ohger and the P40 served the whole war, third most produced fighter of the USA at 14,000 of them and the most under appreciated fighter of the war. It was there at the start and fought vialliantly to whole war in all theaters by all allied nations. may not have been the best, the fastest but it was an excellent handling and had the fire power and held the line until better fighters showed up, it was good enough to get the job done !!!
@@wilburfinnigan2142 Exactly - and, it served at the beginning of the war when our inexperienced pilots went up against the best Axis battle hardened pilots.
Greatest entrance of a movie character ever, Captain "Wild Bill"Kelso (John Belushi) in 1941, "Death Valley California, High Noon..." and that P40 lands on that road, that's as cool as it got for a 14 year old kid in 1979.
At lower altitude, superior to the P-51 in almost every way. Her only real short coming was the two stage supercharger. Tough airplane and lethal in the hands of a pilot who knew her strong points.
*_"At lower altitude, superior to the P-51 in almost every way. Her only real short coming was the two stage supercharger."_* Jesus teeth, where do you people get this from? There seems to be a whole industry dedicated to manufacturing this stuff to keep people happy. The P-51 was at least half a generation ahead of the P-40 in almost every area bu especially aerodynamics. And if you bother to actually do some research, you might learn that the P-51 was the result of a British request for more P-40s (which Curtiss could not supply). The P-51 was expected to take over from the P-40. Using the same engine as the P-40, the P-51 was at least 30 mph faster at low altitude. It was this unparalleled performance that led the British to believe it would do better with Merlin power. I don't know why so many people are so determined to make the Mustang look bad. All these claims like 'it had a glass jaw' (it didn't), 'my favourite plane did all the hard work and the P--51 got all the glory' (not true), 'If you want to get the girls fly a P-51 but if you want to get home again, fly my favourite plane' (recentism), 'Uncle Sam only wanted it because it was cheaper' (also not true), 'it wasn't needed because my favourite plane could do the job if only...'(if is the biggest word in the English language), and so on. *_"Tough airplane and lethal in the hands of a pilot who knew her strong points."_* The P-40 had very few technical advantages. As a result, most people who talk about it seem to have to invent some technical reason why it did well. It did well because it was well-led. It had next to no advantages over the A6M Zero or the Bf-109F so it could never have taken on later model Messerschmitts or the Focke-Wulf Fw-190. But for what it was used for, it did very well because it was usually well employed. Instead of making stuff up, you should instead read about its exploits in the hands of the RAAF in the defence of Port Moresby and the battle of Milne Bay. You might learn something.
@@Machia52612 *_"My comments are well documented and by pilots who flew them.Where do you think I got my comments from?"_* Read _'44 Days',_ by Michael Vetch. This is the account of the defence of Port Moresby by RAAF 75 Squadron, including the pilots' own words. When you're finished with that, try reading _'Turning Point',_ by the same author. This is the story of the Battle of Milne Bay, which was the furthest south the Japanese got on land in WWII. In both books, pilots give their impressions of what the aircraft was like to fly.. In the defence of Port Moresby, Sqn Ldr John Jackson was in command of basically a squadron of novices. Almost none had done any formation flying or fired their guns. No technical advantages could overcome that. None of the pilots knew their aircraft well enough to do that. The only thing that could was that they be well led, which they were. The few who had flown in the Battle of Britain under the EATS and had Spitfire experience complained that the Kittyhawk was like flying a tractor compared with the light and agile Spit. That said, they soon came to terms with their new mount. But the fact was that there was very little dogfighting and that led to Jackson being reprimanded by senior commanders and being called a 'dingo'... a coward for refusing to mix it with the Japanese. In a rage and a bit troppo after two weeks walking back through the jungle after being shot down, Jackson decided to obey senior commanders and got himself killed in the process, leaving command of the squadron to his drunken younger brother, Les. While John Jackson led, the squadron tried to hit the enemy _before_ the enemy could hit him. Knowing the lack of experience his pilots had, his first priority had been to avoid air combat and hit the Japanese on the ground at Lae instead. This was not about taking advantage of any particular technical aspect of the Kitthawk. It was about keeping inexperienced pilots alive while attacking the Japanese. The Bottle of Milne Bay was different. The Japanese provided no fighter cover for their landing troops and scores were killed by strafing Kittyhawks. If the Zeros had appeared, the Kittyhawks would have had a much tougher time of it and the Japanese might well have won. Milne Bay contrasted with Port Moresby because there were more experienced pilots, many of whom had flown Spitfires or Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain or the Western Desert. They were not initially impressed by the Kittyhawk because it was rather heavy in the controls and very sluggish above 20,000 feet.
