{"id":1395,"date":"2021-06-06T08:44:04","date_gmt":"2021-06-06T06:44:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/?post_type=product&p=1395"},"modified":"2025-04-03T16:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T14:06:03","slug":"mkm144067-curtiss-h-75-foreign-pilots","status":"publish","type":"product","link":"https:\/\/www.4pluspublications.com\/en\/produkt\/mkm144067-curtiss-h-75-foreign-pilots\/","title":{"rendered":"[MKM144067] Curtiss H-75 \u2018Foreign Pilots\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Curtiss H-75 was the export version of the American P-36 Hawk (Curtiss Model 75) fighter of the mid-1930s. The French took delivery of some 330 aircraft, designated the H-75A-1, A-2 and A-3, with the first planes entering service in the spring of 1939. They were modified for French Air Force usage and fitted with different equipment and armament.
\nThe H-75 was a single-seat, all-metal low-wing monoplane with fabric-covered control surfaces. It had a retractable undercarriage with the main landing gear rotated 90\u00b0 to fold flat into the wing. Powered by a Pratt & Whitne<\/span>y R-1830 Twin Wasp two-row radial engine, it was fitted with Curtiss Electric propeller. The H-75\u2019<\/span>s armament consisted of two machine guns in the nose, and another one (all H-75A-1s and 40 early H-75A-2s) or two guns in each wing (H-75A-3). A small bomb carrier was also mounted under each outer part of the wing.
\nThe Curtiss H-75 was used most extensively by the French Arm\u00e9e de l\u2019A<\/span>ir during the Battle of France and continued in service with the Vichy French after the Armistice.
\nA number of ex-French aircraft were seized by Germans, some of them were used by the Luftwaffe for pilot training and eventually many sold to Finland, which extensively used them against Soviet forces.<\/p>\n

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Colour schemes included in the kit:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1) Curtiss H-75A-2, No.125 (U025), White 8, 1st Escadrille, GC I\/5, French Air Force (Arm\u00e9e de l\u2019<\/span>Air), Saint-Dizier airfield, France, June 1940<\/p>\n

2) Curtiss H-75A-2, No.183 (U083), \u2018Red & White<\/span> Chequer\u2019, SNCAC Factory Protection Flight (Patrouille DAT), French Air Force (Arm\u00e9e de l\u2019<\/span>Air), Bourges airfield, France, May 1940<\/p>\n

Curtiss H-75A-2, No.183 (U083), \u2018Red & White <\/span>Chequer\u2019, Vichy French Air Force (Arm\u00e9e de l\u2019<\/span>Air de Vichy), Oran-La-S\u00e9nia airfield, Algeria, North Africa, summer 1940<\/p>\n

3) Curtiss H-75A-2, CU-580 (ex-French No.167), Yellow 0, 1\/LeLv 32 (Fighter Sq.), Finnish Air Force (Ilmavoimat), Nurmoila airfield, Finland, autumn 1943<\/p>\n

4) Curtiss H-75A-1, Jagdfliegerschule 1 (JFS 1) Fighter Training School, Luftwaffe, Werneuchen airfield, Germany, spring 1941<\/p>\n

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Assembly instructions:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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MKM14467 Curtiss H-75 Foreign pilots_instr web<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

RELEASED 5\/2017<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Two injection-moulded kits are supplied in this box and each kit contains 30 parts and four clear parts (the cockpit canopy, rear windows and a landing light). A comprehensive decal sheet is included.<\/p>\n

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On-line order<\/a><\/strong><\/span> (MARK I Modeller\u02bcs Boutique via Miniwing\u02bcs e-shop)<\/p>\n

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Curious about related product(s)?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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[SD-R4411<\/a><\/span>] Curtiss H-75\/Mohawk III\/P-36 cockpit (designed to be used with MARK I Models kits)<\/p>\n

[SD-R4412<\/a><\/span>] Curtiss H-75\/Mohawk III\/P-36 control surfaces (designed to be used with MARK I Models kits)<\/p>\n

[SD-V4403<\/a><\/span>] Curtiss P-36\/H-75 Hawk vacu canopy (designed to be used with MARK I Models kits)<\/p>\n

[MUDM14404<\/a><\/span>] Curtiss P-36A\/C photo-etched parts (designed to be used with MARK I kits)<\/p>\n

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