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
;-)
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