<SEC-DOCUMENT>0000950117-12-000571.txt : 20120323
<SEC-HEADER>0000950117-12-000571.hdr.sgml : 20120323
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20120323111737
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950117-12-000571
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	4
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20120321
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120323
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120323

REPORTING-OWNER:	

	OWNER DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			MYERS JOHN R
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001211796

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		4
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-00134
		FILM NUMBER:		12710823

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		924 CASEY COVE DRIVE
		STREET 2:		NOKOMIS
		CITY:			NOKOMIS
		STATE:			FL
		ZIP:			34275

ISSUER:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CURTISS WRIGHT CORP
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000026324
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	MISC INDUSTRIAL & COMMERCIAL MACHINERY & EQUIPMENT [3590]
		IRS NUMBER:				130612970
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		2ND FLOOR
		CITY:			PARSIPPANY
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07054
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9735413700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD
		STREET 2:		2ND FLOOR
		CITY:			PARSIPPANY
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07054
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<TYPE>4
<SEQUENCE>1
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<DESCRIPTION>FORM 4
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    <schemaVersion>X0304</schemaVersion>

    <documentType>4</documentType>

    <periodOfReport>2012-03-21</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>0</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0000026324</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>CURTISS WRIGHT CORP</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>CW</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001211796</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>MYERS JOHN R</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O CURTISS-WRIGHT CORPORATION</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>10 WATERVIEW BOULEVARD</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>PARSIPPANY</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>NJ</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>07054</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>1</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>0</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>0</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>0</isOther>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2012-03-21</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>M</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>0</equitySwapInvolved>
                <footnoteId id="F1"/>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>7276</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>36.80</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F3"/>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>A</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>23776</value>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
            </postTransactionAmounts>
            <ownershipNature>
                <directOrIndirectOwnership>
                    <value>D</value>
                </directOrIndirectOwnership>
            </ownershipNature>
        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
    </nonDerivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Such shares were purchased pursuant to the Company's 2005 Stock Plan for Non-Employee Directors under which each eligible non-employee Director may defer compensation and elect to receive such compensation at a future date in the form of stock.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">2354 of these shares of stock remain restricted for a period of approximately one more year, vesting on February 2, 2013.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F3">Price reflects the closing price of the issuer's stock as reported on the New York Stock Exchange on March 21, 2012, the date on which the reporting person elected to receive his deferred compensation.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>Paul J. Ferdenzi through Power of Attorney for John R. Myers</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2012-03-23</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
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