Tan P-40F Warhawk 1942

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri May 20, 2011 7:42 pm

Never have seen many pictures of tan P-40s in the US.........

P-40F s/n 41-13861 "Dutchess of Durham" of the 57th FG at Bradley Field, Conn. Flown by 2Lt "Zack" Taylor who later made ace in the 325th FG

crew chief SSgt Klausen in the cockpit

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Fri May 20, 2011 8:02 pm

I love the way they simply slapped masking tape over the original stencils when the added the tan paint.

SN

Nathan · **Posted:** Fri May 20, 2011 8:11 pm

Im gonna guess censored?

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Fri May 20, 2011 8:12 pm

nothing censored just black stencil over OD.

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 1:14 am

Yep..saved having to repaint all the stencils after the plane was painted.

SN

Mgawa · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 3:27 pm

Bottom in Neutral Grey or other color?

avenger2504 · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 5:32 pm

How do you tell its Tan from a Black and White photo? Or is it a known colour at the time?

gemmer · **Joined:** Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:54 am **Posts:** 314

57th FG P-40Fs were oversprayed with "desert sand" just prior to deployment to North Africa.

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sat May 21, 2011 6:23 pm

P-40F s/n 41-13861 wrecked at Hillsgrove, RI Sep 14, 1942 when spun in after takeoff. Pilot killed :cry:

Jarink1 · **Joined:** Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:21 pm **Posts:** 117

gemmer wrote:

57th FG P-40Fs were oversprayed with "desert sand" just prior to deployment to North Africa.

The 15th FG painted their P-40s "Coral" when deployed to various atolls in the PTO.

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 12:02 am

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P-40F s/n 41-13861 wrecked at Hillsgrove, RI Sep 14, 1942 when spun in after takeoff. Pilot killed

Sad. Was it the pilot in the photo? Of course, just because there's a name on the plane, I suppose that doesn't mean it's the same guy in the cockpit.

The underside color is almost certainly Nuetral Gray..it was the only officially specified USAAF underside color.* Azure Blue was only applied to aircraft intended as lend-lease for the Brits (some of which ended up in U.S. service.)

SN

*Other than occaisonally black for night ops or white for ASW.

gemmer · **Joined:** Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:54 am **Posts:** 314

Jarink1 wrote:

gemmer wrote:

57th FG P-40Fs were oversprayed with "desert sand" just prior to deployment to North Africa.

The 15th FG painted their P-40s "Coral" when deployed to various atolls in the PTO.

I always was curious as to whether or not that "coral" color was something created in theater, or just the standard sand, also known at the time as "tittie pink." Some 7th AF P-39Qs also got the same paint job.

Duane

gemmer · **Joined:** Fri Mar 16, 2007 7:54 am **Posts:** 314

Steve Nelson wrote:

Quote:

P-40F s/n 41-13861 wrecked at Hillsgrove, RI Sep 14, 1942 when spun in after takeoff. Pilot killed

Sad. Was it the pilot in the photo? Of course, just because there's a name on the plane, I suppose that doesn't mean it's the same guy in the cockpit.

The underside color is almost certainly Nuetral Gray..it was the only officially specified USAAF underside color.* Azure Blue was only applied to aircraft intended as lend-lease for the Brits (some of which ended up in U.S. service.)

SN

*Other than occaisonally black for night ops or white for ASW.

The Azure Blue was used on all P-40s that had upper surfaces painted in a finish similar to the RAF Sand/Middle Stone two tone pattern. Most later model P-40Fs(long fuselage) and P-40Ls sent to North Africa were painted that way.

Duane

Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sun May 22, 2011 8:14 pm

Quote:

Sad. Was it the pilot in the photo? Of course, just because there's a name on the plane, I suppose that doesn't mean it's the same guy in the cockpit.

Re-read the caption in my first post

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Mon May 23, 2011 10:45 am

D'oh! Forty lashes with a wet noodle for me then!

SN

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