Thijs Postma - Poster - French Curtiss P-36 Over Senegal - Metal FrameNot many people have this gouache of a Curtiss P 36 Hawk, also known as the Curtiss Hawk Model 75, flying near Dakar, Senegal on their wall. You can be one of them. This aircraft is the predecessor to the famous Curtiss P 40 Warhawk. The Curtiss P 36 Hawk had very good flying qualities and French pilots booked several victories over German aircraft. However it was no match for the Messerschmitt Bf 109. The Hawk 75A 3 of the 2nd Escadrille shown here