Curtiss P-40, Part 1 | The Most Underrated Fighter of WW2?

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Today we begin to explore the long history of the Curtiss P-40, an underrated aircraft that is often unfairly treated by aviation historians. The P-40 certainly had its issues, but it played a vital role in WW2, providing much needed fighting power for Commonwealth forces in Africa and the Middle East, as well as Burma and China.

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0:00 Intro
2:11 The Curtiss Hawks
4:30 The XP-37
7:16 Design Origins of the P-40
10:07 The XP-40
13:53 The First P-40s
15:57 The P-40B & Export Model
17:46 The Tomahawk Mk I
19:43 Tomahawks Mk IIA & Mk IIB
21:17 War Thunder Promo
23:25 The P-40 in Africa
26:58 P-40 vs Bf109
29:33 The "Shark Mouth" P-40
33:14 P-40s In The US Army Air Corps
35:45 Pearl Harbor & The Philippines
39:04 "The Flying Tigers"
41:47 Reflections on the "early" P-40s