EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016: Warbirds - P-40 Warhawk Family

Fred Harl and Carmelo Turdo

EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2016 featured several examples of the legendary Curtiss P-40 Warhawk series of World War II fighter.  The P-40 served with British Forces from 1940 as the Tomahawk and Kittyhawk, attempted to defend Pearl Harbor during the attack by the Imperial Japanese Navy, served with the famous Flying Tigers American Volunteer Group in China, and flew with Allied Forces in all theaters of the war.  Included here several models with representative paint schemes.