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- Text: ...ntal weapons • The weapons would be anything from a shot gun, snub-nosed 38, or even one Native American soldier carried a tomahawk • M16 were normally used when things got harry (25:16) Combat: • In the field for two to three weeks before getting injured • A typical day on patrol w...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...