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The Curtiss P-40 in USAAC/USAAF Service



Frontline Combat Units

8th Fighter Group
20th Fighter Group
23rd Fighter Group
24th Fighter Group
49th Fighter Group
79th Fighter Group
343rd Fighter Group
461st Bombardment Group



Stateside Aircraft

Biggs Field, Texas
Foster Field, Texas
Keeseler Field, Mississippi
Luke Field, Arizona
Peterson Field, Colorado
Randolph Field, Texas
Spartan Field, Oklahoma


This P-40C from an unidentified unit remained in use until May of 1944, probably as an advanced trainer.


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A group of P-40s at an unidentified airfield.

I'm not sure of all the variants here... although it's probably a mix, as there appear to be a couple of P-40-CUs, possibly a couple of P-40B/Cs, and one that's definitely a P-40G. (second ship on the left) Some of these have tail numbers that are hard to see, but I believe that the first ship on the right was also converted to a P-40G.


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Hawks on the Hunt...

These next two shots show two flights of unidentified Hawks on the prowl... they appear to be P-40-CUs.


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