osprey aircam aviation series 07 - curtiss p-40d-n warhawk in usaaf, french and foreign service.pdf

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h c last strikc made by rhc fighters on Luzon wasbcing medr on the nonh cclast. thethcn bcing ordercd to evacuate thcir bases andto Bataan. From hcre scvcral suafing attacks wereon enemy forces, and on one occasion 14 aircraftdestroyed on th e ground. On 2 Maich 1942 the4 airworthy aircraft toak OR with 500 Ib. bombs toshipping in Subic Bay; onc P-40 was shot downthe other 3 crashed on tanding, duc to damage,had been sunk. No furrher mis-could bc flown.n the meantime 18 P-40's had been delivered rn Bris-in Australia as carly as 22 December 1941. Theseflown to the north, and a new squadron, the 17thwas activated on 10 January 1942, mannedsurvivors of the Philippines fighting and by rhe mostOF ihc newly arrived 49th Fighter35th Pighrcr Group, the krtcr being a P-39new squadron then flew forward to the DutchIndies, ro join British and Dutch units in th e defencebeing based at Blibing, near Djombang. On thefirst operationat mission, the interception of2 enemy aircraft were shot down for cbe loss ofa . A second provisional squadron, the 20th (Prwi-was formed on 20 January as soon as sacientand aircraft were available, and h i s was followedthe 3rd {Provisional) a fe w days later-4 February 20th ProvisionaI) began flying toa formation of 12 P-40s landing ar 8al i to refuel.pushed back inro the air the moment they wereand almost imm~diatcly20 Japanese aircraft3 more P40s scrambled and all were engaged,being claimed, bur 2 P - 4 0 ~were shot down,and ochers were destroyed on the ground.

flew on to Java where they were joined twolater by 6 more from a formation of 8. On 9th 9of h e 3rd (Provisional) Squadron got as far asbur were unablc to land due to thick cloud, andcrashed whiIc attempting forced landings. Theohm 9 aircraft arrived in Java on 11th andremaining aircraft of rhc ~hreeunits were consolidatedSquadron.n 17 February the Japanesc landed o n h l i , and this9 unescorted bomben, claiming 45 probables for the loss of 1 P-40. wothey broke up a bomber formation over Malang,4 cswrting fighters for the Ioss of 3 P 4 s .in Australia the 33rd Squadron was formedto Darwin on 15 February for the defence ofNorth-Western Territories, but on 19rh they werefrom patroI when thr firsr strike from acarrier force arrivcd overhead. T he P-40s tookbut 9 were shot down, the commanding officer3 other pilots bring kill&. 2 more were dcsmyed

and 1 was destroyed on the ground. I n AusmI iaP-40swcrc loaded aboard the old aircraEr carrier U.S.'Langlcy' at Freemantle, and set sa y for Java in company with h c freighter 'Sm Wi t ch , carrying 27 moin crates. Three vessels ca-lng a funher '10 P-40wcre ordcrcd to sail to Burma instead of Java. LangIewas found by Jnpanesr naval aircraft, artacked and sunbut 'Sea Witch ' arrived safely. However, rhc positiowas now desperate, and alrhough the crated aircraft welandcd, therc was no time to nsscmble hem, and thothat wcrc not pushed inro the harbour, feU into Japanehands.During thc p e r i d 21-26 Ftbruary thc pilots of th17th Squadron claimed 10 cnemy aircraft for thc bof 3 of thcir number, but by h e latter date onlyP - 4 0 ~rrmhcd fit to f ly. On the nigh1 of 18th Japaneforcw landed on Norrh Java and ncm morning 9 P-406 Hurricanes y d 4 Buffalos, virtually the whole of thremnmg Allled fighter sirmgth, werc thrown againthe invasion ffccr. 3 P-40s wcre lost and all the redsmaged during the atrack; while refuelting in prepartion for a second s m k , Japanese fighters suddenly sweover Ngoro field destro~ing l l remaining P-405, monother a i r d r , and that was the end of U.S. ighter opertions in rhe East Indies.Early in February rhe first new P-40 p u p , the 4%finished arriving in Australia, and foliowing the virtualunopposed early Japanese raids on the Darwin area,flight of this Group was moved ro Horn Island earl>*March. On 14th these aiFaafr surprised and shot dow5 midem. Two dal-s later an advanced echelon movtheir P-40s ro Darwin and this was followed by thGroup's 9th Squadron. Benveen Zg March and 27 Ap7 of 9 incoming raids wcre inrerceptcd, 17 hrnbers an11 fighters being cl-ed, 2 bombers to AA. and rrmt to the P-405, with 6 more probably desmjed.P-40s were lost and 1 damaged, but only 3 pilots wekilled 4 raids followed in June, he largcst being met b28 P-as, and by the end of the month 13 more vicrorhad been gained for the Ioss of 9 more P-40s.Following thcsc heavy losses, rhe Japanese ceased raifor a period, and by 18 July th e 4 9 1 Fighrer Group ha80 P 4 s available in the Darwin area. Raids began agaon 25rh, and on 30rh 27 P-40s shot down 6 MitsubisA6M Zero-Seas and 2 bmbers, with 6 more probabfor the of 1 P-40. This again brought a lull in traids, but late in August they began once more. On 2327 bombers with approximately 20 escorting Zeratrackrd Hughes airfirid, and were engagcd by IS P-40which pined their greatest success m dare,, chimingfighrers and 4 bombers. Shonly after thrs the 49moved forward to airfields in New Guinea, and by laNovrmbcr :rht 9th Squadron had b r y n re-equlppmwirh P-38s, althaugh the 7rh and 35th Squadrons we


