Curtiss P-6 Hawk

The Curtiss P-6 Hawk was a single-engine biplane fighter that entered United States Army Air Corps service in the late 1920s and was flown until the late 1930s. Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company began supplying it in 1929, the year it became part of Curtiss-Wright. Fast and highly maneuverable for its time, the XP-6 prototype took second place in the 1927 National Air Races and the XP-6A with wing surface radiators won at 201 mph. The P-6E served with the 1st and 8th Pursuit Groups between 1932 and 1937, the 17th Pursuit Squadron flying it in Snow Owl markings, and at least 27 of the 46 delivered were lost in accidents. A supercharged P-6 set a Dayton to Washington speed record in 1932.