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Prior to the outbreak of the Pacific War, the core of the United States Army Air Corps (USAAC) was stationed in the Philippines. It was completely destroyed by the Japanese during the first weeks of fighting. Later, attempts were made to reconstitute USAAC units in the Dutch East Indies on the island of Java, but these forces, too, were utterly crushed by Japan\u2019s unstoppable aerial might. With the defence perimeter resting on Australia and the eastern tip of New Guinea, a third attempt was made to reconstruct US Army aviation in the South Pacific. In the first wave, in February 1942, three fighter groups were flown to Australia. The first of these was the 49th Pursuit Group (Nos 7, 8 and 9 Squadrons), which was equipped with P-40Es and directed to defend Port Darwin. The second group \u2013 the 8th Pursuit Group (Nos 35 and 36 Squadrons) \u2013 received P39Ds and Fs, and in April 1942 flew to New Guinea to support the Australian defenders of the island\u2019s last redoubt, the town of Port Moresby, which was then the provincial capital of Papua. The third and last was the 35th Pursuit Group (Nos 39, 40 and 41 Squadrons), which was to remain in Port Moresby with the objective of taking over from the \u201ceighth\u201d. And it was the 35th Pursuit Group that was equipped with the P-400s which had been rejected by the British.<\/p>\n
P-400 czyli \u201codrzut z eksportu\u201d<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n