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From uBVw 1 f l ~ ~
P-rlPE, 2kh Pursuit Gmug (tnW~eptor},,"ith f ~ Sqwdmk
e with the whim ems making d h he $4Wsr Game% HamiRon,Wl&CaWomih 21.
M O E & l H F m t GMp. IfJtb?@ht#r~padr&% 10th Air F d m C@taPftshIIreaCRin* +&t 14142+ylownhy LLD. 0. B w t of M d d R w u n . bihl4
P-ME. 34% Fk'trtw Braup, 11tk F&W SqMon, 1Ith Afr For* M n r l w f h t d , -&, 1942.
P-48K; %at Rghter Fbuoi S L or 28th Sqrlrrdrn, TQth Wr me,ml. D i n i u ~IR&.
 P-40K of the 2jrd Fighter G rpup, ax M I 'Fiyinn TlQars' high oVerwpged Chineas mountsins. (LISA#),

I GURTlSS P-4OD-N WARHAWK

I
u n h *roughour the Fw art what chep am& until
the end Qf the war,

THE Pa40 IN SERVICE

The Paolfk Ama
When upiw .qS the fm+& J a w N a d %L Fom
spu& at h i c a n bases ia rhe F&c on W Damnher
1841, P&h had reached rhm q m d r w in the hilip-
pi- but none <weremilable on Hmaii, where P w l
Hachow h e s were a t e On Luzgn m the Pldlip-
pi&- wax fQlrr 8wdrans of P40s ttie 17th and 21%
at Nkhds Pield, each with 18 P ~ B the , 3td at Iba
mrl th& 20th as tXmk FTekL The 3rd &o k d f 8 7-s
an hand, + t h 2Qth
~ still &w the alder P40G rlme
die 24th Putsuit @ m p . 0s quadi ion bf
~$&LWS;~
Till?
-a
IB-SQ
+so a m k t hireizlg *e 3thth
arrfip& ~a 8
k c e r n h cauw the ,knt+ans in a whirl d nunom,
wifh samg aimaft in the ax r m m h p from patrol and
.athers refueIIirig, i t feIL ta the F&s ,of the 20th
S q w h n to claim rbe fist viaoriei~a p i m + t h e a p
enemy* T h e P406s were nqt far behind rn seemg m o n
s tbe 3rd .Squ~drtln,r e , F m g to Ibg, £rm awl, were
of&& in Oetober csv@ ul the Tanding m t . They d w pr-t
a ~trafinggKrrck, b t 5 I ' 4 WR$ &or down, md 3
chash4aackd uyt d fuel, thq;u& Lt. Jack Danaidm
m m w d to darm 2 memy
Byca"
Qdy 2 d the squadrods a h a w the grormL1 dntrovdd
ax the
time d the attack survived, and the tpmainftlg aircraft
were divided between the 17th and fist $quadtons,
'On IOah aircraft of the 17th Squadron mmnpasried a
force axtaoking &e Japanese invasion Bept which wrw
ha 1943 7013 P-@k were produced, &is being a sgp~aching,and s r d d V a t i o u ~ships. Later in the day
lightad, M w ~ - e n * deveIapment of rht F with d y zhe s~tmlron~ wid^ the 21et atrd 34& to& a@to mtcr-
hiir w. Somawbt later 300 P-40F and L models m
~4thAllimn tns3nnq y d how aa P-rlOWea
e mpt m inctlming mid. The fighters were overwtehpd by
tbe wmts and cwld n ~ disrbpr t the am& 10 my
b~thm were uged oaly for-t W y e m t . Afzer rhia zh w i v i n g fishfer's ordered to
a ~ dW# mdd to be prbduE;ed fw tht SAA.F. wq he retained for r e d a i s s a m e sslgns though W
the P@N. ari'InaIly d~aignedas a b h ~ e m dNlbn- mutit.. was h k e b on 16 DSr when Lf Ray
ea@a6d *rshn QF the aircraft, rhe first 4Hl built we=* qagoer led rpro a*er P-40s m dive-bomb aimaft on
l
h thlt L, arm!d only with fwp n s . Late: modGIs Vigm airfeMk,Ont F-40 was shot down by ground fire,
reverred m the sur n armament and had rp & but Wagw dtopped six fra entation bombs and mafed
cockpit canopy for c t t c r rear view, and 3,142 ofthsne
8 w mId more than any other version, A P a r s number '
20 aircraft on the runway. Bee days earlier on a recon-
ntaisanm o w Aparri thb same pibt had shot d m 4
wcrr s upbed ro Chmmw~Jthmunsiu and the Sovier Nakdim $3 22 c'Nrrt~q aver th &eldJ and #e#i?d,
Uaim but many qlgo found their way into Amerim stb.
 The second P-40F 01 the Ills: ba:ch of 96 a~rcrair,n ~ c eflq~ng5nol
T h c last strikc made by rhc fighters on Luzon was
against landings bcing medr on the nonh cclast. the
survivors thcn bcing ordercd to evacuate thcir bases and
fly to Bataan. From hcre scvcral suafing attacks were
made on enemy forces, and on one occasion 14 aircraft
wrre destroyed on the ground. On 2 Maich 1942 the
last 4 airworthy aircraft toak OR with 500 Ib. bombs to
attack shipping in Subic Bay; onc P-40 was shot down
and the other 3 crashed on tanding, duc to damage,
although one transpan had been sunk. No furrher mis-
sians could bc flown.
In the meantime 18 P-40's had been delivered rn Bris-
bane in Australia as carly as 22 December 1941. These
were flown to the north, and a new squadron, the 17th
(Provisional), was activated on 10 January 1942, manned
by survivors of the Philippines fighting and by rhe most
experienced pilors OF ihc newly arrived 49th Fighter
Group and 35th Pighrcr Group, the krtcr being a P-39
unit. This new squadron then flew forward to the Dutch
East Indies, ro join British and Dutch units in the defence
of Java, being based at Blibing, near Djombang. On the
squadron's first operationat mission, the interception of
raiders, 2 enemy aircraft were shot down for cbe loss of
1 P a . A second provisional squadron, the 20th (Prwi-
sional), was formed on 20 January as soon as sacient
pilors and aircraft were available, and h i s was followed
by the 3rd {Provisional) a few days later-
On 4 February 20th ProvisionaI) began flying to
Java, a formation of 12 P-40s landing ar 8ali to refuel.
7 were pushed back inro the air the moment they were
refudIed, and almost imm~diatcly 20 Japanese aircraft
appeared. 3 more P40s scrambled and all were engaged,
3 vicrories being claimed, bur 2 P - 4 0 ~were shot down,
2 crash-landed, and ochers were destroyed on the ground.
4 aircraft flew on to Java where they were joined two
days later by 6 more from a formation of 8. On 9th 9
aircraft of h e 3rd (Provisional) Squadron got as far as
Timor, bur were unablc to land due to thick cloud, and
all crashed whiIc attempting forced landings. The
squadron's ohm 9 aircraft arrived in Java on 11th and
all remaining aircraft of rhc ~hreeunits were consolidated
in the 17th Squadron.
