post nothin' but P-40 pictures

[CWBuff]

Curtiss test pilots prepare to take a trio of P-40Bs up on test hops... possibly their first flights.


Project 914 Archives (S.Donacik collection)


A brand-new P-40B at Buffalo Airport, March or April of 1941. These two photos come from a friend of mine whose father was a flight test engineer at Curtiss here in Buffalo.


Alvin C. Smith via Brent Smith


Alvin C. Smith via Brent Smith


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[Invader26]

First P-40's in action in New Guinea - No 75 Sqn RAAF

Some guys with 3 hours on type headed into battle in 1942 over Port Moresby>>

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7QMxo7VD4is&sns=em #1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fm0egzs8HmA&sns=em #2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl_0c95AkuQ&sns=em #3