Curtiss-Wright CW-22#Survivors

Developed at the Curtiss-Wright St. Louis factory, the CW-22 was developed from the CW-19 via the single-seat CW-21 light fighter-interceptor. The prototype first flew in 1940. With less power and performance than the CW-21, the two-seat, low-wing, all-metal CW-A22 had retractable tailwheel landing gear, with the main gear retracting rearward into underwing fairings.

The CW-22 was seen as either a civilian sport or training monoplane or suitable as a combat trainer, reconnaissance and general-purpose aircraft for military use. The prototype CW-A22 Falcon (U.S. civilian registration NC18067) was used as a company demonstrator and is one of four of the type still in existence.

The main customer for the aircraft equipped with the Wright R-975 Whirlwind air-cooled radial engine was the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force and 36 were exported. The aircraft had to be delivered to the Dutch in Australia due to the advancing Japanese forces. A developed version, the CW-22B, was sold to Turkey (50), the Netherlands East Indies (25) and in small numbers in South America. Some of the Dutch aircraft were captured and operated by the Imperial Japanese Army Air Force. The CW-22 and CW-22B were armed with two machine guns, one fixed.Andrade 1979, p. 171.

An unarmed advanced training version (CW-22N) was demonstrated to the United States Navy. To help to meet the expanding need for training, the Navy ordered 150 aircraft in November 1940. Further orders brought the total to 305 aircraft which were designated SNC-1 Falcon.Bowers 1990, p. 484.

Curtiss converted a CW-19 into a CW-22 demonstrator. They hoped to use this to sell the CW-22 to China. The aircraft was obtained by the Burma Volunteer Air Force, and later used by the Royal Air Force in India. It was scrapped in 1946.Aeromilitaria No.1/1991 (Air Britain)

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:Prototype

;CW-22

:Production armed variant for the Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force, 36 built.

;CW-22B

:Improved armed variant, approx 100 built.

;SNC-1 Falcon (CW-22N)

:United States Navy designation for the CW-22N, 305 built (BuNo 6290-6439, 05085-05234, 32987-32991).

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• The Bolivian Air Force operated 10 aircraft.{{Cite web|url=http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/americas/bolivia/Bolivia-af-CW22.htm|title = Bolivian Air Force}}

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• Burma Volunteer Air Force {{Cite web|url=http://www.aeroflight.co.uk/waf/aa-eastasia/burma/burma-bvaf-aircraft.htm#cw22|title=Burma Volunteer Air Force Aircraft}}

;{{flagicon|Netherlands}} Dutch East Indies

• Royal Netherlands East Indies Army Air Force

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• The Imperial Japanese Army Air Force operated captured ex-Dutch aircraft.

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• Turkish Air Force

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• The Royal Air Force in India operated the former Burma Volunteer Air Force aircraft

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• United States Navy

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• Uruguayan Air Force 9 SNC-1 aircraft operated from 1942 to 1951.

;Turkey

• s/n 2615 – CW-22B on static display at the Istanbul Aviation Museum in Istanbul.{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Curtiss-Wright CW-22B, s/n 2615 THK, c/n 2615, c/r TC-TK15 |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=111241 |website=Aerial Visuals |accessdate=19 October 2020}}

;United States

• c/n A22-1 – CW-22 owned by the Collings Foundation in Stow, Massachusetts.{{cite web |title=FAA Registry [N500G] |url=http://registry.faa.gov/AircraftInquiry/Search/NNumberResult?nNumberTxt=N500G |website=Federal Aviation Administration |publisher=U.S. Department of Transportation |access-date=20 January 2025}}
• c/n 3707 – CW-22 in storage at the Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida.{{cite web |title=Airframe Dossier - Curtiss-Wright SNC-1 Falcon, c/n 3707, c/r N888U |url=http://www.aerialvisuals.ca/AirframeDossier.php?Serial=91606 |website=Aerial Visuals |accessdate=19 October 2020}}
• BuNo 05194 – SNC-1 on static display at the National Naval Aviation Museum in Pensacola, Florida.{{cite web |title=SNC Falcon |url=http://www.navalaviationmuseum.org/aircraft/snc-falcon |website=National Naval Aviation Museum |accessdate=19 October 2020}}

;Uruguay

• SNC-1 on display at the Colonel Jaime Meregalli Aeronautical Museum in Ciudad de la Costa, Canelones.{{cite journal |last1=Hernandez |first1=Angel H. |title=A 'Pioneering Spirit': Uruguay's Aeronautical Museum |journal=Museum International |date=July 1997 |volume=XLIX |issue=3 |pages=22–25 |doi=10.1111/1468-0033.00101 |url=http://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000113048 |accessdate=11 May 2020}}

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|ref=Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947,{{cite book |last1=Bowers |first1=Peter M. |title=Curtiss aircraft, 1907-1947 |date=1979 |publisher=Putnam |location=London |isbn=0370100298 |pages=463–465}} The encyclopedia of world aircraft{{cite book |last1=Donald |first1=David |title=The encyclopedia of world aircraft |date=31 December 1997 |publisher=Blitz Editions |isbn=978-1856053754 |page=296 |edition=Updated}}

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{{Reflist}}

• Andrade, John. U.S. Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909. Hinckley, UK: Midland Counties Publications, 1979. {{ISBN|0-904597-22-9}}.
• Bowers, Peter M. Curtiss Aircraft 1907–1947. London: Putnam, 1979. {{ISBN|0-370-10029-8}}.
• Bowers, Peter M. United States Navy Aircraft since 1911. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-87021-792-5}}.
• Donald, David, ed. The Encyclopedia of World Aircraft. Etobicoke, Ontario: Prospero Books, 1997 {{ISBN|1-85605-375-X}}.
• The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Aircraft (Part Work 1982–1985). London: Orbis Publishing, 1985.
• {{cite journal |last1=Ledet|first1=Michel|title=Des avions alliés aux couleurs japonais |journal=Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire |date=April 2002 |issue=109 |pages=17–21 |trans-title=Allied Aircraft in Japanese Colors|language=fr |issn=1243-8650}}
• {{cite journal |last1=Ledet|first1=Michel|title=Des avions alliés aux couleurs japonais |journal= Avions: Toute l'Aéronautique et son histoire |date=May 2002 |issue=110 |pages=16–23|language=fr |issn=1243-8650}}

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• [https://web.archive.org/web/20111002190602/http://www.aircraftworlddirectory.com/civil/c/curtisswrightcw22falconsnc.htm Curtiss-Wright CW-22 Falcon SNC]
• [https://web.archive.org/web/20110714235004/http://www.ole-nikolajsen.com/TURKISH%20FORCES%202004/CW-22%20fotos.htm Curtiss-Wright CW-22R/C-22B CW-22R (Siyah Falconlar-Black Falcons) from Turkish Air Force]
• [https://books.google.com/books?id=nCcDAAAAMBAJ&dq=popular+science+September+1941&pg=PA87 Popular Mechanics, November, Navy Fliers Win Their Spurs in New Navy Combat Training Plane] early article with photos on US Navy SNC-1

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