Warbird Information Exchange

A while ago I post a P-40 YouTube vid. in the last part of it it covers the No. 112 Sqd in North Africa. In one of the scenes is show a Tomahawk taxing to take off. On the side of it someone painted a the Pontiac automotive logo.

I was wondering if anyone here knew more about this. Any idea who this was and why they did it?

Thanks

close up:


vid:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=Q9CwP_JMI2A


Shay
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Try this site. Hope it is of some help to you. http://www.geocities.com/raf_112_sqdn/

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Thanks

I've been there, I may shoot an email to the guy and see what he has to say.

Just seemed like there would be an interesting story behind a American automotive emblem on RAF aircraft in the middle of North Africa.

Welcome to the board.

Whut para Scotland arye froom? My family is from Balquhidder area and I have friends in Inverness.

Shay
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Could Pontiac have been building Allisons?

It looks like GM did build Allisons...

As a Pontiac fan and a fan I would also like to hear an explanation

Looks like they made Torpedos and Anti Aircraft guns... http://sixnationspoci.org/ipw-web/gallery/album44

EDIT: Here is an ebay ad from GM about building Allisons for P-40's...

http://cgi.ebay.com/1942-GM-Allison-P-4 ... otohosting

The Pontiac and Tomahawk tie in is kind of cool.

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Thanks Shay. Balquhidder eh, nice one, the place where Rob Roy was laid to rest. I am from Clydebank near Glasgow. It is the place that the Queen Elizabeth, Queen Mary and QE2 were all built, along with many other ships. Sadly no ships built here now. Also a company called Beardmore used to build aircraft and airships in the area in the early years of last century. A little local history. Hope you get on OK with your search. Best of luck to you.

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If the first casualty of war is innocence, the second is sobriety - Hawkeye.
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws - Plato.
Lies get halfway round the world before the truth has a chance to get it's pants on - Churchill
If you are going through he11 - keep going - Churchill