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brucev
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could swear somewhere i've seen pictures of a c-130 with a sharks mouth but of course i can't find them back now.
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A motherlode for modelers (and restorers?):


http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_KezhQ6waZT0/R ... mouths.jpg

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Baldeagle wrote:
And one of the first combat aircraft to use a shark mouth motif, look closely at the cowling in the lower left corner of this photo:
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1st Lt. Ralph O'Neill of the US 147th Aero Squadron was the pilot, France, 1918, he's not in the photo, these are his mechanics.

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Good stuff!

Have you seen the following? Caption describes as a German Roland C.11 from 1916.


http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_KezhQ6waZT0/R ... kmouth.jpg



Great War to present... keep 'em comin'! Resistance is futile! :mrgreen:

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brucev wrote:
could swear somewhere i've seen pictures of a c-130 with a sharks mouth but of course i can't find them back now.


Bruce,

Your 100% correct quite a number 43 AW (former 23W) E models out of Pope carried the sharks mouth. I believe a few Reserve/ANG squads have done it as well.
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Some of these sharks have lips and some don't. I think Lipless is better. The desert tan warkhawk has healthy gums too so it must floss frequently.

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(from http://www.forum9gs.net/viewtopic.php?p=15865#p15865)

also from the same thread, other post

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Well, so far I have to vote this way:

Best P-40: John Paul's Kittyhawk by C VEICH

Best P-51: OZ rb fan's A68-750

Worst P-51: Ztex's C-GXUQ

Happiest_To_Eat_You award: Dan's 307th FS Spit

Funniest: hairy's "Can't get much more wrong..."

Best Photo-Shop: jaybird's Wright Flyer

Best B-24: Ztex's green-eyed-blood-drippin'-kitty

and finally:
Best B-17: (Only because my dad had combat missions aboard it with the 301st BG) B-17G-20-BO, 42-31523, 15th AF, 419th BS/301st BG, Cerignola, Italy "THE BARRFLY"


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And a portuguese T6 fighting in Mozambique (a true warbird :))

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Grey Nurse Spitfire, Temora, Aust
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More B-17s!

385th BG
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The 90th BG had a number of sharkmouth B-24s. Most of them had a curious little upturn at the back, which makes them look like they're smiling!
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Was wondering when my granddaddy's B-24 was going to show up on this thread. 8) Best looking shark mouth in my biased opinion. :lol:

Seems that the 90th BG 320th SQ is one of the more remembered and noticed B-24 paint schemes from during the war.

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Hardly ever get to contribute to these cool threads so I'll apologise for a couple of repeats.

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CraigQ wrote:
Might as well throw in a couple of ETO shark mouthed P-51's from my dads group the 361st. As far as I know the 361st was the only American fighter group in the ETO to sport shark mouths, anyone know of others?

CraigQ

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Craig the 339th FG ,352nd FG had a P-51 with shark mouth's ,from what I can remember.
The Little Friends web sight may have more.?
Jacqueline ever end up with the latter yellow nose markings like Detroit Miss?

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