On 17 February the Japanesc landed on h l i , and this
squadron intercepted 9 unescorted bomben, claiming 4
desrroyed and 5 probables for the loss of 1 P-40.Two
days later they broke up a bomber formation over Malang,
claiming 4 cswrting fighters for the Ioss of 3 P 4 s .
Meanwhile, in Australia the 33rd Squadron was formed
and moved to Darwin on 15 February for the defence of
the North-Western Territories, but on 19rh they were
just landing from patroI when thr firsr strike from a
Japancsc carrier force arrivcd overhead. The P-40s took
off apin, but 9 were shot down, the commanding officer
and 3 other pilots bring kill&. 2 more were dcsmyed
on the ground and only 1 aircraft landed, in a damaged
condition. I t is nor known how may Japanese a k d t
were shot down, but their second strike later in the day
was unopposd.
On Java the 17rh Squadron made a strikc on h c Bali
Inndings on 20th, 16 P-40s escorting A-24s to the arm.
2 of the fighters wcrc shot down and 2 crashed, having
run our of fuel, but 3 Japanese fighters wrre shot down
(USAFI
and 1 was destroyed on the ground. I n AusmIia 32
P-40s wcrc loaded aboard the old aircraEr carrier U.S.S.
'Langlcy' a t Freemantle, and set say for Java in com-
pany with h c freighter 'Sm Witch , carrying 27 more
in crates. Three vessels ca-lng a funher '10 P-40:
wcre ordcrcd to sail to Burma instead of Java. LangIey
was found by Jnpanesr naval aircraft, artacked and sunk,
but 'Sea Witch ' arrived safely. However, rhc position
was now desperate, and alrhough the crated aircraft were
landcd, therc was no time to nsscmble hem, and those
that wcrc not pushed inro the harbour, feU into Japanese
hands.
During thc p e r i d 21-26 Ftbruary thc pilots of the
17th Squadron claimed 10 cnemy aircraft for thc bss
of 3 of thcir number, but by h e latter date only I 3
P-40~rrmhcd fit to fly. On the nigh1 of 18th Japanese
forcw landed on Norrh Java and ncm morning 9 P-40s,
6 Hurricanes y d 4 Buffalos, virtually the whole of the
r e m n m g Allled fighter sirmgth, werc thrown against
the invasion ffccr. 3 P-40s wcre lost and all the rest
dsmaged during the atrack; while refuelting in prepara-
tion for a second s m k , Japanese fighters suddenly swept
over Ngoro field destro~ingall remaining P-405,among
other a i r d r , and that was the end of U.S. fighter opera-
tions in rhe East Indies.
Early in February rhe first new P-40 p u p , the 4%
finished arriving in Australia, and foliowing the virtually
unopposed early Japanese raids on the Darwin area, a
flight of this Group was moved ro Horn Island earl>*in
March. On 14th these aiFaafr surprised and shot down
5 midem. T w o dal-s later an advanced echelon moved
their P-40s ro Darwin and this was followed by the
Group's 9th Squadron. Benveen Zg March and 27 ApriI
7 of 9 incoming raids wcre inrerceptcd, 17 hrnbers and
11 fighters being cl-ed, 2 bombers to A A . and rhe
rmt to the P-405, with 6 more probably desmjed. %
P-40s were lost and 1 damaged, but only 3 pilots were
killed 4 raids followed in June, the largcst being met by
28 P-as, and by the end of the month 13 more vicrories
had been gained for the Ioss of 9 more P-40s.
Following thcsc heavy losses, rhe Japanese ceased raids
for a period, and by 18 July the 4 9 1 Fighrer Group had
80 P 4 s available in the Darwin area. Raids began again
on 25rh, and on 30rh 27 P-40s shot down 6 Mitsubishi
A6M Zero-Seas and 2 bmbers, with 6 more probables
for the of 1 P-40. This again brought a lull in the
raids, but late in August they began once more. On 23rd
27 bombers with approximately 20 escorting Zeros
atrackrd Hughes airfirid, and were engagcd by IS P-40s,
which pined their greatest success m dare,, chiming 8
fighrers and 4 bombers. Shonly after thrs the 49th
moved forward to airfields in New Guinea, and by late
Novrmbcr :rht 9th Squadron had b r y n re-equlppmg
wirh P-38s, althaugh the 7rh and 35th Squadrons were
to retain thmr P-40s for many morr months.
In May 1942 the 68th Fighter Squadron had been
posted to garrison Canton in N e w GMonia wirh 25
P-40Es, and in early 1942 tho area around Australia was
divided into two tones, rhc South Pacrfic and the South-
Wcst Pacific. In rhc former. the 13th U.S. Air FOKT
was to opcrate, and initially this orgruiimtion had only
one P-40 Squadron, the bath, on strengrb The 5th Air
opeme in die S.WiF.& and d h re- .a m e P- waw
FAG,oa ia h m y * rhe Srh F,G, a h
mf these girefaft PD&& &eir P-3%
g s e i
lass of I P 4 ,
L e a d 3 ~ b h g ~ f
h M a s r t k m P - r b 0 4F m m v E d r e % -
aadmTthe~(~&heaq b e t s m ~ s
8 a m fqhttrs. day? htSr, w e em* a
-*t F.f W m && phtS d Kh* 7th S~*R
=&$& aem ,
a 7 ~ a p m ~ *ffibs;e
&e he-4bs in ,Nlw snr
ae
B~,tbttlrns*Qvaai&nPfl*.m6p~mi9.~te
la44 dai FOG,had m
b~rhi?r~t~$zpdltnd~tL-
h d xcp- 8-& ~ i r hP-40Ns which
*&P-
for s&on p 5 d Mmc P-31s k m u . ad"%,%%
~+thellOthEbcc.Swdrmmkpm,~otker
au.nh In P Smik mr I"JEIpmmma1 una h m
c h u i a g ~ a r W ~ h m ~ 6 d 2 Q P - #W
Nqf
behgbsbsewwoa thcIor@~mmfljghL.By&dy
1945 &aP a ,had $Wcut 'of mvk6 a&&
wiL Wrp-Ihw mh&ms of tbt 5f4 Air #om.
P-#a with ths 'itPth A b Fur#
in the Swth batfie
A m b m ane fwE4rgn >wh 4w* no P 4
units m d with rhe 13th Air Force until arb 1WSb
E?B&?%L the A m r i w ~buIld-~pan
G ~ G Pbegan w u F-408,%
44th-S q a n in ganhbr yqigs.Ulir Wter vrth
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f f e w t o ~ t p m d r e - e q u i p w i r h P ~ %
d T k e we*e maw&,m - * - w e r e nw&.fnr £he
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& r t h m t h $ u w , t ~ l e W + * ~ # ~ W
rrr a !uge egtcnr
for advanced t m h h g in rhe U.S. BtU1
& f o r m d t h e ~ ~ c m n f r r t a e@ t q
*y fersrd. Th RmdI dm
traininataNimti~.~ereaheabmft~
uadY
rhe +4$?"E

