Curtiss Design 75 Hawk. P-36 and International Derivatives.

[edwest2]

Expected in April.

https://www.christian-schmidt.com/pr...vl1gss338k50d6

Usual disclaimer,
Ed

[Edward]

Curtiss Design 75 Hawk. P-36 and International Derivatives
(European Airlines - April 2021)
by Dan Hagedorn and Amaru Tincopa. Color profiles by Juanita Franzi
384 pages w/ 418 photographs, maps and 34 color profiles - hardcover
Kr 375 / € 49.95

"Dan Hagedorn, former curator of The Museum of Flight in Seattle, and Amaru Tincopa, both specialists in world and Latin American military aviation, have teamed up to compile this definitive monograph describing the Curtiss Design 75 and one of its major production variants, the USAAC’s P-36, and its many international derivatives. The Design 75 of 1935, as it was initially described by Curtiss, was without doubt a turning point in U.S. fighter design. It incorporated all of the technical advances being favored worldwide and was for Curtiss a huge engineering step forward.

The Design 75 saw operational service with many air forces around the world and could lay claim to many aerial victories in intense dog fights during World War Two. It flew sorties in both Europe, North Africa, Latin America, the Middle East, India and Asia.

Unbelievably, the Curtiss Hawk 75 saw service with both Allied and Axis air forces. Many books have been published, especially those describing Hawk 75s in service with France and Finland, but after the opening of the Curtiss-Wright Corporate Archive at the National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution, the authors have managed to correct many misunderstandings and outright myths surrounding the history of the type.

The volume gives a detailed description of all of the derivatives of the Hawk 75, everything well-illustrated with hundreds of unique and high-quality photographs, of which many are in colour. In addition, renowned illustrator Juanita Franzi, has made a considerable number of colour profiles, which beautifully help interpret the text."

https://www.europeanairlines.no/prod...l-derivatives/

[Lennart Andersson]

This is how it looks:

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[Stig Jarlevik]

Well

Do we get a full detailed production list this time?
Have all the USAAC/USAAF record cards been read and compiled?

Not sure how many myths that the authors believe they now settle, but without a proper individual production list it cannot be claimed to be anywhere near complete.

Cheers
Stig

[Orwell1984]

This is how the information is presented in the book with tables like this for each user (USAAC, Siam, France, Peru etc.)
The image I've attached is for USAAC aircraft and is prefaced with the following text:

... details are drawn from primary documents, principally the so-called Curtiss order book and Individual Aircraft History Cards.

[Stig Jarlevik]

That's exactly what I wanted to know!

Seems like I have to get it after all!!

Cheers
Stig

[SteveB]

I would like to congratulate everybody involved in this project I think the book is excellent. I am not an expert on the P-36 but I fully trust Mr Hagedorn. The production values are superb good clear page design, good quality paper, most photos presented in large format, attractive/unusual artwork by Juanita Franzi, good quality printing... I am very pleased...

Sadly I was wary of buying from Europe with all the difficulties with customs etc at the moment but I got an email from Aviation Book Centre saying they had £32 + p&p... terrific value!

Steve