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Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 12:35:30 +0000
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>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?
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