Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - A cikin yaƙin Yankin Gabashin Indiya na Yaren mutanen Holland, Squadron na 17 (Na wucin gadi), wanda aka kafa daga matukan jirgi na USAAF da aka kwashe daga Philippines, ya yi ikirarin cewa jirgin saman Japan 49 ya lalace, saboda asarar P-40s 17. Jirgin saman jirgin ruwa na USS "Langley" jirgin saman Japan ya nutsar da jirgin sama na Japan yayin isar da P-40s zuwa Tjilatjap, Java. A Tsibirin Solomon
da kuma New Guinea Campaigns da kuma tsaro na iska na Australia, ingantaccen dabarun da horo ya ba da damar USAAF don yin amfani da karfi na P-40. Saboda gajiyawar jirgin sama, karancin kayayyakin gyara da matsalolin sauyawa, Sojojin Sama na Amurka da Royal Australian Air Force sun kirkiro wani hadin gwiwar gudanarwa da sauyawa na P-40 a ranar 30 ga Yuli 1942 kuma P-40 da yawa sun koma baya tsakanin sojojin sama.