Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
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Oct 28, 2026
Gavin WoodsHOST
And if this is true, it must have flown more than a thousand miles through enemy airspace just to get to China.
Gavin WoodsHOST
Japanese records confirm there was one American P-40 over Formosa on December 8th, 1942.
Gavin WoodsHOST
So it's a real thing.
Johnny VaughanHOST
It's a real thing.
Coy PfaffGUEST
Yeah.
Coy PfaffGUEST
So we're going to shoot the six guns on the P-40, of course.
Coy PfaffGUEST
And someone who's there will get the opportunity to do that.
Coy PfaffGUEST
We'll pick someone out of the crowd to do it.
Coy PfaffGUEST
It's awesome.
Coy PfaffGUEST
Keeps the ticket price a little lower, too.
Bill LundunHOST
And the cool thing about McCluskey is that they actually are the ones that are loading the machine guns on the P-40, right?
Coy PfaffGUEST
Yeah, so they're the ones responsible for helping us build those guns and doing all the research, getting them working in the aircraft, all that sort of stuff.
CraigHOST
The fighter squadron suffered disproportionately.
CraigHOST
Most of the American Brewster Buffalo fighters and Curtis P-40 fighters were destroyed on the ground.
CraigHOST
The few American pilots who did manage to become airborne achieved limited successes against the Japanese.
CraigHOST
A handful of American fighters achieved a few confirmed kills against Japanese aircraft, demonstrating the capabilities of American aircraft when piloted by determined and skilled aviators.
Roger ConnorGUEST
But anyway, he continues with the 325th alongside his brother through North Africa, and then they deploy to Italy.
Roger ConnorGUEST
Unfortunately, he's killed in an engagement on Christmas Day of 1943, flying a P-40 Warhawk.
Emily MartinHOST
William, also known as Bill, Anderson Watkins, was the third of his brothers to die in the war.
Emily MartinHOST
After that, at least one of his surviving brothers was pulled out of active duty, and his mother, Ruth, was named Air Force Woman of the Year in 1944.
Timothy FergusonNARRATOR
The Marines also expected to be replaced by the Army units.
Timothy FergusonNARRATOR
The first small Army contingents to arrive, on 6 August, was a Curtiss Warhawk P-40 air defense fighter squadron and an engineer battalion.
Timothy FergusonNARRATOR
Upon their arrival, the P-40s were assigned to fly air patrols, which generally kept the Germans away.
Timothy FergusonNARRATOR
These two units initially reported to General Marston until a senior Army command group arrived later in September.
Timothy FergusonNARRATOR
To meet the date of the Army's arrival and build facilities for the incoming units, the Marines had to make a maximum effort.
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