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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 12 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 12 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a376850e3c717a295deb5475b5401662.jpg)
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- Text: What can you tell us about that? TEX HILL: Well just as I said, the thing was awesome, the P-40B or the Tomahawk that we had, it had a real bad ground looping characteristic and you had to stay on top of it all the time. I was very happy to make it around the pattern and get used to it.
![Tex Hill interview (video and transcript, 2 of 7), 1991 Tex Hill interview (video and transcript, 2 of 7), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/cc3a3ff794d64b42317b79d474475334.jpg)
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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 2 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 2 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/b2e1fa64f68658c723e79042d1c45cd6.jpg)
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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 3 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 3 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/82d89d0bd3257ae0a99b3b9adb874357.jpg)
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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 4 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 4 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/8effe69ef1245cc6888f6d7273200cf6.jpg)
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- Text: ...army boys, so we immediately were calling it P-40 most of the time, and when we were in Rangoon it was frequently called the Tomahawk because that's what the RAF and British pilots called it. It was a matter of getting used to the airplane, and since it's a single seater, you have...
![Dick Rossi interview (video and transcript, 2 of 6), 1991 Dick Rossi interview (video and transcript, 2 of 6), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ea192ff72fc0a44e2c309dd1bd3a563b.jpg)
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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 9 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 9 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/032fd84272405fc2363a1ff746a62aa0.jpg)
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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 1 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 1 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/c85e139e93faf0887b78fa26d70830bf.jpg)
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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 5 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 5 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/23c92fdee9b1634424a949ec7d40de35.jpg)
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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 6 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 6 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/ffae3ca3224b5f86f78700e217c6b061.jpg)
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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 7 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 7 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/a5192bef14b2c22b047ca907142ca1d9.jpg)
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- Description: ...ves" of the American Volunteer Group (AVG). Recruited by Skip Adair in 1941, he was inspired by photos of shark-mouthed Tomahawks of No. 112 Sqadron, RAF. He was the first to paint his P-40 in similar markings, setting the precedent for what became the trademark of the Flying Tigers. H...
![Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 10 of 12), 1991 Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 10 of 12), 1991](https://digitalcollections.library.gvsu.edu/files/square_thumbnails/3f321f246c5e5cd5a2c099a635fff2d4.jpg)