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Title: "The Twerp!"
Post by: Devil 505 on August 15, 2023, 05:48:50 PM

P-40M flown by Frank Leon Gaunt of the 44th Fighter Squadron, 18th Fighter Group in the summer of 1943. Gaunt was a flight lead in the 44th and saw combat in the Solomon Islands and Siege of Rabaul Campaigns, credited with 8 confirmed kills. He earned a Silver Star for downing 3 Zeros on July 15, 1943. He would finish the war in Italy, joining the 325th FG in January 1945, but all his victories came in the Pacific.

Gaunt's P-40M was dubbed "The Twerp!" and features the name written in large bubble letters under the nose number and a cartoon figure dressed in a flight suit with a reddened nose and a toe protruding from one of his shoes. The white spinner and stripes which adorn the wings and fuselage were a IFF measure in the 5th Air Force, these were later supplemented with painting the tail white. The national insignia is still the simple blue roundel and white star.   

(https://i.postimg.cc/QtQ2MbT0/The-Twerp-1.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/k6511Wwb)

(https://i.postimg.cc/R0Hrk9Vr/The-Twerp-2.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/CZS683qJ)

(https://i.postimg.cc/4dRCZMmY/The-Twerp-3.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/FfpCVTbv)

Title: Re: "The Twerp!"
Post by: Banshee7 on August 15, 2023, 06:36:22 PM

Beautiful! :aok

Title: Re: "The Twerp!"
Post by: lyric1 on August 15, 2023, 07:26:57 PM

 :aok

Title: Re: "The Twerp!"
Post by: oboe on August 15, 2023, 08:05:47 PM

Most excellent!

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Post by: Vraciu on August 15, 2023, 09:54:53 PM

Great job

Title: Re: "The Twerp!"
Post by: Devil 505 on August 15, 2023, 10:12:42 PM

Correction to the blurb, the 18th FG was in the 13th Air Force at this time, not the 5th.

Title: Re: "The Twerp!"
Post by: Greebo on August 16, 2023, 02:25:44 AM

Very nice skin Devil, love the weathering.

Title: Re: "The Twerp!"
Post by: oboe on August 16, 2023, 06:58:30 AM

Quote from: Greebo on August 16, 2023, 02:25:44 AM

Very nice skin Devil, love the weathering.

No kidding, the mud on the tires and underside looks perfect...