The story of the P-40 is closely linked to the difficulties that faced the Allies confronting the Axis powers at the beginning of the war. Although it was never an exceptional thoroughbred aircraft like the P-51 for instance, in the West the P-40 is remembered as one of America's most numerous and reliable fighters; in the East it was the destroyer of the Zero - a reputation carefully orchestrated by American propaganda.
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