P-40

[Venturi]

Great pic!!!

Another one, North American factory producing P-40s in 1940

 

[Wurger]

 

[Micdrow]

Very cool

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[MiTasol]

Another one, North American factory producing P-40s in 1940]

Any idea which factory? And North American as in NAA or as in the region?

Thanks

Mi

 

[Micdrow]

LOL Venturi, you don't think your picture is cool that you marked my remark as dumb?

 

[Venturi]

Sorry, misclick. Meant to hit like! Now I have to go back and figure out if I've given other ppl bad ratings accidentally..

 

[Micdrow]

Sorry, misclick. Meant to hit like! Now I have to go back and figure out if I've given other ppl bad ratings accidentally..

No biggie

 

[fubar57]

Nice pics

..... Use of the definite article (eg "the 75th Sqn") is most definitely used by other air arms (eg USAF) but not by the British Commonwealth.
End of pedantry...please return to your regularly scheduled programming.

I believe the 4th FG used the RAF system as well

 

[Venturi]

Any idea which factory? And North American as in NAA or as in the region?

Thanks

Mi

Mi I think definitely North American - NAA factory in Southern Cal. At least that is the caption from the USC libraries.

Obviously NAA learned something from the P40!

 

[tomo pauk]

NAA never produced any P-40s.
The British enquiry for P-40s to be produced by the NAA was met by a response 'we can make a better fighter in very short time'. They rolled out the NAA-73, and the rest is, as they say, history.

 

[Venturi]

As I said, it was the caption on the archival photo, so your argument is with Univ of Southern Cal not me

Here is another one from the Univ of Cal archive, P-40 bombed on Hickam Field, HI
Dec 1941:

Punta Gorda Army Airfield training P-40 ... now known as Charlotte County Airport
(obviously drawn on)

A 1990s picture of a P40E

"Mom, I wanted a pony, but you gave me a P-40 for Christmas!"

This photo made me laugh... ah, to be in 1950 America with some money...

B Flight, No. 77 Squadron RAAF

A few more interesting ones.

 

[Old Wizard]

 

[Gnomey]

Lovely shots guys!

 

[buffnut453]

Ref Post #212, IIRC the first pic of the Hickam P-40 was actually the result of a ground collision prior to Dec 41. Happy to be proven wrong but that's my recollection. Like all the pics, though. A man can't have too many pics of P-40s.

 

[Venturi]

Going off captions so it's very possible

 

[Micdrow]

Couple more

 

[Wurger]

 

[tomo pauk]

As I said, it was the caption on the archival photo, so your argument is with Univ of Southern Cal not me

I don't see it that way.
My way (as much as it can look preposterous) is that when I see a statement that I consider wrong, and can reasonably source it, I dispute the statement - regardles to where it came 1st from.

Here is another one from the Univ of Cal archive, P-40 bombed on Hickam Field, HI
Dec 1941:
...

That statement is disputed few posts after.

 

[buffnut453]

Couple more

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Great pics. The first looks to be CNAF markings - haven't seen that before. I also like the detail in the second pic - note how the top row of shark's teeth continue under the nose.