HA / Dunkirk Fighter | |
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Curtiss HA-2 (BuNo A4111) | |
Role | Fighter/Mail plane |
National origin | United States |
Manufacturer | Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company |
Designer | B.L. Smith |
First flight | 21 March 1918[1] |
Number built | 6 (3 prototypes, 3 landplane mail planes) |
The Curtiss HA (sometimes Dunkirk Fighter) was an American biplane seaplane designed by Captain B.L. Smith of the United States Marine Corps, and built by Curtiss Aeroplane and Motor Company.[1] Despite the nickname, it's unrelated to the 1940 Battle of Dunkirk.