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P-40L Kittyhawk fighters of the USAAF 58th Fighter Group on the flight deck of USS Ranger bound for West Africa, late Feb 1943. Note the dark protective coating painted on the canopies.Chinese and American armorers checking the guns on a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk of the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group at Kunming, China, 1 Feb 1943Airmen of US 74th Fighter Squadron posing in front of a P-40 Warhawk fighter, China, 2 Feb 1943Kittyhawk Mark III fighter with the RAF 112 Squadron taxiing at Medenine, Tunisia, May 1943. The crewman on the wing is helping guide the pilot whose view is obscured by the aircraft’s raised nose.
P-40L Kittyhawk fighters of the USAAF 58th Fighter Group on the flight deck of USS Ranger bound for West Africa, late Feb 1943. Note the dark protective coating painted on the canopies.Chinese and American armorers checking the guns on a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk of the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group at Kunming, China, 1 Feb 1943Airmen of US 74th Fighter Squadron posing in front of a P-40 Warhawk fighter, China, 2 Feb 1943Kittyhawk Mark III fighter with the RAF 112 Squadron taxiing at Medenine, Tunisia, May 1943. The crewman on the wing is helping guide the pilot whose view is obscured by the aircraft’s raised nose.
African-American US Army pilots flying P-40 Warhawk fighters over Selfridge Field, Michigan, United States, circa 28 Jun-14 Sep 1943USAAF P-40 Warhawk fighters in flight, circa 28 Jun-14 Sep 1943P-40N Warhawk P-40N Warhawk fighter with the 45th Fighter Squadron at Nanumea Airstrip, Gilbert Islands, Dec 10 1943
African-American US Army pilots flying P-40 Warhawk fighters over Selfridge Field, Michigan, United States, circa 28 Jun-14 Sep 1943USAAF P-40 Warhawk fighters in flight, circa 28 Jun-14 Sep 1943P-40N Warhawk 'Geronimo' of the 45th Fighter Squadron being serviced on Nanumea Airfield, Ellice Islands, Dec 1943P-40N Warhawk fighter with the 45th Fighter Squadron at Nanumea Airstrip, Gilbert Islands, Dec 10 1943
US F4U-1 Corsair, US F6F-3 Hellcat, US SBD Dauntless, and New Zealand Kittyhawk Mk. IV aircraft at the Barakoma airfield at Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 10 Dec 1943A photo-reconnaissance variant of the P-40N Warhawk assigned to the 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron takes off from a steel runway on an island in the southwest Pacific, 1944-45.American airmen with a P-40E Kittyhawk fighter, China, 1940s; photo taken by personnel of 7th Photographic Technical Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, USAAFChinese and American pilots of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) with a P-40N Warhawk fighter, China, 1943-1945
US F4U-1 Corsair, US F6F-3 Hellcat, US SBD Dauntless, and New Zealand Kittyhawk Mk. IV aircraft at the Barakoma airfield at Vella Lavella, Solomon Islands, 10 Dec 1943A photo-reconnaissance variant of the P-40N Warhawk assigned to the 110th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron takes off from a steel runway on an island in the southwest Pacific, 1944-45.American airmen with a P-40E Kittyhawk fighter, China, 1940s; photo taken by personnel of 7th Photographic Technical Squadron, 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Group, USAAFChinese and American pilots of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) with a P-40N Warhawk fighter, China, 1943-1945
Chinese pilot Yoh Kung Chen of 27th Fighter Squadron of 5th Fighter Group of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) with his P-40 Warhawk fighter, China, 1943-1945Joseph Stilwell and Claire Chennault inspecting US 14th Air Force at an airfield in China, 1940sP-40 Warhawk aircraft of US 31st Pursuit Group with K3B camera, 1939-1940P-40 Warhawk fighters at rest, China, 1943-1945
Chinese pilot Yoh Kung Chen of 27th Fighter Squadron of 5th Fighter Group of the Chinese-American Composite Wing (Provisional) with his P-40 Warhawk fighter, China, 1943-1945Joseph Stilwell and Claire Chennault inspecting US 14th Air Force at an airfield in China, 1940sP-40 Warhawk aircraft of US 31st Pursuit Group with K3B camera, 1939-1940P-40 Warhawk fighters at rest, China, 1943-1945
P-40N Warhawk converted to TP-40N two-seat trainer, 1944-1945. Location unknownThis P-40K Warhawk was one of three P-40s that were heavily modified with supercharged Allison engines & bubble canopies into the experimental XP-40Q. Performance improved but still did not match the P-51, P47, or P-38 so they never went into productionUS airmen with a P-40N Warhawk fighter in China, 1943-1945African-American aircraft mechanics George Johnson and James C. Howard of the US Army 99th Fighter Squadron, Italy, Feb 1944
P-40N Warhawk converted to TP-40N two-seat trainer, 1944-1945. Location unknownThis P-40K Warhawk was one of three P-40s that were heavily modified with supercharged Allison engines & bubble canopies into the experimental XP-40Q. Performance improved but still did not match the P-51, P47, or P-38 so they never went into productionUS airmen with a P-40N Warhawk fighter in China, 1943-1945African-American aircraft mechanics George Johnson and James C. Howard of the US Army 99th Fighter Squadron, Italy, Feb 1944

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