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Jack Cook · **Posted:** Sat Sep 05, 2009 11:36 pm

B-17E engine change Australia 1942

P-40Ms 80th FG under one big f-ing tree Assam CBI 1943

Steve Nelson · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:18 am

Cool pics! I've never seen a P-40M with the "skull face" before..just Ns.

SN

TonyM · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 11:30 am

Steve,

Those Skull Head P-40s are from the 89FS/80FG based at Karachi, India, in 1943--that squadron painted all of their P-40s that way (Some one correct me if I am wrong, but I think the whole group painted their P-40s that way). See Squadron/Signal Publication "CURTISS P-40 IN ACTION" by Ernest R. McDowell. My copy has a Skull Head P-40 on the cover. The P-40 in Jack's photo, Number 46, an be found on page 50. The book has several photos featuring these airplanes.

TonyM.

TimAPNY · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:13 pm

I loved to see a B-17 named "Stinky", that is what it says right?

I have a car I call stinky, the previous owner was a heavy smoker and the car stank something horrible, but it was cheap.

Tim

TonyM · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 1:45 pm

TonyM wrote:

Steve,

Those Skull Head P-40s are from the 89FS/80FG based at Karachi, India, in 1943--that squadron painted all of their P-40s that way (Some one correct me if I am wrong, but I think the whole group painted their P-40s that way). See Squadron/Signal Publication "CURTISS P-40 IN ACTION" by Ernest R. McDowell. My copy has a Skull Head P-40 on the cover. The P-40 in Jack's photo, Number 46, an be found on page 50. The book has several photos featuring these airplanes.

TonyM.

Need to clear something up:

The airplane on the cover of my P-40 book was based at Karachi (according to the caption) for a time, but the Skull Head P-40 photos on page 49 and 50 appear to have been taken at Naggaghuli, Assam, just like the plane in Jack's photo.

TonyM.

Warbird Kid · **Posted:** Sun Sep 06, 2009 5:18 pm

Awesome, already made the engine hoist.

Id say its accurate to scale(1/144) and the diorama has come along way since this picture was taken.

Rogue · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:45 pm

Steve Nelson wrote:

Cool pics! I've never seen a P-40M with the "skull face" before..just Ns.

SN

I know they had P-40N-1's, that had the earlier canopy. :?:

Rogue · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 2:46 pm

Steve Nelson wrote:

Cool pics! I've never seen a P-40M with the "skull face" before..just Ns.

SN

I know they had P-40N-1's, that had the earlier canopy. :?:

Nathan · **Posted:** Mon Sep 07, 2009 5:15 pm

If it was a N-1 it would only have 4 .50's. If I remember correctly. I See 6 in the photo.

Robbie Stuart · **Posted:** Tue Sep 08, 2009 9:44 am

TimAPNY wrote:

I loved to see a B-17 named "Stinky", that is what it says right?

I have a car I call stinky, the previous owner was a heavy smoker and the car stank something horrible, but it was cheap.

Tim

Tim, my father's P-51 was named "Stinky".

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