<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - 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 I-seaplane ithenda i-USS Langley yacwiliswa yizindiza zaseJapan ngenkathi iletha i-P-40s eTjilatjap, eJava. ESolomon Islands  <response>: futhi iNew Guinea Campaigns kanye nokuvikelwa komoya e-Australia, amasu 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. 