While the P-40s in question were all
"USAAF aircraft", some were never formally in the hands of a USAAF
unit of any kind.

Oh, certainly. But when you look at USAAF procurement, as in Fahey's
"Gray Book", the lend-lease aircraft are there. As I recall, the P-66s
are there, for example.

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