The P-40N we fly in the CAF is Green ZC inside there.... I don't remember if it was Tex (BG David Lee Hill) that finally decided for us on the CAF APM Board (Authenticity, Paint, and Markings) or not, but we were stopped dead on that issue until he made the call, lol.. It was after all, "His" P-40 we were doing (although it's not an AVG bird, it's an N-model)...
'Course, here's the best of both worlds, Red..
Then-Captain David Lee "Tex" Hill mounting his P-51B, shortly after the group started transistioning to the Pony.. (Still wearing the Flying Tigers blood chit on his jacket, and you can see a 75th FS P-40E in the background.)
Tex Hill was one of the guys what flew the P-40B and E models up against the Japanese, back during a time where a simple box of .50 cal firing solenoids grounded the Hell's Angels Squadron (3rd Sqn, AVG). He transitioned form the P-40 to the Mustang, and is believed to be the first Mustang pilot to shoot down a Zeke.... He was also one of only five former AVG pilots that stayed on after the USAAF swallowed up the Tigers into the 23 FG in July of '42.. Tex passed away in '07 at the age of 92 and is still sorely missed at Staff Call.
I dunno how that guy got in a Mustang, he was 6' 6" if he was an inch, lol...... I'm 6'1" and have a helluva time fitting in a Mustang.. 'Course, the B/C model's a bit roomier than the D/K is.. I've only done a 'pit check-out and run-up in the D....
The last aircraft the 23 FG (Now known as the 23rd Wing flew was the A-10, tail-code "FT" (Flying Tigers), and last I knew they were based at Moody AFB..
Sorry I got so long-winded fellers... Reckon it's because Tex was a friend, and someone had earlier mentioned Mustangs and 'Hawks in the same breath , lol...