Curtiss P-40 Warhawk

The P-40 had good agility, especially at high speed. It was one of the tightest-turning monoplane fighters of the war, though at lower speeds not even comparable to the hypermaneuverable Japanese fighters.

It was a fairly simple aircraft, lacking such sophisticated innovations as boosted ailerons or automatic leading edge slats, but it had a very strong structure including a seven-longeron wing which enabled P-40s to survive several documented partial air-to air collisions with enemy aircraft.