Warbird Information Exchange

I am going out on a limb but would say "Big Beautiful Doll".

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When I was young "sex was safe & flying was dangerous".

Lander's P-51 is a well known scheme, but I think the winner is Ike Kepford's Corsair.


Or perhaps this Corsair, #122, that was given it's own Citation. No other aircraft received one!


I guess the definition of "most famous" needs to be sharper.

My two cents!
Jerry

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"Always remember that, when you enter the ocean or the forest, you are no longer at the top of the food chain."

ETO





PTO

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Richard Bong's P-38 would surely rate high on the list.

These guys, just to state a few, would most certainly beg to differ ...


Francis Gabreski


David McCampbell


David Schilling


Dominick Gentile


Richard Bong

If your talking "one of the more attractive schemes" on a US fighter plane, then your example would be right up there with the best of them.

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Zero Surprise!!...

I vote Bong's Marge.

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CraigQ

Coming from a fairly isolated position Downunder I can remember as a kid that 1st and foremost the MOST FAMOUS (COMMONLY KNOWN ) US FIGHTER that I ever read about in WW11 was the P51B of Dom Gentile...SHANGRI LA with its very, very famous quirky boxing eagle artwork.

Not saying that other US fighters weren't as famous locally in the USA but to reach all the way to Australia as common knowledge you really were famous

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Lol boxing eagle!

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I vote for "Dashing Dave" McCampbell and MINSI.
Who else has both a sever kill mission and a nine?
That levelof gunnery level expertise is unsurpassed.

Owen

Sorry, but you are all wrong.

Put Invasion Stripes on those Shark Noses then you have something!

Who cares. I just enjoy seeing all of the great photos others have posted of planes I love!!!

And I hope people keep posting them.

Some of these photos I have seen some I have not. It is fun to scroll through and look at them all.

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CB

http://www.angelfire.com/dc/jinxx1/Desrt_Wings.html

All I can say is that even all of the women in my family that lived through the 40's and 50's could tell you that there was a P-38 called "Marge" flown during the war (and could probably even tell you the pilot's name), but otherwise couldn't tell you the single name of any other WWII aircraft, with the exception of the "Enola Gay". It may well be a regional thing though too.

I concur with C Veich. Everyone knew about the Flying Tigers back then although we didn't know of any particular P-40 (except for John Wayne's).