Curtiss Collection

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver -early examples had a tendency to break up during recovery from a dive

Curtiss JN4 Jenny of the RNAS

Curtiss CR-3
Curtiss Cr-3 Number 4 Parked at the 1923 Schneider Trophy Air Race at Cowes, Isle of Wight, UK Date: 1923

The 15, 000th Curtiss fighter, a P-40 Warhawk, emblazoned with the insignia of the 28 air forces operating Curtiss fighters during WW2. November 1944

Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk IV -these progressively replaced the interim Boomerang with Australian fighter squadrons serving in the Pacific

Curtiss H12 Large America, 8671, being warped aboard a t?
Curtiss H12 Large America, 8671, being warped aboard a towing lighter

RNAS Curtiss H12 Large America, 8671

Curtiss Hawk 75 fuselage interior looking rear from the baggage compartment. 9 May 1938. Date: 1938

RNAS Curtiss H12 Large America, 8651

Curtiss-Wright Condor artists impression over New York

United States Navy Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk
Curtiss SC-1 Seahawk, a ship-board float-plane scout, for operation from capital ships with catapults, or seaplane tenders with launch and recovery apparatus. Date: circa 1945

Curtiss Nc-2 Seaplane Taxiing after Landing in Water Date: 1919

Curtiss Nc-4 Seaplane in the Usa after the Atlantic Crossing Date: 1919

Curtiss Model 23 R-6 Racer P. 278 A. S. 68564
Curtiss Model 23 R-6 Racer P.278 A.S.68564 Date: 1920s

Curtiss Model 42 R3C-1
United States Navy & Army - Curtiss Model 42 R3C-1, a racer for the 1925 season. Three were built for the Navy and Army all flown as R3C-1s with Navy serial numbers

Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver 89172
United States Navy - Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver 89172 (msn 89518, Curtiss Model 84G), of VT-75. Date: 1945

WW2 - Curtiss Fighters In Formation
A photograph which somes some United States WW2 Curtiss fighter planes flying in echelon formation. Date: circa 1940s

Curtiss H75 C. 1
A crashed Curtiss H75 C.1, being inspected by German forces. (The Curtiss H75 C.1, had the Curtiss designation Hawk 75A-1 and was roughly equivalent to the P-36A Mohawk)

Advertisement for Smokeless Diamond Sporting gunpowder by Curtis's and Harvey Ltd. Showing shotgun cartridge with name and logo

Curtiss C-46D Commando 44-77635
Curtiss C-46D-10-CU Commando 44-77635 (msn 33031-CU1567), on display at Pima Air and Space Museum, Tucson, Arizona. Date: circa 1990

Pratt & Whitney R-1340 Wasp
Curtiss XP-3A No.2 28-189 (msn 10993), fitted with a 410hp Pratt & Whitney R-1340-1 Wasp, in a close fitting NACA cowling

Curtiss P-40E replica 1356255, on display at the Peterson Air and Space Museum. Date: circa 2000

Curtiss P-40C Warhawk G-CIIO (msn 16161, x N80FR, ex 41-13357), of the Fighter Collection at Duxford, painted as 160 10AB of the 10th Pursuit Squadron USAAF. Date: circa 2015

Curtiss C-46A Commando 91-1138 (msn 30553), on display at the JASDF Air Park and Museum, Hamamatsu Air Base Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan. Date: circa 2000

Curtiss SB2C-5 Helldiver N92879 (MSN 83725, ex BuAer 83589), of the Confederate Air Force, at Midland Airport on 8-10 October 1992. Date: 1992

Curtiss C-46F Commando N53594 China Doll
Curtiss C-46F-1-CU Commando N53594 China Doll (MSN 22486, ex 44-78663), of the Confederate Air Force, at Midland Airport on 8-10 October 1992. Date: 1992

Curtiss P-47G Thunderbolt 42-25254
Curtiss P-47G-15-CU Thunderbolt 42-25254 (MSN 22148), painted as P-47D-5-RE 42-8487 Spirit of Atlantic City, N.J. Date: circa 2000

Seaplane about to rise from the water Curtiss JN4 by Charles Howard

Curtiss JN4 Jenny by Charles Howard

Curtiss O2C-1 Helldiver
United States Navy - Curtiss O2C-1 Helldiver, originally designated F8C-5, as fighters, but the 63 F8C-5s were re-designated as O2C-1s as Observation aircraft, as well as 30 new-build O2c-1s

Curtiss JN-4HT A6226
United States Navy - Curtiss JN-4HT A6226, from Pensacola Naval Air Station. (one of 203 acquired from the War department: ex USaS). Date: circa 1928

Curtiss F6C-3 A7145 4-J-4
United States Navy - Curtiss F6C-3 A7145 4-J-4, (Curtiss Model 34E), of VJ-4. Date: circa 1928

Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull
United States Coast Guard - Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull, (one of three delivered in 1938) Date: circa 1939

Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull 9856
United States Navy - Curtiss SOC-1 Seagull 9856 Date: circa 1938

Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull V173
United States Coast Guard - Curtiss SOC-4 Seagull V173 (msn 12414, Curtiss Model 71F, later given BuAer number 48245) Date: circa 1939

Curtiss C-46F Commando N69343 (ex 44-78579), of Trans Caribbean. Date: circa 1961

World War II Curtiss Helldivers, US Navvy aircraft carrier
World War II vintage photograph - Curtiss Helldivers on a US Navvy aircraft carrier in the Pacific 1944

Curtis British Entomology Plate 399
Hymenoptera: Tryphon varitarsus = Hemiteles varitarsus (This being the name listed by Kloet and Hincks for Curtis?s Typhon varitarsus)

Curtis British Entomology Plate 188
Coleoptera: *Zabrus obesus (Devon Zabrus): cf. Z. tenebrioides, but Curtis?s specimen seems to have been non-British. [Plant: Geranium pyrenaicum (Mountain Crane?s-bill)] Date: 1824-39

Curtis British Entomology Plate 181
Lepidoptera: *Lasiocampa medicaginis (Medick Eggar Moth), probably = L. trifolii. Curtis?s 1827 description and illustrations of a male adult and a larva do not conform well with L

Curtiss Model D Pusher replica N8Y (built by Billy Parker), owned by the Tallmantz Collection, parked at orange County Airport circa 1957. Date: circa 1957

Tallmantz Curtiss Model D replica
Curtiss Model D replica N8Y, (Billy Parker built) in the Tallmantz aircraft park. Date: circa 1957

Thomas-Morse XP-13A Viper 29-453 (Wright Field number P-559). The XP-13A was converted from the XP-13, with a 450hp Pratt & Whitney SR-1340-9 radial engine

Curtiss ModeI 58A X986M (msn 1, marked as XF9C-2). The second prototype of the F9C family, built as a private venture, given the unofficial designation XF9C-2

Curtiss-Orenco D AS63282 (Wright Field number P-161), the second production Orenco D, built by Curtiss. Date: circa 1921

Curtiss P-6E
United States Army Air Force - Curtiss P-6E Date: circa 1932

Curtiss F8C-4 Helldiver A8425 (Curtiss Model 49B) 25 production aircraft were ordered by the United States Navy, as Curtiss Model 49B F8C-4 Helldivers. Date: 1930

Curtiss XF8C-4 Helldiver A8314 (Curtiss Model 49A) The second Helldiver prototype (after the XF8C-2), at the Curtiss Buffalo factory before delivery

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