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*t,Pall1 G- M&xhu $hooriEkg- of Klmtbaibga he ffmr and e y ace' of &c y.jdy rhe 325th CWW out a,series d scotf and bw-m k i m wht Sardinia, aad matimed thcseilk August, 7 vicmries being cleimed anB&.Thmthekf:f a5 V k t O ~ i r ~ IhhWklp with tk??a,being gained in 110,missions fur rhe loss of 32 air-; our p h acb 6 dm& during this-a hc meantime the 33rd, 571h,7% 324th CiFOysproviding E O Y ~ ~Or tbC AlJ&l W g s on SMy.e 324th had v come wgzrher as a group in Msy ,now p m W % krches. while id mid July rheanef 7'9th moved t~ a h r i p s on dw k d . The 7%i.kcf&t a wuple of c m b m during August ovrrrcaly, a g C-Y f i g h ~ ~ ria$ t h ~score ta 9 4 but h s e wexu to be thplr last of thefew 'days later the 9th Air FarmOfFeas &banded to

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTSIllustrated & compiled by Wrthout the help of many friends this pictorial survey of the War-hawk. the first real fighter-bomber, could no t have been published.Richard Ward My thanks to all who helped whose names are listed below inalphabetical order:

Text by Roger F. Eesecker. Perer M. Bowers. .I. Cuny, d'E C. Darby,Fred C. Dickey, Jnr.. R. C. Jones, Ernest R. .McDowell. Earl ReineRChristopher F. Shores Australian War Memorial (A.W,M.). Chinese Nationalist Air Force(C.N.A.F.). Establishment Cinematographique des Armees (EC,A.).Unlted States Air Force.

P&li&ed b y : Osprsy ~ublimtions' imited, EnglandEdinwiel OHCI P.O. Box 6, ~an&rbuw* %nt England I


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AIRCAM 'SPECIALS'No. 'I Battle of Britain

The Suparmarine Spirfim,HawkerHurriwnaand Mwwchrnitl Bf.lO9E. S i W n pages ofColour. Publicationdate 31sr January. 1969

No. 2 Finnish A ir ForceA complete history of tiw Finnish Air FMeefrom forrnati~nto the present day,Publlct4on date 28th November. 1969

IRCAM AVIATION SERIES

31 R 2 in. 31 fL 2 In. 31 k 2 i a / 3 3 k 4 i n . 31ft. 2inI33R4in. 31R2in./33h4in. 33h 4 In.t0.k 7 in. 10 ft 7 in 10ft 7 in. 10 R 7 ln. 9 O f t 7 in. 10R 7 In.

ach publication ilIustrates one type or major sub-typesf a famous aircraft in the colaur schemes and markingsf theAir Forces of h aWorld. Each h u e will contain eightages of cobur side view illustrations. supporting blacknd white plan view dra'wings showing where necessaryoth upper and under surfaces. one hundred and twenty-half-tone photographs, mch issue will also containe full colour plate illustrating twenty examples of Unitnsignia af the World's Air Forces.1 North Amerimn P - 4D Mmtang.

In USAPIF-USAF service.2 Republic P-47 Thunderhlt.In USAAF-UWF: RAF: F&e French: FrenchAirForce; Mexican. Bratjlian and other Air Forces.

. 3 North American Mustang Mk. CIV.In RAF; RM F ; W A F ; RNZAF: RCAF serviceand the Monh American P b l B and D Mus-tang in French: Italian: Swedish: Royal Nether-lands: Netherlands Gast Indies: Indonasian;Israeli; Philippine; Dominican; Somali: SouthKorean;Chinese Nationalist;Chinese Communistetc., Air Forces.4 Supermarine Spitfire Mk. I-XVI, MerlinEngine.

I n RAF; RAM: SAAF: RCAF: USAAF: Belgian:Polish; Czechoslovskian: Fre= French: French:A. Norwegian; R. Netherlands: R. Danish: Israeli;Italian: Gresk: Turkish: Portuguese: Egyptian:Burmese, etc.. Air Forces.

. 5 North American P 4 1B/C Mustang.In USAAF service. Similar content to No. 1 butwith brief coverageof theK 5 1 and A-36.

Area 236 sq. ft 236 sq. t. 236 sq. ft. 238 sq. f t 236 sq. h. 236 sq. frEmpty 6208 tb. 63W b. 6690 Ib. 6 4 0 b. @@oh 8000 lh

No. 6 Curtiss (M)ittyhawk Mk.W.In RAF: RAAF; RNZAF; SAAF: RCAF: Hether-lands East Indies; Russian and FinnishAir Forces.The Cuniss P 4 0 Warhawk will be covered in afuture issue.

7 cuda p a WarhawkNo. S Supermartne Sp i t f i r e r i f f on EngineNo. 9 Spad ScoutsNo. 10 Lockheed P-38 LightningNo- 11 Consolidatad 8-24 LiberatorNo. 12 Albatros Scouts'Om l3l4 odng B-t7

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FICATION-P-40U-bl WARHAWKP-40D P-4OE P4OF: P-40L P 4 O K M O M P-40Nsimllar

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S p e d 350 mpb. 354m.p.h. 364 m.ph. 362 m.p.h. 38 0 m.p.h. 343m.0.h.

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