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On 26/11/2014 16:17, 展奄rdo wrote:
On 26/11/2014 13:32, John Szalay wrote:
Mitchell Holman wrote in
At least it doesn't have that overused
shark mouth thing.......
One of the engineers I worked with for years was a P-40 & P-51
pilot with Chennault's air force in China, and he used to say the same
thing. It bothered him when everyone else used the shark motif without
asking permission from the veterans.
Agreed.
P-40s first saw combat with the British Commonwealth squadrons of the
Desert Air Force in the Middle East and North African campaigns, during
June 1941. No.112 Squadron Royal Air Force, was among the first to
operate Tomahawks in North Africa and the unit was the first Allied
military aviation unit to feature the "shark mouth" logo, copying
similar markings on some Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 110 twin-engine
fighters from II Gruppe/Zerst顤ergeschwader 76.
Inspired by 112 Squadron's usage of them in North Africa, and by the
Luftwaffe's earlier use of it, both via Allied wartime newspaper and
magazine article images, the "shark mouth" logo on the sides of the
P-40's nose was most famously used on those of the Flying Tigers in China.
Ri奄rdo
Here is a picture of a P40 in the colours of 112 Squadron showing those
tiger teeth.
Ri奄rdo
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