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Prepping the Warhawks
Curtiss-Wright P-40B/C Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk Production in Buffalo, Kenmore Avenue Plant, winter 1941
New P-40Bs rolling off of the assembly line. Orders were so far ahead of production capacity that aircraft had to be finished and prepped outside.
Photographer: Dmitri Kessel, Life Magazine
© Time Inc. For personal non-commercial use only. Photos can be found online at: images.google.com or at www.life.com. (Search using both "Curtiss" and "Buffalo" keywords at both sites.)
Notes: I have attempted to correct any irregularities in the originally posted photos. You may notice the occasional 'Life' logo is shown backwards or upside-down. This is intentional. Many of the originally posted photos were backwards or otherwise mis-oriented. In addition, captions were often inaccurate, and so these were corrected where possible—and I've liberally added my own comments. Hope you enjoy!
Prepping the Warhawks
Curtiss-Wright P-40B/C Warhawk/Tomahawk/Kittyhawk Production in Buffalo, Kenmore Avenue Plant, winter 1941
New P-40Bs rolling off of the assembly line. Orders were so far ahead of production capacity that aircraft had to be finished and prepped outside.
Photographer: Dmitri Kessel, Life Magazine
© Time Inc. For personal non-commercial use only. Photos can be found online at: images.google.com or at www.life.com. (Search using both "Curtiss" and "Buffalo" keywords at both sites.)
Notes: I have attempted to correct any irregularities in the originally posted photos. You may notice the occasional 'Life' logo is shown backwards or upside-down. This is intentional. Many of the originally posted photos were backwards or otherwise mis-oriented. In addition, captions were often inaccurate, and so these were corrected where possible—and I've liberally added my own comments. Hope you enjoy!