Today we're continuing our look at the long history of the Curtiss P40. Last time we looked at the earlier models, and now we shall look at the later and more numerous variants of the P40. We will also briefly cover its service history, and discuss why this "mediocre" aircraft became so important in the Pacific theatre of WW2.


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0:00 Improving the P40?
2:22 Engine Limitations
6:00 Summary: Hawk 87 & P40D
9:27 Summary: P40E
10:10 Summary: P40F
12:35 Summary: P40L
13:28 Summary: P40K
15:46 Summary: P40M & P40N
19:02 P40 Service History: The Soviet Union
26:55 P40 Service History: Africa & Mediterranean
33:59 P40 Service History: The Pacific
46:11 The P40s Legacy
48:52 Did The P40 "ruin" CurtissWright?