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Tippodriver

Mon Oct 26 2009, 01:54PM

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What flying group was the first to put the shark's teeth on the P-40?

If no one gets this in the next 2 days, I'll post the correct answer.

Jim

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Pilatuspc12

Mon Oct 26 2009, 06:46PM

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Key word, Group. The American Volunteer Group started by Claire Lee Chennault. Later they became known as the "Flying Tigers".

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TomatoCan

Mon Oct 26 2009, 06:59PM

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Jim, I suppose you realize that if someone is looking at this forum, then they have internet access..... which makes even the toughest question just a few searches away. Gonna have to step it up some other way.....perhaps an impromptu quiz at the meetings.

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Mon Oct 26 2009, 08:01PM

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What was the original name of the North American P-51A?

Tippodriver

Mon Oct 26 2009, 08:05PM

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Well, Grasshopper, you didn't think I'd ask a question with an answer that obvious did you? That was the answer I expected, but not the correct one.

Dig deeper boys n girls. It may not be that easy to form a query for the web search.

Heh heh heh. (Evil laugh.)

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Tippodriver

Mon Oct 26 2009, 08:18PM

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p-51a. With the Alison engine that would be "slower than a Merlin". I hate it when I should know the real answer and can't strain it out of the brain sludge.

Randy, do you mean the first name, or the first one used by the USAAF?

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Pilatuspc12

Mon Oct 26 2009, 08:30PM

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Well,

You had me on that one. All the history I've read indicated Claire Chennault's group was the first one to put the sharks teeth on the first P-40's when they went into AAF service in 1941.

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Mon Oct 26 2009, 08:34PM

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There were Two names actually. One was for the P-51A and the second name was for the A-36. The second name was used by another AAF aircraft but it was made by the Douglas Aircraft Corporation.