Hobby Master 1:72 Air Power Series Diecast Model

Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk (Warhawk) – "Angry Bee", Lt. Ken Goldring, No. 80 Squadron, RAAF, November 1944

1:72 Scale.  Length: 5.25".  Wingspan: 6.25”


Limited production of approximately 500 models worldwide

No. 80 Squadron was formed in September 1943 and equipped with Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk. On July 29, 1944 Curtiss P-40N #43-23237 was received by 80 Squadron RAAF and assigned ADF number #A29-671 and letters BU-O. The aircraft was assigned to Lt. Ken Goldring who named it “Angry Bee’. From mid-summer 1944 American and Australian forces were engaged in battles to drive Japanese forces out of Dutch New Guinea. Noemfoor Island was a major goal because of three airfields that could be used to support the Allied advance.

The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was a single-engine fighter and ground attack aircraft. First flown on October 14, 1938, the P-40 was used by most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in service until the end of the war. The P-40 performed well as an air superiority fighter, at times suffering severe losses but also taking a very heavy toll of enemy aircraft. It was the third most produced American fighter aircraft after the P-51 and P-47. By November 1944 when production of the P-40 ended, 13,738 had been built.


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