P-36 HawkThe Curtiss P 36 Hawk, also known as Curtiss Hawk Model 75, was a U. S. built fighter aircraft of the 1930s. A contemporary of the Hawker Hurricane and Messerschmitt Bf 109, it was one of the first fighters of the new generation,sleek monoplanes with extensive use of metal in construction and powerful piston engines. Obsolete at the onset of World War II and best known as the predecessor of the Curtiss P 40, the P 36 saw only limited combat with the