The 68th FS was the original combat P-40F squadron in the Pacific on Guadalcanal in late 1942. I was replaced by the 44th FS which absorbed most serviceable a/c and the newer pilots in Jan 1943. The 44th continunes flying F until the squadron fully converted to P-38Hs in Nov. 1943. The last squadron P-40F-5 was #111 "Destitute Prostitue"/"Resckless Prostitute" which scored 16 confirmed kills (making it the high acoring P-40) and was flown by at least 5 aces. It was returned to the staes in early 44 and used in war bond drives. It was surplused out in the 1946 and used has a instructional airframe at a trade school in CA until the early 70s. There are stories about it's demise ranging from scrapping to purchased and hidded in a obscure location in Sw Cal.
Jack Cook-historian
44th FS Association
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27th March 2007, 15:46
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