![]() The Korean War in 1950 delayed USAF plans to retire the P-51 Mustang, and the Canadian P-40s were the only high performance aircraft available. The P-40N was in the limited category typical for most warbirds, but to circumvent FAA regulations many P-40Es were licensed as P-40Ns. The FAA classified P-40Es and Ms as experimental aircraft, restricting their operations. For the next 30 years the RCAF machines would make up the majority of the flying P-40s. Other ex-RCAF P-40s were purchased to strip the aircraft of hardware, which was in short supply after the war. ![]() Fred Dyson purchased 35 P-40Es, Ms and Ns for $50.00 each, and barged them from Vancouver to Seattle to resell. In 1947 the Royal Canadian Air Force auctioned off their surplus P-40s. Most foreign users of the P-40 also quickly retired their P-40s as well – the Royal New Zealand Air Force stored their last P-40s in 1947 (scrapping them by 1962) and the last military to use the P-40 operationally was the Brazilian Air Force who used them until the late 1950s. These aircraft were struck-off charge and placed into storage. By VJ Day, the only remaining P-40 were in Operational Training Units (OTUs). Flown by the air forces of 28 nations, when production of the P-40 ceased in November 1944, 13,738 had been built.īy the fall of 1944, the United States Army Air Forces had already retired most of the early versions (P-40B/P-40L) and was in the midst of withdrawing the final variants from combat units. ![]() The Curtiss P-40 was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft.
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