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A panning shot of a P40 Kittyhawk taking off at the Wings Over Wairarapa airshow 2021. The P-40 was the best known Curtiss-Wright aircraft of World War II. It was also one of the most controversial fighters of the war. It was vilified by many at the time as being too slow, lacking in manoeuvrability, having too low a climbing rate, and being largely obsolescent by contemporary world standards even before it was placed in production. The inadequacies of the P-40 were even the subject of a Congressional investigation and it gets regularly included on lists of the worst combat aircraft of World War 2. All of these criticisms certainly had some degree of validity, but it is also true that the P-40 served its country well during the first year of the war in the Pacific when very little else was available. Along with the P-39 Airacobra, the P-40 was the only American fighter available in quantity to confront the Japanese advance during the first year of the Pacific War. It helped stem the speed of the Japanese advance until more modern types could be made available in quantity. The P-40 had no serious vices and was a pleasant aircraft to fly, and, when flown by an experienced pilot who was fully aware of its strengths and weaknesses, was able to give a good account of itself in aerial combat. (<a href="https://nzwarbirds.org.nz/gallery/warbirds-family-album/Curtiss+P-40N+Kittyhawk.html" rel="noreferrer nofollow">nzwarbirds.org.nz/gallery/warbirds-family-album/Curtiss+P...</a>) |
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| Author | Geoff McKay from Palmerston North, New Zealand |
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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Geoff J Mckay at https://flickr.com/photos/129472387@N07/50994716902. It was reviewed on 5 December 2021 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0. |
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