Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: MuDutch East Indies mushandirapamwe, 17th Pursuit Squadron (Provisional), yakaumbwa kubva kuUSAAF vatyairi vakaburitswa kubva kuPhilippines, vakati ndege makumi mana nenomwe dzeJapan dzakaparadzwa, nekuda kwekurasikirwa ne17 P-40s Iyo seaplane tender USS "Langley" yakanyudzwa nendege dzeJapan ichiendesa P-40s kuTjilatjap, Java. Mu
Solomon Islands uye New Guinea Campaigns uye mhepo kuzvidzivirira kweAustralia, nani zvemazano uye kurovedza akabvumira USAAF kushandisa nani simba P-40. Nokuda ndege kuneta, kushomeka kupembedza zvikamu uye yokutsiva matambudziko, US Fifth Air Force uye Royal Australian Air Force akasika Joint P-40 utariri uye yokutsiva dziva musi 30 July 1942 uye vazhinji P-40s akaenda neshure pakati mhepo mauto.