<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Emkhankasweni waseDutch East Indies, i-17th Pursuit Squadron Provisional, eyakhiwa ngabashayeli bezindiza base-USAAF ababesuswe ePhilippines, bathi izindiza ezingama-49 zaseJapan zacekelwa phansi, ngenxa yokulahleka kwe-17 P-40s Isithwali sezindiza zasolwandle i-USS Langley yacwiliswa yizindiza zaseJapan ngenkathi ziletha ama-P-40 eTjilatjap, eJava. Ezindaweni  <response>: I-Solomon Islands ne-New Guinea Campaigns kanye nokuvikelwa komoya e-Australia, amaqhinga athuthukisiwe nokuqeqeshwa kwavumela i-USAAF ukuthi isebenzise kangcono amandla e-P-40. Ngenxa yokukhathala izindiza, ukusweleka izingxenye ezisele kanye nezinkinga esikhundleni, US Fifth Air Force kanye Royal Australian Air Force wadala ngokuhlanganyela P-40 ukuphathwa kanye esikhundleni pool ngoJulayi 30, 1942 futhi abaningi P-40s waya emuva naphambili phakathi amabutho emoyeni. 