270198 - P-40 TOMAHAWK AND KITTYHAWK In RAF Service: Europe and North Africa (Photo Archive 24)

By Neil Robinson

Taken from the Publishers website:-

This book covers the P-40 in RAF and Commonwealth service in Europe and North Africa.  We will tackle US use and Far East operations in future books.  

The Tomahawk initially went into service with Army Co-Operation squadrons but was almost immediately replaced by the superior Mustang.  These ‘spare’ Tomahawks were then sent out to North Africa to back up the Hurricanes, and when the first Kittyhawks arrived, they were also ‘sidelined’ to the desert.  It is here that the Kittyhawk made its name and it will be forever associated with the 112 Squadron shark mouthed examples that fought the Me109Fs all over North Africa. With North Africa secured, later Kittyhawks carried on fighting through Italy, this time more in a ground support role and carrying a fairly decent bomb load.

In this book we’ve tried to cover all the various Mks and to guide you through the differences to look out for.  If by the end of it, you can tell the difference between a Tomahawk Mk IIA and IIB and a Kittyhawk Mk III and IIIA then you are indeed blessed and Neil’s suffering may not have been in vain!

This book contains approx 120 original wartime/pre-war photos and 6 in-depth colour profiles

Other titles in the series include Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1, Messerschmitt Bf 109 Volume One, Hawker Hurricane Mk 1, Messerschmitt Bf 109 Volume Two, Avro Lancaster Mk I/III, Avro Lancaster Part 3: Mks II, V1, X, type 464 and B1, Supermarine Spitfire Mk V, Short Stirling Mk I/III, De Havilland Vampire, Messerschmitt Bf 109 E Volume Three, Bristol Beaufighter, Gloster Gladiator, Heinkel  He 111 Units, Bristol Beaufighter Mk VIC, Mk X and XI, DH Mosquito Bombers, Westland Whirlwind, Spitfire Mk IX, Hawker Typhoon Part Two, N/American Mustang in RAF Service, Avro Manchester.