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The Japanese appear to have had as many as 10 flyable P-40Es. [98] For a brief period in 1943, a few of them were used operationally by 2 Hiko Chutai, 50 Hiko Sentai (2nd Air Squadron, 50th Air Regiment) in the defense of Rangoon. Testimony of this is given by Yasuhiko Kuroe, a member of the 64 Hiko Sentai.
P-40ES, two aircraft modified into two-seat trainer aircraft. P-40EF , a number of P-40Es and Ks modified by the Soviet Air Force as two seat photo reconnaissance aircraft. [ 2 ] The "EF" designation was unofficially given to the aircraft by the Soviets, with the F standing for "Foto", the Russian word for photo.
Mr. Fred Dyson purchased 35 P-40Es, Ms and Ns for $50.00 each, and barged them from Vancouver to Seattle to resell. Other ex-RCAF P-40s were purchased to strip the aircraft of hardware, which was in short supply after the war. For the next 30 years the RCAF machines would make up the majority of the flying P-40s.
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The Piper PA-40 Arapaho was an American twin-engined cabin monoplane designed by Piper as a replacement for the PA-39 Twin Comanche C/R. [ 1 ] Like most Piper products at this time, the PA-40 was named after a Native American tribe, in this case the Arapaho .
In June 1941, relief for the P-36As arrived in the form of 6 Curtiss P-40Bs and 64 P-40Cs, although, though these were split between the 16th and 32nd Pursuit Groups (the 16th got 32 P-40Cs). These new aircraft arrived not a moment too soon, because as of April and May 1941 not fewer than 17 of the Groups P-36As were either unserviceable or ...
Data from Jane's all the World's Aircraft 1947 General characteristics Crew: 1 Capacity: 3 pax Length: 26 ft 0 in (7.93 m) Wingspan: 34 ft 8 in (10.56 m) Height: 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) Airfoil: Modified USA 35B Empty weight: 1,360 lb (617 kg) Gross weight: 2,400 lb (1,089 kg) Fuel capacity: 40 US gal (33 imp gal; 150 L) fuel; 2.5 US gal (2.1 imp gal; 9.5 L) oil Powerplant: 1 × Continental E165 6 ...
This is a list of telephone area codes of Pennsylvania. In 1947, the American Telephone and Telegraph Company divided Pennsylvania into four numbering plan areas (NPAs) and assigned distinct area codes for each. Since 1995, several relief actions in form of area code splits and overlays have expanded the list of area