Curtiss Hawk 81-A2 of China AF WWII

The Curtiss Hawk 81-A2 was the export version of the P-40B.

The first aircraft received by the A.V.G. were Hawk 81-A2 fighters originally

intended for the RAF, and as such they were painted according to RAF guidelines.

While Curtiss did not have actual RAF paint stocks on hand, they used DuPont paints

that approximated the colour descriptions given to them by the RAF.....