Curtiss P-36 Hawk
France used the Hawk 75A in combat over Europe in 1939 and 1940. The Army Air Corps obtained 243 P-36s (developed from the model 75), including 30 P-36G export models seized by the U.S. government in 1942 because of the German occupation of Norway.
During 1941, the US Air Corps transferred 39 of its P-36s to Hawaii and 20 to Alaska. After World War II began, the outmoded P-36 soon was relegated to training and courier duties within the United States.
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