Re : Earlier thread.
This photo indicates this craft had a radial engine. P-40 Warhawks were in line water cooled .There is an intake scoop on the top of the round fuselage. P-40’s had an intake scoop on the bottom, Also behind the plane there is what looks like the remnants of a radial engine. It’s too bad the report did not identify what this plane was. But it might be a forerunner of the Thunderbolt. The AAF at the time also had another radial engine pursuit but most were inline water cooled engines hence the fuselage would be oval not round.
Good point. This doesn’t look at all like a P-40. I wonder what it was.