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Jack Cook
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Monkey on a P-40E of the 16th FS
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P-40E 16th FS China 1942
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Chinese-america mechs works on a 76th FS P-40E Sgt Pak Lee of Portland, OR on the right
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Sgt Moke 16th FS works on the Allison
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Armorers work on th guns of Maj Pike's P-40E of the 16th FS
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P-40Cs on the line on Iceland 1942
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A shot down/recovered P-40K of the 51st FG arrives at a repair depot.
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Repaired P-40K being assembled
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P-40K 26th FS is close to flying
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P-40M 80th FG in its revetment

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Wow. Great stuff Jack!

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Phwoar, very droolworthy, Jack. What are the aircraft in the background of the Sgt Moke photo? They look Japanese.

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Andy in West Oz wrote:
Phwoar, very droolworthy, Jack. What are the aircraft in the background of the Sgt Moke photo? They look Japanese.



From left to right, the first two appear to be Vultee P-66.

The third bird sure looks like a Curtiss-Wright CW-21 Demon.

Great pic all around!

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Well, would you look at that...

(This from the Dan Ford site concerning the CW-21)


From Chinese sources comes word that two CW-21s were built by the Chinese. This is partially confirmed by a photograph taken at Kunming in the summer of 1942 showing a P-40 of the U.S. 16th Fighter Squadron under maintenance. In the background can be seen P-66s of the Chinese Air Force and two aircraft identifiable as CW-21s

http://www.warbirdforum.com/cw214.htm

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Good stuff!
What's the little round engine bird in back ground of this pic? A wingless Fairchild UC-61A??
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Looks like a low wing Stinson in the background.
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They could teach monkeys to maintain P-40s better than that! Oh look! They did.

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Anybody got a source for monkeys. We are thinking of training them to be pilots, that would be so much easier than training them to be mechanics!
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I know we talked about it before, but has anyone ever seen the pic of a Flying Tigers pilot with a real Tiger on his P-40?

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Anybody got a source for monkeys.

I can give you the secret coordinates to Monkey Island!
According to Kirsten aka Beachy aka Beachgirl I have severe monkey related issues.

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but has anyone ever seen the pic of a Flying Tigers pilot with a real Tiger on his P-40?

It was a leopard that belonged to "Burma Bob" Locke one of the ground crew assigned to HQ.

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Jack do you have that picture? I have been trying to find it forever.

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I know we always talk about how many restored P-40's have the shark's mouth on it, but it also seemed like even during the war that alot P-40's not in the AVG had the shark's mouth as well.

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