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Re: P 40F and the Pacific.
Has far has I know only the 68th FS and the 44th FS flew combat in the F in the Pacific. A number of other squadrons did fly F's in Hawaii before going on their combat tours including the 72nd, 45th, 46th and 333rd FS. Has to why they ended up flying P-39s, P-40Ks and P-40Ns in combat vice the F my guess would be a/c availability. The 44th did quite well with the F against the Zero and the Oscar in aerial combat. The squadron scored appox 112 P-40 kills with about 70% of those by the Fs.
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