& e ~ P . G I , 4 6 F ~ i d ~ ~ b y 1 2 S p i t f i r e s
a 92 , ->
hit & :af whm
R.AK;-m
an ~~~
meaiag a
-a (sf W+ fu 52s WBIW t r ~ecmts, h q rbe
T3&W daast. Them *a wwmd &e f m m s *~~
S u n d w P - ~ e ~ i r i t ~ ~ ~ t t h e ~ ~
A x b h e s w m bw d6m fa58 Xu 525,143f1 @ s d
4B~W9~&~fOFtfiehsofdP&Twa
p i h ~ $ h Q t d e w n S ~ a d o r r e g o t 4 d u & g %nippines
~~ S r h Ah 3ol-W
7th Ak Snrre
T b -%fh F-G*, ahlam& flying -F p a m 4 9 1 1 ~ ~ ~ s9th Atr Forcc 7kh 324th E.G&
i t m l r r t t s s e d & ~ ~ ~ ~ l a f e ~ A p ~ r p d
~ ~ l G l a p ~ k w t n m a n v 11dI ~ &o Fd- ~ ~ 3~4 w~ ~ . d ..
Force 33x4 51% 79th 32+, 325th FA33
~ I a i r ~ o f ~ B ~ ~ e n d q f C ,l3& 4 ~Ax
12~h
Air F e 18th P.G., 68th F.S.
~ g t b p ~ ~ ~ d 2 6 6 ; w i c ~ a r i e ~ h ~ h ~ a i 1,0&/14h
r Air Fame 5 l c SOlh F-G-s
24. P 4 k
m e 'W P40
ps&&bly the ms s
m atrive in Nodl Affiea
m in &The 3tSdt F.G.
*
M o s t succasful P-40 HFzvhawk p?W
d t d m join thc 12th Air Poprre in Jmuary 1943, b~ 5th Air E o m
**ir P 4 F s were at lim hamwed for usa by the 33rd
PS. T h e grotrp ado@ a -ve black and ye* Capt Robert M. De e m 38 4% F.G.
&cqu&dtaiIagthezr~rlun$;~Rrsramedamm Capt Ernest A. Ranas 1 4#t F.G.
on 17 m,cia$&& Z v w . w & Tunis? an 6 Mayy Wt. ~ & S V J, 10 17h W.)Sqh,
AUPtyl a0 the No&+Wst Afuran S w w Air F a 4% FFG
for: bamh wart dma, S, 0 4 y s j n g w p a p Bthfl2th Air Forw
bimiffmoe,ohe~wtwatpartinaffadn;oarht~s+ad hrlai. Lievi Chase 10 33rd F.G.
of D d m m m m dwha the wand Mfd MayI c h m w W i a m W. Momyer 8 33rd F.G.
b ~ o n L 9 L h a E b d a . ~ t e f o ~ t i o n d 7 M Lt.-Cth.e
Capr. Roy E. Whitt&x 7 5% F.G.
32% togetha with 4 ti&te~s srs 213&

