This installment of Randy's Warbird Profiles takes a look at the Erickson Aircraft Collection’s Curtiss P-40E Kittyhawk N940AK. Curtiss P-40E-1-CU (Model 87A-4), Warhawk Mk.IA, AK940 (1058), constr.

The prototype for the P-40 series was first flown on October 1938, and while it showed promise it was far from the best aircraft upon its arrival. However, it greatly improved upon the radial ...