US Army P-40s that I have yet to identify and/or for which I have little information.

Lt. Donald E. Nelson sitting in the cockpit of a Hawk 81... hey, maybe he's the fella who bellied in the
Hawk shown in the photo above? Sorry, just thinking aloud...

Can anyone tell me which outfit he may have been with?


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This appears to be a P-40-CU, with no engine and what looks like a makeshift lower cowling. Also, it
looks like the landing gear has been removed from the port wing, along with its fairings.
Maybe this Hawk was used as an instructional airframe of some sort?


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Another ship that looks to be a P-40-CU utilized as an instructional airframe...


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The photo below was posted by 'Harlan' on the US Militaria Forum. This Hawk obviously belongs
to a stateside training outfit, but beyond that we've no further info except that the photo
belongs to Harlan's buddy, whose father, the fella on the right, was an AAF mechanic.


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An anonymous stateside pilot with his P-40N...


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Another stateside Hawk, though I don't know which outfit it's from... possibly the 76th TRG.
The band on the wing may be a 'wargames' marking, but I'm not totally sure about that.


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Alrighty... this ship looks to be a P-40E-1. The name on the nose ends with an 'E'.
Other than that, I dunno... haven't done any digging on it yet. It came in a group of
photos showing P-40s at Luke Field, AZ, and one shot of an 8th FG sign post in the PTO.

Anyone have more info? If so, give a yell via the email link at the top of the page.


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Here we have what is likely a P-40-CU... I've yet to do any digging to try and identify
the airfield and thus the outfit. Maybe someone out there knows the buildings in the
background by sight? If so, give a yell via the email link at the top of the page.


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These next two photos were taken by Francis M. Perry at Gulkana Airfield in Dry Creek,
Alaska during July of 1943 while he was stationed there with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers. Neither P-40's R/C number is visible, so I'm not sure if these Hawks
were on their way to an Eleventh Air Force outfit in Alaska, or to the Russkies.

An excerpt from Perry's autobiography is included, below.


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July 9, 1943, Anchorage, Alaska.

That afternoon two P-40 fighter planes dropped in at the Gulkana airfield. Very
seldom do military planes come here. A few civilian planes stop by now and then.
Earlier in the week two new P-40 fighters and a new B-25 bomber had landed. The
Gulkana airfield is used for an emergency stopping place for planes being ferried
from the States to Fairbanks. The field is a little west of the direct route so
most of the planes skip the Gulkana field. There is a long series of CAA (Civil
Aeronautics Authority) airfields built through Canada and Alaska to Fairbanks.
This route is being used to ferry military planes to Russia. The planes are picked
up by Russian pilots in Fairbanks and ferried through Siberia to European Russia.
Other planes destined for Anchorage and the Aleutians fly over the Gulkana field.

You can read more, HERE...

And see more photos, HERE...



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P-40Ns at an unknown stateside airfield.


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Not sure as to the location here, though I have an idea that it may be Alaska/Aleutians or
possibly Iceland. There is artwork on the nose, including what looks to be the name 'Peg',
though it's barely visible here, and only moderately more so through extreme photoshopping.


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This photo comes to us from Daniel Brett, whose dad, Sgt. Joseph Brett, snapped the shot.
Joe was an A&P at the time and went on to serve as an engineer in B-24s. The fella in
the photo was Joe's best friend and was known to Daniel only as 'Uncle Mike'.


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This shot of a rather haggard looking P-40N at a Stateside field comes to us from a fella
named Robert Lett, whose grandfather, Sgt. Robert Lett (indicated by the mark on the print)
turned wrenches on this Hawk, as well as on P-38s in England later on in the war.


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This rather dramatic if poor quality shot shows a P-40E-1 on the deck. I've a few
ideas as to which outfit this Hawk may have been from, but until I figure it out for
sure, or at least reach a greater degree of certainty, the image stays here.


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P-40F #5 of a currently unknown Stateside outfit, 1942 or 1943.


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Harmonizing the guns of a P-40E... possibly in the Philippines, Australia or Stateside.


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An anonymous P-40E...


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A Stateside stogie-chompin' Hawk driver with his mount, P-40N #78... no more info at the moment.


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A WAC with three Peruvian Air Force pilots and a P-40N at a currently unknown airfield.
Judging by the fuselage codes, it could be Aloe Field, Texas or Moore Field, Texas but I
have yet to find out for sure. The gal is mentioned in an issue of 'The Eagle Eye', which
was a newsletter for Eagle Pass Army Airfield, Texas, so that may be a possibility as well.
The folks shown here are, left to right: Second Lietenant Fernando Juan Aramburu,
First Lieutenant Bertha Breskin, and Second Lieutenants Juan Plango and Juan Bellatin.
This news photo is dated March 24th, 1944.


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