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X Z t t r i n g J ~ n e ~ n a r t y m r t k w e r e ~ ~ t h e ~
13th & F o ~
d h m e k k , the 57th and 79rb P.G.s also
tltis~in~panywirhbombtraThe325thflaimed B. Shuler
Caw. L Y c b 7 18d1 F.G.
a fnmhu W@rers by 10 Jw,
w W on this lam date apt. hwt B. WB*~ 7 fatb F.G.
~resqp&mof~Y#dsimtsdISvimriawcrthc QPL Elmer %
n 7 l8ch F.G.
w*Lt,Pall1 G- M&xhu $hooriEkg 4 of Klmt
Mare: b a i b g a the ffmr and e y 'ace' of &c y. l M / * 4 & Air Force
fn jdy rhe 325th CWW out a,series d escotf and bw- Cs t. John F. Hampshire 17 23rdE.G.
bombmg m k i m wht Sardinia, aad matimed thcse ~ J & G & W 14 Brd F.G.
until ilk August, 7' vicmries being cleimed an B&. Thm Gl. &ace K H o W p 13 23d F.G.
W&X the kf: Of a
5 V k t O ~ i r ~ Ihh Wklp with t k ??a, CQL R o k L. h t t 13 23rd F.G.
dl being gained in 110,missions fur rhe loss of 32 air-
&; four p h eacb 6 dm& during this Nm: ~ s c ~ s e s a t c : y ~ n e c ~ ~ & l y r b ~
v Ia
wh-c meantime the 33rd, 571h,7% w h of the phrs meanoned, omtF rhe mmrm a c w d y
324th CiFOys c l W d by r h a W ~ ~ fly*
S K thc P40 range.
we& providing E O Y ~EOr ~ tbC AlJ&l W g s on SMy.
f$e 324th had v come wgzrher as a group in Msy, P 4 P l of the k t h ~ r hudt
h (USAFI.

