powered by a 1160 hp Allison V-1710-19 engine, flew in the autumn of 1938 and the P-40 was put into production the following year. (There were no YP-40s, three P-40s being used as test aircraft). The P-40 was produced in moderate numbers for the USAAF, for the RAF (as the Tomahawk Mk 1, Mk IA and Mk IB) and for France — these last being ultimately taken over by the RAF. Only a small number of P-40B (there was no P-40A) went to the USAAF, the bulk of the production going either to the RAF (Tomahawk Mk IIA and Mk IIB) or to Soviet Union, and the P-40C and D (Kittyhawk Mk I) were likewise built in comparatively small numbers. The P-40, P-40B and P-40C (engine: Allison V-1710-33) were basically similar except for armament and internal variations. The P-40D introduced the 1150 hp V-1710-39 engine in a slightly shorter fuselage, and carried an armament of four 12,7 mm wing guns, with provision for a drop-tank or single 500 lb. bomb beneath the fuselage and six 20 lb. bombs underwing. The first large-scale production model was the P-40E (Kittyhawk Mk IA), of which 2320 were built. This version, similar to the D but with two additional 12,7 mm wing guns, was a marked improvement over the P-40B which it replaced, and a small number were later converted as tandem two-seat trainers.
The first version to be named Warhawk by the USAAF. was the P-40F (Kittyhawk Mk II). This model, of which 1311 were completed, marked a change in powerplant to the 1300 hp Packard-Merlin 28 engine and, on later examples, a lengthened fuselage; armament was similar to the P-40E. There was only one P-40H, arid the P-40J supercharged high altitude project was abandoned. The next major production version being the P-40K (Kittyhawk Mk III). This had the 1325 hp V-1710-73 engine and, on later examples, the long fuselage of the P-40F. A number of P-40K were “winterised” for service for the USAAF and RCAF in Alaska and the Aleutian Islands. Following the K, the P-40L (Kittyhawk Mk II) was a lighter-weight F development with the Packard Merlin 28 engine and the longer fuselage. 700 of these were completed. From the batch of 600 P-40M (Kittyhawk Mk III and Mk IV), similar to the K model apart from a 1200 hp V-1710-81 engine, one squadron was supplied to the South African Air Force. The final and most numerous production version of the Warhawk was the P-40N (Kittyhawk Mk IV), a development of the lightweight P-40L. Altogether more than 5200 P-40Ns were completed, utilising various Allison engines and permutations of armament. This version was supplied to several Allied air forces, including the RNZAF (Royal New Zealand Air Force), and saw most of its service in the Pacific theatre. The designation P-40R covered the conversion of some 300 P-40F and L Warhawks from Packard-Merlin powerplants to Allisons. Total production of the P-40 series reached over 14,000 aircraft, including a number of experimental projects which never attained production status. Among these were the XP-40Q (a modified K with 1425 hp. V-1710-121, cut-down rear fuselage and blister canopy), the XP-46 (two only completed), the XP-60 (five prototypes for a P-40 replacement, with various inline or radial engines) and the XP-62 (a radial-engined fighter-bomber development of the XP-60).
Design and Structure
- Type: Single-seat fighter and fighter-bomber.
- Wings:
- Configuration: Low-wing cantilever monoplane.
- Aerofoil Section: NACA 2215 at the root, 2209 at the tip.
- Structure: Two panels joined at the fuselage centerline, consisting of aluminium-alloy longitudinal stringers, shear beams, Alclad bulkheads, and flush-riveted Alclad skin. The ailerons have Alclad frames and are covered with fabric. Split trailing-edge flaps, hydraulically operated, extend between the ailerons and fuselage.
- Fuselage:
- Design: Semi-monocoque structure with Alclad bulkheads, aluminium-alloy stringers, and flush-riveted Alclad skin.
- Tail Unit:
- Type: Cantilever monoplane type with all-metal framework. Fixed surfaces are metal-covered, while movable surfaces are fabric-covered. Rudder and elevators have adjustable trim-tabs.
- Landing Gear:
- Type: Retractable with Curtiss oleo-pneumatic shock absorber legs. Main wheels retract hydraulically aft and upward, locking automatically in both positions. The tail-wheel is fully retractable and steerable with a hinged fairing that covers the aperture when retracted.
Power Plant
- Engine Options:
- Allison V-1710 or Packard V-1650-1 (Merlin 28) twelve-cylinder Vee liquid-cooled engines.
- Propeller: Three-bladed Curtiss electrically-controlled multi-position constant-speed airscrew.
- Cooling: Ducted coolant and oil radiators beneath the engine with controllable air exit.
- Fuel System:
- Tanks: Two wing tanks, a fuselage tank, and an auxiliary "belly" tank, all self-sealing and housed in aluminium-alloy shells.
Accommodation and Equipment
- Cockpit:
- Located over the wing's trailing-edge, featuring a bullet-proof windscreen with glycol spray and warm air defrosting. The cockpit has a sliding cover with rear vision panels, armour plate protection, and a heating/ventilating system that also heats the gun compartments.
- Electrical and Communication:
- 24-volt electrical system with radio equipment.
Armament
- Guns:
- Six .50-cal. machine guns, three in each wing, firing outside the propeller arc with 235 rounds per gun.
- Bombs:
- A bomb rack beneath the fuselage can carry a single bomb (100-600 lbs). Additional racks under the wings can carry two 100-500 lb bombs or two auxiliary fuel tanks.
Dimensions
- Span: 37 ft. 3.5 in. (11.36 m)
- Length:
- Short fuselage: 31 ft. 8.5 in. (9.68 m)
- Long fuselage: 33 ft. 3.5 in. (10.14 m)
- Height: 12 ft. 2 in. (3.7 m)
- Wing Area: 236 sq. ft. (21.9 sq. m.)
Weights
- Empty Weight: 6,550 lbs. (2,974 kg)
- Loaded Weight: 8,720 lbs. (3,960 kg)
Performance (P-40F with Packard V-1650-1 engine)
- Maximum Speed: 364 mph (582 km/h) at 20,000 ft (6,100 m)
- Cruising Speed: 300 mph (480 km/h) at critical height
- Economical Cruising Speed: 220-245 mph (352-392 km/h)
- Climb Rate:
- To 15,000 ft (4,575 m): 7.5 mins
- To 20,000 ft (6,100 m): 10 mins
- Service Ceiling: 33,000 ft (10,060 m)
- Normal Range: 610 miles (976 km) at 310 mph (496 km/h)
- Maximum Range: 1,200 miles (1,920 km) at 210 mph (336 km/h) with auxiliary fuel tank
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