French H-75A-4 aircraft

[takata_1940]

Hello Buz,

Originally Posted by Buz

Oliver

- The second contract was #6 (F-160) from Mar.5, 1939 was signed for 100 airframes, propellers and spare parts ammounting $4,007,586.88 ; it was fully delivered and paid. Those airplanes were designated H-75A-2 by Curtiss and received S/ns 101-200 with Factory C/ns 12932/13031. (What is your source Buz ?!)

My source is the "Curtiss Billing Ledger" - which I think in the realm of sources is a little better than most

Buz

Thank you for your answer and excuse my ignorance of this particular source that I don't know about. Any chance to find it somewhere ?

Regards,
Olivier Bacca.

[Alex Smart]

H75A-1

12879

X-881

France

82

Finland

CU-568

A-1

From my Excel sheet.

Alex

[Alex Smart]

Hello Buz,

Thanks I have them. but will check to see if I have them all.USA crashed a/c and Peru too. Also details on Norwegian losses in Canada
Somewhere I have a small list of three or four that were crashed with the luftwaffe. Have to look for it.
Alex



Alex

[Alex Smart]

Hi,

Re the British Mohawks ( including the five ex Norwegian) But not counting the Little Norway ones in Canada. But including the Ex Iranian a/c used in India
I make the list about 246 or so quite higher than the 204 a/c noted in an earlier post.
Thats not including any ex French that may have crossed to Great Britain after the fall of France. On which does anyone have details of any that did? I have found nothing at all.
If there were some then the number could be as high as 250.

Alex

[takata_1940]

Hi Alex,

I make the list about 246 or so quite higher than the 204 a/c noted in an earlier post.
Thats not including any ex French that may have crossed to Great Britain after the fall of France. On which does anyone have details of any that did? I have found nothing at all.
If there were some then the number could be as high as 250.

Deliveries recorded under both French contracts F-156 and F-273 :

AR630-634 (5)........Aug/Dec 1940
AR635-694 (60).....Aug/Dec 1940
AX880-898 (19).......Nov/Dec 1940
BB918-937 (20)......Sep 1940/Mar 1941
BB938-973 (-)........undelivered
BB974-979 (6)........Sep 1940/Mar 1941
BJ434-453 (20).......Oct 1940/Jan 1941
BJ531-550 (20).......Oct 1940
BJ574-588 (-)........undelivered
BK569-588 (20)......Nov/Dec 1940
BK876-879 (4)........Nov 1940/Jan 1941
BL220-223 (4)........Dec 1940
BS730-738 (9)........Oct 1940
BS739-743 (-)........undelivered
BS744-747 (4)........Oct 1940
BS784-798 (15)......Dec 1940/Mar 1941
BT470-472 (3)........Mar 1941
Total..........204*

(*) in fact, this total is 209 because the first five AR630-634 are H-75A-6 from the Norvegian contract. Some batches of serial are undelivered and if you discount those, the total should be right... but one :

Serial AX799, found with 5th
Squadron/ 151 OTU / 208 MU, lost in Jodhpur 7.6.1942.

On the other hand, "Number 10" arrived at A&AEE on 11th July 1940, and is supposed to be a Mohawk IV. This one is obviously a French one escaped from France and the H-751 N°10 c/n 13815 is missing as well in France. We still need to check this aircraft in British archives, but I guess it's the same plane escaped from Bourges around 15th June piloted by a Czech or Polish pilot.

Regards,
Olivier Bacca.

[Modeldad]

Lucien:

Is this the restored aircraft which you mentioned. I would be most interested if you could give me more details on it. Anything you can.

you may even contact me directly at modeldad@verizon.net

[Petitpoucet]

Hello everybody !

YES modeldad, when Lucien writes that n°82, 84 and 86 left Fort de France on 15th june 1945, bond to Marseille, he speaks about the only n°82 still in the French AA at this date, the A4.
And we found the hard proof that she was in Cazaux during 1949, featuring a P&W Engine !

[Bronsky]

Si non e vero e bello...

[Modeldad]

Wing Guns

The A-1 had one in each wing

The A-4 / 751 had two in each wing.

The restored aircraft has only 1. Was this the result of conversion for training and then restoration, using only one gun beliveing it was an A-1?

Additional piuctures posted under "fair use" - source unknown.

[takata_1940]

S~
from what I can see when this aircraft was still flying after the war, he had none on the wings...
(picture published in the "Fana de l'aviation")