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I had a model of one when I was young
the Flying Tigers did well with them
.....Pappy Boyington was with the Tigers -I have his book and the book on the Flying Tigers
he was with the Tigers before thatI had a model of one when I was young
the Flying Tigers did well with them
.....Pappy Boyington was with the Tigers -I have his book and the book on the Flying Tigers
I thought he flew the Corsair?
he was with the Tigers before thatI had a model of one when I was young
the Flying Tigers did well with them
.....Pappy Boyington was with the Tigers -I have his book and the book on the Flying Tigers
I thought he flew the Corsair?
his book Baa Baa Black Sheep tells about it --it's very good
Greg 'Pappy' Boyington in the AVG Flying Tigers
the Cats at Guadalcanal had some advantages:The P-40, especially in later variants is one of my favorite airplanes of WWII. Everyone knows the P-51, but often the P-40 is forgotten. That and the Grumman Wildcat were all we had pre-war, and in the early stages of WWII that could put up a reasonable fight against the superior Axis aircraft. The AVG (Flying Tigers) showed that with the proper tactics it could be successful against the lighter, faster, more agile Japanese fighter planes.
It is also a beautiful airplane that lends itself to the big shark mouth, and other nose aret due to the large radiator up front, although that caused some of the drag that later planes avoided. Great thread!
I enjoy the pre-1970 books--they seem more ''readable''he was with the Tigers before thatI had a model of one when I was young
the Flying Tigers did well with them
.....Pappy Boyington was with the Tigers -I have his book and the book on the Flying Tigers
I thought he flew the Corsair?
his book Baa Baa Black Sheep tells about it --it's very good
Greg 'Pappy' Boyington in the AVG Flying Tigers
Kindle has several books on him.
One appears to be written by his son.