H models were not deployed to Korea.
The aircraft in Korea should be late block D models.
I suspect (I readily admit I don't know for sure) that the H models were not robust enough for the ground attack role the F-51s were used for in Korea.
The Air Force's main ground pounders in theatre should be the F-51, A-26 Invader, F-80, and straight wing F-84.
As for the US Navy and Marines, the A4 Skyraider, Late model Corsairs, and the jet Panther did most of the work, as I recall. Not sure about the F7F.
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Personally speaking, the P-40 could contend on an equal footing with all the types of Messerschmitts, almost to the end of 1943.
~Nikolay Gerasimovitch Golodnikov
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