the F6C Hawk. XF11C-2 (Model 64A) Second prototype, redesignated XBFC-2. F11C-2 (Model 64A) Production version, redesignated BFC-2; 28 built. XF11C-3 (Model 67) One F11C-2 fitted with retractable undercarriage and a R-1820-80, later redesignated XBF2C-1 fighter-bomber. BFC-2 Hawk Redesignation of F11C-2. Operators Bolivian Air Force Chilean Air Force Chinese Nationalist Air Force Colombian Air Force - Used in the Colombia-Peru War. Cuban Air Force Two aircraft were bought by Germany for evaluation. One of them, D-3165, was tested as a floatplane. Royal Norwegian Air Force - One aircraft purchased for evaluation purposes. Royal Thai Air Force Turkish Air Force Peruvian Navy - Three float-equipped aircraft were purchased in March 1933. Four additional machines were bought in 1934. United States Navy operated 28 aircraft as the squadron VF-1B, flying from the aircraft carrier . Surviving aircraft During the spring of 1933, Franz Muller who was a senior official in the Reich Air Ministry, informed Göring that he was approached by Udet to seek approval for the purchase of two Goshawks for dive bombing trials. Göring authorized the funds via the German Embassy in Washington DC. In October 1933 the pair of Goshawks arrived in Bremerhaven aboard the liner SS Europa. Udet used one of these Goshawks (designated D-IRIK) in aerobatic exhibitions held during the 1936 Summer Olympics, the aircraft survived the war, was eventually found in a field outside Kraków, now on display in the Polish Aviation Museum. A BFC-2 is in the National Naval Aviation Museum on NAS Pensacola, Florida. A Hawk III, the only one existing, has been restored by the Royal Thai Air Force Museum. The aircraft on display is painted with (Hanuman, white body) insignia identifying it as belonging to Wing 4. The Hawk III served in the RTAF between 1934–1949. Specifications (F11C-2) & (BFC-2) Notes Bibliography Eden, Paul and Soph Moeng. The Complete Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. London: Amber Books, 2002. . Swanborough, Gordon and Peter M. Bowers. United States Military Aircraft Since 1911. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1976. . External links Bolivian Curtiss Hawk II Curtiss Goshawk Marketing Brochure The Curtiss F11C-2 Goshawk Images Silhouette of the plane F11C 1930s United States fighter aircraft Single-engined tractor aircraft Biplanes Carrier-based aircraft Aircraft first flown in 1932 World War II Chinese fighter aircraft