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General Forums => Aces High General Discussion => Topic started by: Citabria on April 30, 2002, 07:44:12 PM
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who does the markings on p40e belong to?
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Major Sydney S. Woods, 9th FS 1943
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I think it is an unfortunate choice.
The best P40E to have in the game would be one of these
(http://www3.telus.net/pongo/caldw4.jpg)
Preferebly Killer Caldwells LD-C
best looking...probebly most successful P40 pilot..or up there at least..
and Australias top Ace I believe..
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Originally posted by Pongo
I think it is an unfortunate choice.
The best P40E to have in the game would be one of these
(http://www3.telus.net/pongo/caldw4.jpg)
Preferebly Killer Caldwells LD-C
best looking...probebly most successful P40 pilot..or up there at least..
and Australias top Ace I believe..
The shark-mouth paint scheme is tiring already.
I think what Supah did look better.
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:D
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Don't worry, Pongo, they can always slap the shark teeth on the P-40B when they do that.....preferably with Chinese stars on the wings.
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I'd rather have had the skull markings. A perfectly good piece of aluminum sheetmetal waiting for a cool scheme - wasted!
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I didn't put the shark teeth on it because they scared Pyro and gave him nightmares.:p
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see below
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The 412th FS will probably do some P-40 runs.
One of our own has an uncle that flew the P-40 and scored two kills...
(http://www.brauncomustangs.org/JPEGs/BurBanshee.jpg)
Posted by Wail on his member profile page
I'd like to dedicate this page to my uncle, who I admire beyond words, Robert N. Gale, who flew in the China-Burma-India theatre. That's his picture up there on the left. He was with the 80th FG, 88th FS, known as the Burma Banshees [not to be confused with the infamous Flying Tigers], the nickname given to them by the natives because of the high-pitched whistling noise the P-40 made during dive bomb runs.
On 9 July 1944, his squadron took off from Myitkyina, Burma. About 5 minutes after takeoff, they were attacked by approximately 30 Japanese aircraft. There was a low cloud cover that day, and visibility was limited. Robert's wingman was shot down immediately, but Robert was able to dive into the clouds and evade. He turned back toward where he thought the enemies might be, and through the clouds, he spotted an Oscar. He was able to maneuver his P-40N in behind the enemy and shoot him down. Soon after, he was able to get on the six of another Jap. He opened fire and was hitting the aircraft, when the Jap, trying to evade, attempted a split-S. My uncle, knowing that they were only 500 ft. off the ground, did not follow through but pulled up. The Japs eventually fled, and later, ground crews confirmed both enemy aircraft were downed. My uncle was rewarded with 2 victories. This is the mission which Robert describes as the most fearful of his military career.
He was later stationed at Perrin Field, Denison, Texas, where he was a trainer refresher course instructor for the pilots who came back from overseas. There, he met Bud Anderson and Chuck Yeager, who were both taking refresher courses. Robert even went to see a few movies with them.
By the way, Robert is alive and well and lives about 30 miles away from me. Also, my uncle is mentioned [I'm not sure to what extent yet] in a recently released book, P-40 Warhawk Aces of the CBI: Aircraft of the Aces 35.
The 412th home page can be seen at
http://www.brauncomustangs.org
Member profile pages are viewed from the Roster.
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That is really great midnight. Thanks for the history.
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Pongo,
Won't the second crewman degrade performance?
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S!
I agree, P-40E should have been in British markings.
British Commonwealth pilots had much more success in this plane than any other nationality.
There are a whole series of 15-20 kill Commonwealth Aces who flew the P-40.
The other P-40 that we should get (Tomahawk IIb) should be in AVG colours.
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Since when did P40s fly with guys attached to the wing?
PS just kidding....JUST KIDDING
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Reading FAA incident reports from Eastern Washington. In one a Grumman AgCat (low monoplane with wing struts from top of the wing to fuselage) took off with two skydivers, each hanging on to a wing strut. One skydiver lost his grip at 200' and died. Turns out he had recently injured the arm he was using to hold on. Should have been a Darwin.
Passengers on the wing...hrm. Two grunts?
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I allways liked the teeth on the p40 :D
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Originally posted by Yeager
Since when did P40s fly with guys attached to the wing?
PS just kidding....JUST KIDDING
That is me...Zigrat is letting me play car car before he flies a sortie
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Originally posted by SUPERFLY
I didn't put the shark teeth on it because they scared Pyro and gave him nightmares.:p
Anything to do away with the "Nightmares" would be a good idea :D
Sorry could not resist Nightmares!