[Milsurplus] Your Tax Dollars At Work, part nnnnnn

[Jack Antonio]

On 3/13/2017 1:01 AM, WA5CAB--- via Milsurplus wrote:
> I believe that P-39's were used on Guadalcanal, except maybe they called
> them something else.  A-something, perhaps.

They were called P-400s. The aircraft were from a batch built for the
RAF, but the RAF did not accept them.

Actual Army purchased P-39s were used in the South Pacific as well.

Where they came up with the P-400 designation, I don't know.

Jack Antonio
WA7DIA

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