I
snd now p m W % krches. while id mid July rhe
57tk anef 7'9th moved t~ a h r i p s on dw i k d . The 7%
F.G. i.kcf&t a wuple of c m b m during August ovrr
sodeltn rcaly, a g 5 C-Y f i g h ~ ~bria$ t h ~
gmmp score ta 9 4 but h s e wexu to be thplr last of the
-. 4 few 'days later the 9th Air FarmOfFe
was &banded to
refam i s g b d , aad all % maps were parrp-
i13
h d t o I h e I2J1,the P-40gmupslatrrraItingpart
A l ~ a v e .P-4OE. 343rd Flghlcr Eruup. 18th Flgliior Squadron, I 1 rh Ali Forco. Adbk Islend. 4lsut1arr
lsldnds 1943 Mule Squadron rnarklnp un rudder. ( I W M ) .

&hove P-4OEot Ihs 11~hFighter Squadron'bang re-armed. Unmirk strlp. Noto filled-in exham a w w r s (USMI,
Betow: L ~ n a - PI
~ pP4PKLat t h e C h t n s ~ A m w ~ e a n ~ m p w l t a Wati nBithar
a Chlhanor K~mmlng~China,
wdar thecommand
of rho 14lb Alr Force. (GIYAFINA).
Buhw: Lhe-up of Wufhawk8 d the 6?aFylhw Group. f 6th Fbhtw Sguadmrr. P e i h h . China O a r 1942.
 with an interesting I~no-upof alrcrall In llle background, to lett two VullEe vanguaros an0 ro the
st FG. 76th FS. (USdF).

RclnwmFnnjne maintenance on a P-ax of the 5151 FG being underlaken during the f a ~ n yseason on an a~rlleld~nChina. (USAF).
Jsps and Mustanes
r a u l t af a taxying n~ nt dur~ngan art-ratd darn1 on .a Ch~naaaarbeld. Slat F~ghrer ip
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Illustrated & compiled by Wrthout the help of many friends this pictorial survey of the War-
hawk. the first real fighter-bomber, could not have been published.
Richard Ward My thanks to all who helped whose names are listed below in
alphabetical order:
Roger F. Eesecker. Perer M. Bowers. .I. Cuny, d'E C. Darby,
Text by Fred C. Dickey, Jnr.. R. C. Jones, Ernest R. .McDowell. Earl ReineR
Australian War Memorial (A.W,M.). Chinese Nationalist Air Force
Christopher F. Shores (C.N.A.F.). Establishment Cinematographique des Armees (EC,A.).
Unlted States Air Force.

P&li&ed by: Osprsy ~ublimtions'Limited, England

Edinwiel OHCI P.O. Box 6, ~an&rbuw*K%nt England I

Suhn'prim & B m h w Omcs: P.O. Box 26,707 Oxfad Rwid$eading. Berlehire. Enplmd
T h Barkhfm Printing Co., LM.. O Opmy Publicatians W.. SEN Fi&5 (IO7 1
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Fighter Strip. New Gurnea. ( A u s I ~ War
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iWamorr. "
Gquadmn at Dobodura

Sow.' Une-up or %me rout P-40'3 as tn the abuva pha~ograph,th~rda~rcralrw ~ r h'Sharkm

f Cept Nick Nichol's 'Nlp Nippers'. (AWMh

I
#@It P-40M of the 49th F~ghlor
Group, probobly 7th FlghlerSquadron
S t d colour 1IIus1rat1on.
[Frank F. Smtth).
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P 4 0 K . 48th Flghtar SquMmn. Cenlrel Inalrun~orsSchool. 1943,

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w&EtrlnsllrW f I u w Cpmumlte Whr. Chin& Under mhmw rd lmn Ail FDlM
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ler $riusdmn, Hamthon Flald. Calllarnie 1W.

