You know the P-40 wasn’t our best fighter at the start of ww2.However it was the only bird we had in large numbers and served very well till more advanced birds came into service.It was also serving with more air forces around the world than any other fighter in the war.THe Brazilians flew the p-40 till 1958and the dutch till 1948.The P-40 also had the most aces which was really easy because there was so many enemy aircraft early in the war.sorry for the highjack.
Unfortunately, what we have right now isn’t the equivalent of the P-40. What we have is the P-36, ugh.
The P-40 was effective because guys like Claire Chennault figured out how to use its strengths against other planes weaknesses.
There were far better fighters later, but they were what was there at the time.