P-40'S!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 1:43 pm

USFG PHOTO

DESCRIPTION; A U.S. Army Air Force Curtiss P-40 Warhawk of the 11th Fighter Squadron, 343rd Fighter Group in Alaska (USA), ca. 1943. The 11th FS moved to Elmendorf Field, Alaska, on 29 December 1941 (with detachments at Fort Randall 25 May to 1 September 1942, and at Ft. Glenn, 26 May to June 1942); in June 1942 the whole squadron moved to Ft. Glenn; on 20 February 1943 it moved to Adak (with detachments at Amchitka, 27 March to 17 May 1943, and 23 March 1944 to 20 July 1945).

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Row of P-40 Warhawks after their arrivial at Spence Army Airfield, Georgia 1944.

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; P-40s on the flight line in the Pacific during World war II. By mid-1943, the USAAF was phasing out the P-40F (pictured); the two nearest aircraft, "White 116" and "White 111" were flown by the aces 1Lt Henry E. Matson and 1Lt Jack Bade, 44th FS, at the time part of AirSols, on Guadalcanal.

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Curtiss P-40, 3/4 front view, in flight.

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION Landing wheels recede as this U.S. Army Air Forces Liberator bomber crosses the shark-nosed bows of U.S. P-40 fighter planes at an advanced U.S. base in China. An American soldier waves good luck to the crew, off to bomb Japan., ca. 1943.

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; U.S. Army Air Force Curtiss P-40F Warhawk fighters on a training flight out of Moore Field, near Mission, Texas (USA), in 1943. The lead aircraft in a formation of P-40's is peeling off for an "attack" in a practice flight at the Army Air Forces advanced flying school.

USLOC PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Ground crews servicing a Curtiss P-40 of the 23rd Fighter Group, also known as the "Flying Tigers" on an airfield in China. Original caption: "Ground crews of American Air Forces keep the engines tuned up for the Flying Tigers. Corporals J.B. Woodville, R.W. Berlansky, C.E. Lehman, and Sergeant C.E. Hoffman are the mechanics.

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; P-40 "Warhawk" By the rudder numbers, the plane can be identified as a Curtiss P-40K-10-CU - USAAF serial number 42-9985, manufacturer's serial number 21369 - It's quite rare, because most (or all) planes of the series between 42-9930 and 42-10264 were transferred to RAF, RAAF and RNZAF.

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; P-40 in China. (National Archives) Crew chief indicates a P-40 pilot's scores. This is a China Air Task Force (CATF) P-40 assigned to the 23rd Fighter Group (FG). It is an AVG P-40 with the new CATF logo painted on. The photo is said to have been taken on September 15, 1942.)

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; * Curtiss P-40 (SN 39-156, first production P-40)
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Captions used were from my photo source, I hope they are correct.

Robbie

Canso42 · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 1:51 pm

Great pix Robbie. They reminded me of a college chum of my dad's who flew P-40's in the SWPAC and later N model Jugs. His P-40 group's planes were painted with the red and yellow rooster head named "Gruffy". I'm trying to dig up Jims group numbers. If not I'll contact him.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:00 pm

Robbie what is USFG???

Mgawa · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:29 pm

Nice images collection

John-Curtiss Paul · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:43 pm

The Rooster is actually a Parrot Head on your Dad's friend P-40. I believe you are referring to Jim Weir from the class of 43K at Napier Field, Dothan Alabama. That is where the Parrot Heads named "Gruffy" were.

JC

Neal Nurmi · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 5:16 pm

Did the "rooster" look like this?

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 6:32 pm

[quote="Jack Cook"]Robbie what is USFG???[/quote
Jack, my sources are military photos that have been taken by individuals while in the service of the United States Federal Government. Thats where the USFG identifier comes from (USAF USN USMC ETC..) I am just trying to give the proper credit.
I hope everyone enjoys my effort, it has taken many hours to collect & present my contributions over the last few days.

My Regards To All
Robbie

Rogue · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:19 pm

Robbie Stuart wrote:

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Row of P-40 Warhawks after their arrivial at Spence Army Airfield, Georgia 1944.

What is the serial number on the NMF P-40?
Is that a N-1?

Matt Gunsch · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:04 pm

Rogue wrote:

Robbie Stuart wrote:

USFG PHOTO
DESCRIPTION; Row of P-40 Warhawks after their arrivial at Spence Army Airfield, Georgia 1944.

What is the serial number on the NMF P-40?
Is that a N-1?

Ummm, the serial number is the number that is on the tail, just add a 4 to the front
41-20039 41-19933/20044 Curtiss P-40F-20-CU Warhawk

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:46 pm

Judging from the NMF, nose number 1, and the other markings, I'd guess that is a Commanding Officer's airplane, though I haven't seen too many customized paint jobs in stateside training outfits (those wonderful parrots being an exception!). The only non-OD P-40s delivered from the factory were painted silver overall if I recall correctly, and they were late Ns.

Ship X-804 was a trainer from Luke Field, Arizona.

Great photos.

Scott

JDK · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:17 pm

Robbie Stuart wrote:

I hope everyone enjoys mt effort, it has taken many hours to collect & present my contributions over the last few days.

My Regards To All
Robbie

Thanks Robbie,
It's easy to overlook the effort in posting good material - particularly pictures.

A few posts just saying 'thanks' may not seem like much, but sure encourage the contributors to keep posting!

Regards,

The Inspector · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:23 pm

120039 in nmf appears to be ALLISON powered which would not make it an F, unless it had the only Packard with a downdraft carburetor

Rogue · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:29 pm

Matt Gunsch wrote:

Ummm, the serial number is the number that is on the tail, just add a 4 to the front
41-20039 41-19933/20044 Curtiss P-40F-20-CU Warhawk

Come on Matt, That is not a P-40F....See the Allison?
Its either a P-40M or a P-40N-1 which would certainly be post 43-

Second Air Force · **Posted:** Sun Nov 29, 2009 11:45 pm

Rogue wrote:

Matt Gunsch wrote:

Ummm, the serial number is the number that is on the tail, just add a 4 to the front
41-20039 41-19933/20044 Curtiss P-40F-20-CU Warhawk

Come on Matt, That is not a P-40F....See the Allison?
Its either a P-40M or a P-40N-1 which would certainly be post 43-

Matt is correct on the serial number--that airplane was built as an F. It is a P-40R in the photo, having been one of a number of F and L airplanes converted to Allison power and used as CONUS trainers. I guess that makes everyone correct to one degree or another.

Scott

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Mon Nov 30, 2009 10:06 am

JDK wrote:

Robbie Stuart wrote:

I hope everyone enjoys mt effort, it has taken many hours to collect & present my contributions over the last few days.

My Regards To All
Robbie

Thanks Robbie,
It's easy to overlook the effort in posting good material - particularly pictures.

A few posts just saying 'thanks' may not seem like much, but sure encourage the contributors to keep posting!

Regards,

Thank you James.

Robbie

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