Curtiss Tomahawks shedding parts under fire from Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109 F fighters over North Africa in late 1941 #guncamera

The density of impacts suggests these aircraft did not make it home but the P-40 was a tough bird, here 87th FS pilot Gordon R. Mcmoody poses with three 20mm cannon shell impacts suffered by his Warhawk over Italy in 1944, he returned safely in spite of the damage.

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French D520s downed a Me 109 E

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Neville Duke had some interesting tales from North Africa.

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Unfortunately, the plane was already outdated by the time it entered World War II