SURPRISE FOR AXIS
LATEST AMERICAN PLANE FAST AMD POWERFUL ' MACHINE. ■ BRITISH DESIGNED ENGINE. (By Telegraph—Press Association —Copyright) (Received This Day, Noon.) BUFFALO, May 7. The Curtiss Wright Corporation demonstrated to the Press the latest American plane, the Warhawk fighter. Air Force officials say the new plane will be a surprise for the enemy. Therefore most of its details cannot be revealed, but the disclosure is permitted that it is the first American plane using a British-designed Rolls Royce Merlin engine. It is also faster than all its P4O predecessors, belonging to the 400 miles class, and further possesses unusually heavy striking power. It is a definite answer to the enemy s latest planes. ______
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 May 1942, Page 4
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113SURPRISE FOR AXIS Wairarapa Times-Age, 8 May 1942, Page 4
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