IN SERVICE – Key Publishing

IN SERVICE

Although outmoded by the outbreak of war, the P-36/Hawk 75 family acquitted itself very well in combat An 18th PG P-36A flying near Oahu, Hawaii, on a sortie from its Wheeler Field base. USAF “In the 8th Pursuit Group, 2nd Lt Erik Shilling found the new fighter ‘delightful’ to fly with its excellent manoeuvrability” US ARMY AIR CORPS P-36s began arriving in AAC pursuit groups in 1938, replacing the ancient P-26 ‘Peashooter’. In 1939, the P-36 accounted for one quarter