Curtiss P-40R

Last revised June 5, 1999



The designation P-40R was assigned to P-40F and P-40L airframes that had their Packard Merlin engines replaced in service with Allison V-1710-81 engines. Converted P-40Fs were redesignated P-40R-1, converted P-40Ls as P-40R-2. These planes were used exclusively for training duties. US Army documents claim that over 600 such conversions were made, but only 70 P-40F and 53 P-40L conversions can be confirmed: 

41-13600/13695		Curtiss P-40F Warhawk
				13600,13615,13640,13641,13651,13659,13662,13663,13666,
					13682,13691 converted to P-40R-1
41-13697/14299		Curtiss P-40F Warhawk
				13715,13722,13747,13794,13818,13822,13825,13830,13834,
					13842,13853,13916,13976,13977,13982,13992,14046,
					14051,14071,14078,14124,14129,14132,14150,14167,
					14168,14189,14190,14256,14268,14293 converted
					to P-40R-1
41-14300/14422		Curtiss P-40F-5-CU Warhawk
				14304,14332/14335,14382,14383,14387,14420 converted to
					P-40R-1
41-14423/14599		Curtiss P-40F-10-CU Warhawk
				14497,14499,14500,14561 converted to P-40R-1.
42-10480/10699	Curtiss P-40L-5-CU Warhawk
			10513, 10616, 10642, 10648, 10669, 10676 converted to P-40R-2
42-10700/10847	Curtiss P-40L-10-CU Warhawk
			10712 converted to P-40R-2.
42-10848/10959	Curtiss P-40L-15-CU Warhawk
			10864, 10873, 10874, 10883, 10903, 10913, 10924, 10944, 10953, 10954
				converted to P-40R-2
42-10960/11129	Curtiss P-40L-20-CU Warhawk
			10964, 10974, 10983, 10991, 10992, 11010, 11026, 11037, 
				11039, 11053, 11055, 11058, 11069, 11064, 11065, 11068/11070,
				11075, 11076, 11078, 11080, 11083, 11085, 11090/11092,
				11105, 11109, 11110, 11112/11116, 11120  converted
				to P-40R-2

Sources:

  1. War Planes of the Second World War, Fighters, Volume Four, William Green, Doubleday, 1964.

  2. The American Fighter, Enzo Angelucci and Peter Bowers, Orion Books, 1987.

  3. United States Military Aircraft since 1909, Gordon Swanborough and Peter M. Bowers, Smithsonian Institution Press, 1989.

  4. Curtiss Aircraft, 1907-1947, Peter M. Bowers, Naval Institute Press, 1979.

  5. The Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk, Ray Wagner, Aircraft in Profile, Volume 2, Doubleday, 1965.

  6. Hawk Dynasty: The Curtiss Hawk Monoplanes, Ken Wixey, Air Enthusiast No 72 (1997).