Interesting thing about the Skyraider is that when it was retired from service during the Viet Nam war, there was no single aircraft in the Navy inventory that could do all the things a "SPAD" could.
It was a decision based more on logistical concerns that any lack of performance in the combat arena.
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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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