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  • Text: was a dead whale        (16:00) Other than some tomahawk missiles that his ship launched, he cannot recall that there were any hostilities; however, they were always on alert (19:30) Gaetan remembers that there were around seven ships in his fleet
Gerville-Re'ache, Gaetan (Interview outline and video), 2015

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  • Text: , and supplemental 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
Burton, Michael (Interview outline, video, and papers), 2007

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  • Description: ). 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. He shot down six
Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 12 of 12), 1991

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  • Text: : 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. Being
Tex Hill interview (video and transcript, 2 of 7), 1991

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  • Description: ). 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. He shot down six
Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 2 of 12), 1991

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  • Description: ). 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. He shot down six
Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 3 of 12), 1991

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  • Description: ). 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. He shot down six
Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 4 of 12), 1991

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  • Text: hand, the only terminology that we had about the airplane was from the 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
Dick Rossi interview (video and transcript, 2 of 6), 1991

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  • Description: ). 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. He shot down six
Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 9 of 12), 1991

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  • Description: ). 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. He shot down six
Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 1 of 12), 1991

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Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 5 of 12), 1991

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  • Description: ). 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. He shot down six
Charlie Bond interview (video and transcript, 6 of 12), 1991