"American Aircraft in RAF Service 1939-1945- Curtis Hawk 87a Kittyhawk." Kittyhawk Mark I, AK596, on a landing ground while being air-tested in the Western Desert. AK596 was one of nine Kittyhawks with which No. 94 Squadron RAF re-equipped on 1 February 1942. It later served with Nos. 250 and 260 Squadrons RAF, also in the North African theatre.