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P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« on: September 11, 2018, 11:28:22 PM »
P-40F flown by Lieutenant Charles B. Hall of the 99th Fighter Squadron in June 1943. On July 2, Hall  would become the first African-American to claim an air-to-air victory, a Fw 190 over Sicily. His aircraft features the name of Hall's wife, Maxine, on both sides of the nose. The yellow wing stripes for MTO operations and the yellow stripe on the vertical stab and rudder indicates that this plane was hand-me-down from the 58th FS. The 99th FS received all of it's planes second hand from the other squadrons in the 33rd FG as new aircraft were delivered to the squadrons with white pilots.

Special thanks to Swareiam and Lyric for providing critical info in making this skin the best representation of Hall's aircraft anywhere.





For more information on Charles B.Hall: https://www.thisdayinaviation.com/tag/charles-b-hall/
« Last Edit: September 11, 2018, 11:35:30 PM by Devil 505 »
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #1 on: September 11, 2018, 11:53:22 PM »
I like that.  :aok

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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #2 on: September 12, 2018, 12:27:32 AM »
Nice work.  An unusual scheme.  Lots of interesting traits.
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2018, 01:40:36 AM »
Nice skin Devil and an interesting story to go with it.

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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2018, 06:38:21 AM »
Excellent work!
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2018, 11:53:23 AM »
Nice  :aok
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #6 on: September 13, 2018, 01:51:31 PM »
Well done Devil!  :aok

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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #7 on: September 13, 2018, 03:01:31 PM »
Excellent Skin Devil
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2018, 12:52:48 AM »
 :aok :aok
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #9 on: September 16, 2018, 01:52:45 PM »
That doesn't look like a 152.
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #10 on: September 16, 2018, 01:53:57 PM »
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #11 on: September 17, 2018, 04:21:10 AM »
nice skin Devil
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #12 on: September 30, 2018, 08:24:18 AM »
Can you make an olive drab P-40F?   Preferably one without yellow on it.  A shark mouth would be icing on the cake.
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #13 on: September 30, 2018, 12:06:31 PM »
Can you make an olive drab P-40F?   Preferably one without yellow on it.  A shark mouth would be icing on the cake.

Like the Aleutians P-40s.  :)
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Re: P-40F "Maxine" 99th FS Charles B. Hall
« Reply #14 on: September 30, 2018, 12:54:16 PM »
Can you make an olive drab P-40F?   Preferably one without yellow on it.  A shark mouth would be icing on the cake.

I have a Pacific P-40F already in progress in OD green, alas no shark mouth on that one.

Like the Aleutians P-40s.  :)

They only used Allison engined P-40's. F's and L's had Merlins.
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