P40 found in desert

[TexasT]

https://picasaweb.google.com/114682566226043469349/Zdj_samolot?authuser=0&authkey=Gv1sRgCKjxkt6rkNTFKg&feat=directlink

Guns and ammo aboard.

[4bangen]

Thats crazy, wonder what happened to the pilot?

[mikec]

That's pretty damned cool. Now I guess the rich asshole is gonna sweep in and screw those guys too...

[46Tbird]

Awesome. The P40 is my favorite aircraft. I can say so much but it would be boring to most here. This would give you an idea of what the plane looked like in combat (only certain squadrons would have the shark mouths).

[BajaBob]

ran out of fuel would be my guess

[tribaltalon]

bad ass.. i cant help but think there have to be hundreds of planes scattered all over the islands of the pacific

[GeorgeG.]

From the looks of the terrain, I'm surprised it mostly intact.

[CJ]

I believe there are 6 ma deuces inside that plane. My god the possibilities. Ammo is still good, throw it in the tumbler.

[Jester]

"we didnt find any WMD's!"

"well no fucking shit, we are just now finding 70 year old planes!"

[CJ]

Awesome. The P40 is my favorite aircraft. I can say so much but it would be boring to most here. This would give you an idea of what the plane looked like in combat (only certain squadrons would have the shark mouths).

I believe those were the flying tigers which defending china from Japan, if I'm not mistaken. I'm not sure if they used the mouths on north africa, did they? And this was an RAF plane.

[46Tbird]

The RAF Desert Air Force was using the sharks mouth in mid-late 1941. News reports showing this were what inspired the AVG to rip off the motif and apply it to their own P40s late that year, and of course they made the shark mouth famous in December when they were fighting in Burma.

[CJ]

The RAF Desert Air Force was using the sharks mouth in mid-late 1941. News reports showing this were what inspired the AVG to rip off the motif and apply it to their own P40s late that year, and of course they made the shark mouth famous in December when they were fighting in Burma.

I thought the flying tigers was a non-associative group of pilots that flew for china, RAF, Army Air Corps, etc.

[Gtracer]

I believe there are 6 ma deuces inside that plane. My god the possibilities. Ammo is still good, throw it in the tumbler.

lol try bringing back through customs....decisions, decisions

[CJ]

lol try bringing back through customs....decisions, decisions

psh, fly back and parachute drop them in a field in the desert

[46Tbird]

I thought the flying tigers was a non-associative group of pilots that flew for china, RAF, Army Air Corps, etc.

No, they were American pilots and support staff that were were allowed to resign from their US military roles and join to form a mercenary group under Claire Chennault that represented China. The aircraft they flew had Chinese roundrels.

Really, they were there to defend the Chinese government to thwart Japanese imperialism througout asia. They were clearly American pilots flying American planes to defend an American interest.