XP-46 | |
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General information | |
Type | Fighter |
Manufacturer | Curtiss-Wright Corporation |
Primary user | United States Army Air Corps (intended) |
Number built | 2 |
History | |
First flight | 15 February 1941 |
Developed from | Curtiss P-40 |
Developed into | Curtiss XP-53 |
The Curtiss XP-46 was a 1940s American prototype fighter aircraft. It was a development of the Curtiss-Wright Corporation in an effort to introduce the best features found in European fighter aircraft in 1939 into a fighter aircraft which could succeed the Curtiss P-40, then in production.