@@Machia52612 *_"My comments are well documented and by pilots who flew them.Where do you think I got my comments from?"_* Read _'44 Days',_ by Michael Vetch. This is the account of the defence of Port Moresby by RAAF 75 Squadron, including the pilots' own words. When you're finished with that, try reading _'Turning Point',_ by the same author. This is the story of the Battle of Milne Bay, which was the furthest south the Japanese got on land in WWII. In both books, pilots give their impressions of what the aircraft was like to fly.. In the defence of Port Moresby, Sqn Ldr John Jackson was in command of basically a squadron of novices. Almost none had done any formation flying or fired their guns. No technical advantages could overcome that. None of the pilots knew their aircraft well enough to do that. The only thing that could was that they be well led, which they were. The few who had flown in the Battle of Britain under the EATS and had Spitfire experience complained that the Kittyhawk was like flying a tractor compared with the light and agile Spit. That said, they soon came to terms with their new mount. But the fact was that there was very little dogfighting and that led to Jackson being reprimanded by senior commanders and being called a 'dingo'... a coward for refusing to mix it with the Japanese. In a rage and a bit troppo after two weeks walking back through the jungle after being shot down, Jackson decided to obey senior commanders and got himself killed in the process, leaving command of the squadron to his drunken younger brother, Les. While John Jackson led, the squadron tried to hit the enemy _before_ the enemy could hit him. Knowing the lack of experience his pilots had, his first priority had been to avoid air combat and hit the Japanese on the ground at Lae instead. This was not about taking advantage of any particular technical aspect of the Kitthawk. It was about keeping inexperienced pilots alive while attacking the Japanese. The Bottle of Milne Bay was different. The Japanese provided no fighter cover for their landing troops and scores were killed by strafing Kittyhawks. If the Zeros had appeared, the Kittyhawks would have had a much tougher time of it and the Japanese might well have won. Milne Bay contrasted with Port Moresby because there were more experienced pilots, many of whom had flown Spitfires or Hurricanes in the Battle of Britain or the Western Desert. They were not initially impressed by the Kittyhawk because it was rather heavy in the controls and very sluggish above 20,000 feet.
My dad Murray Wyatt Flew P 40's in the Pacific War, one of these was an RNZAF Kittyhawk - might have been his! Participating P-40s P-40K Warhawk “Aleutian Tiger ” - Texas Flying Legend Museum P-40E “Texas Warhawk ” - Texas Flying Legend Museum P-40-E Warhawk “Desert Shark” - Fagen Fighters WWII Museum P-40 - Military Aviation Museum P-40N ‘Flying Tigers” - Cavanaugh Flight Museum 1944 Curtiss TP-40N - Fantasy of Flight - Weeks Collection P-40 Warhawk - American Airpower Museum P-40 Flying Tiger Tex Hill - Commemorative Air Force P-40 Kittyhawk - Royal New Zealand Air Force _ Tri_State Warbird Museum This year the Atlanta Warbird Weekend celebrated The Flying Tigers, the heroic pilots who fought Japan before the United States joined the war. So if you love P-40 Warhawks you have to see their amazing flyby of this video by Warhawk Creative Video.
I love the p40 warhawk. I was friends with a pilot from the 57 fighter group. And was in operation torch. He loved the warhawk. And flew in the black scorpion squadron during the Palm Sunday massacre. Where they kicked nazi but.
The P-40 was similar to the Hurricane that won the battle of Britain, but the Spitfire is given the most credit. The P-51 was a wonderful aircraft that finished the war, but P-40 kept us in the war until the Army Air Corp had enough P-47s and P-51s.
Was and still is my favorite aircraft. The P-40E. Always wonder why this plane wasn't used more in the Pacific as well Europe. Under the AVG it seemed the best against anything the Japanese had. I'm AVG all the way.
The P-40 was the prevalent allied fighter in the first half of the Pacific war until superceded by more modern & capable types. In Europe the P-40 didn't have the altitude performance to be competitive. Where altitude performance wasn't an issue ( the Mediterranean, China, & Russia) the P-40 more than held its own until the end of the war.
Actually, most of them are accurate. The Commemorative Air Force P-40N has some questionable colors though. The Flying Tigers planes had grey bellies instead of sky blue.
the ones in america didn't have the paint scheme of the famous Flying Tigers grinning 🦈shark's mouths. it would be great that they exhibit the Taiwanese's (🇹🇼R.O.C) military aircraft insignia on one of the P-40s. the first shark's mouth was seen in Burma (🇦🇺Aussie's).
the ones in america didn't have the paint scheme of the famous Flying Tigers grinning 🦈shark's mouths. it would be great that they exhibit the Taiwanese's (🇹🇼R.O.C) military aircraft insignia on one of the P-40s. the first shark's mouth was seen in Burma (🇦🇺Aussie's).