PAON. Chinere Nationelin AII FOICZ mOdlRBd - 2 mt.Kamwnn Fisld. 1945 I

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Abavk 61 hotow: P40N Mots nan-standard drop lank. 18th FG 441h

'Pr~ncmsPat II' being re-fuelled at Munda a~rf~eld. FS- (USAFI.
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Ab#w L below. Overall plnk P-40N.s of the 15th $1 hrar Graup. 45th Eghter Squadrpn b w g re-arrnecfun Wanumea Islafld, fllrce Islands, December
1943. 'Getdnjme'. ~n red wtth Mack aurlrneosrml 21&112. Noie exhau5t Wrl plareg. (IISAF).
 'Empress' qf the 'IQth Aphler
~qhterw i
n ,IC
1A.%; 9;mMa t g06th
! h i m , 1205w, I* E.
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:,#M :PunJry [I' mf the 78U1 R Wr
81Mh Fighter SSueQPn,
xln a d g e n rrhhld.
$8 P31

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Dprtn alc rheinreciarru wrk

Wed eur ih the 79tb 'Whtw
6 m p dlsp I arm at mtd Ben3to.
dmporltwii."II~)r
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&sen m d a g e . tIWM1.

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Above: Nice shot of a P40E apparently tn RAF ~ r e e n / b \ ~ . ,carnc,,,.de
,, ,-vciF}.
whileand red 'Sherkmouth'Oullin~din blue. (USAF).
PPI-U*' P-dnF hf nn unknown un~t. I
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No. 3 North American Mustang Mk. CIV.
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No. 4 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I-XVI, Merlin

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Burmese, etc.. Air Forces.
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and Mwwchrnitl Bf.lO9E. S i W n pages of
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A complete history of tiw Finnish Air FMee
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Publlct4on date 28th November. 1969

SPEC1FICATION-P-40U-bl WARHAWK

TVP~ P-40D P-4OE P4OF: P-40L P4OK MOM P-40N

simllar

w n 37 A 4 in. 37f~4in 33b4in 37 f t 4 in, 37 f t 4 in. 37h4in. fl

b~th 31 R 2 in. 31 fL 2 In. 31 k 2 i a / 3 3 k 4 i n . 31 ft. 2inI33R4in. 31 R2in./33h4in. 33 h 4 In.

Hqht t0.k 7 in. 10 ft 7 in 10 ft 7 in. 10 R 7 ln. 9 O f t 7 in. 10 R 7 In.

Wine Area 236 sq. ft 236 sq. ft. 236 sq. ft. 238 sq. f t 236 sq. h. 236 sq. fr

Weight Empty 6208 tb. 63W lb. 6690 Ib. 6 4 0 Ib. @@oh 8000 lh

weight loaded 7740 Ib. 810019100 Ib. B 6 0 tb. 8400 Ib. 8WO I b ' 7400 Ib.
Weight I d t a d m a r 8810 Ib. 9200 la 9350 Ib. 1 D . W Ib. 8900 Ib, 8850 Ib.

Max. S p e d 350 mpb. 354 m.p.h. 364 m.ph. 362 m.p.h. 380 m.p.h. 343 m.0.h.

Range (milea 800 700 JM):375w~th 700 700 750

500 Ib. bomb.
Range max. (mles] 11 1500 1150 1W 1B(#1 1-

Ce~ling 30.100 f t 29.000 f t 3 4 . m ft 28.003 fL 30,003k 30.000 b

Armament (all 4 n . Kg's) 4 6 6 { M L 4) 6 6 4 or 6

P a h r d Marltn
Power unit Allison V-1710-38 Allison V-1710-39 \I-1 650-1 Alllsvn V-I 710-73 Allison V-l710-81 All~rwnV-f71&99
1150 hsr. 1150 h . ~ . 1300 h . ~ . 1325 h.a. l2.W ha. 1200 h ~ .