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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 5:47 AM

Wink

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Posted by Boba Fett on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 7:39 AM

Ohhhhh..... I have been skewered. I will now take 17 hours to reevaluate my life. :P Forgot you were posting in this thread... :P I will say though, I am a fan of revell-o-grams when it comes to jets, or for a quick fun build.

 

Dark grey? never seen pics of that color in the radiator...

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Posted by troublemaker66 on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 8:40 AM

They`re not teaching history like they used to in school. Another thing comes to mind...My grandfather used to say...children should be seen, not heard...I told him I didn`t agree...came to an hour later...lol.

Len Pytlewski

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Posted by p38jl on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 8:49 AM

ah.. the P-40... very nice bird.. and now for something completely differant..[View:/themes/fsm/utility/Photobucket:550:0]

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 9:01 AM

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...

 

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Posted by troublemaker66 on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 9:07 AM

Hans-

Any of the Tigers still with us?

Len Pytlewski

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Posted by CallSignOWL on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 9:09 AM

That's really cool info, hammer. I'd love to be around these old warbirds!

p38: what is the story behind that P40 with the Japanese meatballs on it?

and here is a recent P40 of mine. A MK.1 Kittyhawk of the RAF--with the all important shark mouth! in 1/72 scale)

 

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Posted by Boba Fett on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 9:26 AM

Agreed! thanks for the info! I've only seen these things at EAA once a year...

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Posted by p38jl on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 9:28 AM

Hans in the man... he has the info... Yes lol

 

OWL.., its a captured P-40E, that when the Japs captured it, they left the nose art from the Americans. The bird head, feathers, were  hand painted by the americans.. then I replicated the markings with my airbrush and and some hand painting.. here's the thread..

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 5:11 PM

troublemaker66

Hans-

Any of the Tigers still with us?

Damned-few, and I'm glad I got to meet the ones I did back in the 80s and 90s...

Here's the current AVG Roster:

Two Pilots:

Ken Jernstedt 

Carl Brown.

Six ground crew

  • Charles Baisden (armorer)
  • Michael Callan (ground crew)
  • David Harris (headquarters staff)
  • Frank Losonsky (crew chief)
  • Kee Jeung Pon (engineering specialist)
  • Joseph Poshefko (armorer) 
  •  Randall Richardson (weatherman)
  • Edward Stiles (crew chief)

 Some Tigers went home early, got a "dishonorable discharge," and for that reason aren't recognized by the Flying Tigers Association.

The other, main reason there are so few left is that the Tigers were mostly drawn from the pool of "Pre-war" pilots and ground personel, guys that had first enlisted in the mid-late 1930s,  hence they tend to be bit older than the "typical", Post-7 December 41 WW2 veterans..

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Posted by Mikeym_us on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:17 PM

Funny thing about Tex Hills carrer he started life in the military as a officer in the US Navy flying TBD-1 Devastators. Anyone know what Tex was flying during the Korean War?

On the workbench: Dragon 1/350 scale Ticonderoga class USS BunkerHill 1/720 scale Italeri USS Harry S. Truman 1/72 scale Encore Yak-6

The 71st Tactical Fighter Squadron the only Squadron to get an Air to Air kill and an Air to Ground kill in the same week with only a F-15   http://photobucket.com/albums/v332/Mikeym_us/

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Posted by Hans von Hammer on Thursday, March 10, 2011 7:51 PM

Anyone know what Tex was flying during the Korean War?

F-84Es...

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Posted by alfaspud on Monday, March 14, 2011 12:15 PM

The P-40 is my favourite WW2 warbird, I've built 4 so far! Last one was a what-if.

Keith
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Posted by CallSignOWL on Monday, March 14, 2011 1:43 PM

that looks nice, alfaspud.

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Posted by oddmanrush on Monday, March 14, 2011 2:00 PM

Hans von Hammer

 

 troublemaker66:

 

Hans-

Any of the Tigers still with us?

 

 

Damned-few, and I'm glad I got to meet the ones I did back in the 80s and 90s...

Here's the current AVG Roster:

Two Pilots:

Ken Jernstedt 

Carl Brown.

Six ground crew

  • Charles Baisden (armorer)
  • Michael Callan (ground crew)
  • David Harris (headquarters staff)
  • Frank Losonsky (crew chief)
  • Kee Jeung Pon (engineering specialist)
  • Joseph Poshefko (armorer) 
  •  Randall Richardson (weatherman)
  • Edward Stiles (crew chief)

 Some Tigers went home early, got a "dishonorable discharge," and for that reason aren't recognized by the Flying Tigers Association.

The other, main reason there are so few left is that the Tigers were mostly drawn from the pool of "Pre-war" pilots and ground personel, guys that had first enlisted in the mid-late 1930s,  hence they tend to be bit older than the "typical", Post-7 December 41 WW2 veterans..

Just read in the paper this past weekend that a Flying Tiger crew man passed away...

News Story Here...

Doesn't give much info about his service but I thought given your recent topic of conversation it was worth noting.

Jon

My Blog: The Combat Workshop 

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Posted by Shellback on Monday, March 14, 2011 3:15 PM

Heres a beaut . It resides at Hill Aerospace Museum , Hill AFB , Utah .

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