On 27/11/2014 12:35, Charles Lindbergh wrote:
>
>> On 27/11/2014 08:35, Bob (not my real pseudonym) wrote:
>>> <here@glorious-somerset.uk> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 26/11/2014 13:32, John Szalay wrote:
>>>>> Mitchell Holman <noemail@att.net> 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
>>>>
>>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Pretty sure I've seen a photo of a WWI aircraft painted with a
>>> sharkmouth.
>>>
>>
>> There's one here:
>>
>> http://www.ww2f.com/topic/53384-the-flying-shark-mouth/
>>
>>> Warriors using paint and masks to enhance their warriorness dates back
>>> at least a few (thousnad) years before that.
>>>
>>> I want to see a great white shark with a P-40 painted on its nose...
>>>
>>
>> Some people do go a bit over the top, though:
>>
>> http://airsoc.com/articles/view/id/53a13567c6f8fada2100038a/lancaster-bomber-with-shark-mouth-markings
>>
>> ;-)
>
> Actually, that doesn't look too bad. Being realistic, as an aviator, would you
> want to fly a Lancaster with shark mouths or a more appropriate image of a water
> buffalo?
>
Yes, grin, I know what my choice would be!
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