P-40 Warhawk action at Pearl Harbor HI

[Artful]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zS8HWFWaqa4

[leadman]

Great information. Think how the outcome would have been changed if more of our men like these 2 were able to get airborne that day.

[DCP]

Thanks Art
2 of the Greatest Generations GREATEST

[Bad Water Bill]

Another great story from a man who continues to find them.

Thank you sir.

[DR Owl Creek]

Very cool!

Dave

[DougGuy]

Found this:

This Restored Tomahawk Has Some History The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American built single-seat, single-engined fighter and ground attack aircraft. Over 13,000 of them were built throughout World War II and most of the Allied forces used them at some point. They first saw combat in the Desert Air Force in June 1941. Although not as effective as Luftwaffe’s Bf 109s due to their lack of two-stage superchargers, they played a key role in most of the major theaters of World War II, including North Africa, the Southwest Pacific and China.

There were almost two dozen variants of the P-40 Warhawk. The P-40B shown here is a Tomahawk IIA, which had an extra 7.62mm or 2 7.7mm machine guns in the wings and a partially armored and self healing fuel system
This particular Tomahawk is the only remaining airworthy survivor of Pear Harbor. Built in 1940, she was transferred to the 19th Pursuit Squadron of the 18th Pursuit Group. In 1942, she crashed in Hawaii, her remains recovered almost a half a century later. She was then restored for the next 16 years and took her first flight in June 2003 as part of The Fighter Collection. Her color scheme was matched to the original scheme she flew in during her time in Hawaii.




https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RE5y16wnujE

[Fishman]

So a question to someone who may know. The video states that they were firing .30 caliber ammo, but that upon return to a nearby base, they were reloaded with .50 caliber ammo. Obviously they would have had to remount larger guns to do this. Is this feasible? It seems unlikely given the urgency of the situation.

[Artful]

P-40B Warhawk's came with 2x12.7 mm and 4x 0.30-inch Browning mounted
the P-40E's came with 6x .50 cal (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M2_Browning_machine_gun)

[MtGun44]

Cowl guns were 2 .50s, wing guns were two .30'06 per wing.

Bill

[Fishman]

Ahh, that makes sense now.