Curtiss-Wright CW-21B Interceptor Dora Wings 48046 scale 1/48

Description: The new model can be assembled and painted by yourself, it does not contain glue or paints 5 PAINT VARIANTS The Curtiss-Wright Model 21 (also known as the Curtiss-Wright Model 21 Demonstrator, Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Interceptor, Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Demon) was an American fighter interceptor, developed by St. Louis Airplane Division of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in the 1930s. 20th century. The CW-21 prototype was delivered to China for evaluation by the Chinese Air Force. The Chinese were impressed with the CW-21's performance and negotiations began for a Chinese purchase. While negotiations were ongoing, the CW-21 prototype flew into combat against Japanese bombers attacking Chungking, with Curtiss test pilot Bob Fausel claiming that the Fiat BR.20 bomber was shot down on April 4, 1939. In May 1939, the contract was signed, China received the prototype and three complete examples built by Curtiss, as well as kits for 27 additional aircraft. Assembly would be undertaken by the Central Aircraft Production Plant (CAMCO) in Loiwing, near the China-Burma border. They were to be armed with two 12.7 mm and two 7.62 mm machine guns. Three Curtiss-built aircraft were shipped to China in May 1940 and eventually transferred to the 1st Air Force. American Volunteer Group (Flying Tigers), which intended to use them to combat high-flying Japanese reconnaissance planes. They crashed and were destroyed due to poor visibility while flying from Rangoon to Kunming on December 23, 1941. Curtiss meanwhile developed an improved version of the CW-21, the CW-21B. The main difference was a new landing gear with inwardly retractable main wheels and a partially retractable tail wheel that had been developed for the Curtiss-Wright CW-23 armed trainer, with other changes including hydraulically operated flaps. Although heavier, the CW-21B was 18 mph (29 km/h) faster than the original CW-21, albeit with a reduced rate of climb. In April 1940, the Dutch Army aviation brigade Luchtvaartbrigade, with modern combat aircraft in mind, placed an order for 24 CW-21B aircraft from Curtiss-Wright. After the Battle of the Netherlands, which resulted in the surrender of the Dutch army to the attacking Germans on May 15, 1940, the order for CW-21B aircraft (along with several Curtiss Model 75 fighters and Curtiss-Wright CW-22 trainers) was transferred to the government of the Dutch East Indies ( now Indonesia) for Militaire Luchtvaart van het Koninklijk Nederlands-Indisch Leger "Military Aviation of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army" 24 CW-21B aircraft were assembled at Andir Airfield in Bandung, Java in February 1941, equipping Vliegtuiggroep IV, Afdeling 2 ("Air Group IV, No. 2 Squadron"; 2-VLG IV). The lightweight design of the Curtiss-Wrights caused structural problems, and several aircraft were grounded by cracks in the landing gear and still waiting for repairs when war with Japan broke out on December 8, 1941. With its lightweight construction, radial engine, lower wing weighting, limited pilot protection, and lack of self-sealing fuel tanks, the CW-21B was the Allied fighter most similar to Japanese fighters. It had a higher rate of climb than the Nakajima Ki-43-I ("Oscar") and the Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero. The CW-21B had similar firepower to the Oscar, but worse than the cannon-armed Zero. 2-VLG IV scored four aerial victories during the Dutch East Indies campaign, but ML-KNIL was overwhelmed by the sheer number of Japanese aircraft; almost all of its fighters were soon lost in combat or destroyed on the ground.

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