The brrrt is worse than the bite... Shark mouth schemes....

[Scott Rose]

Never seen a photo of one with the Argus engine before! Does seem like it would be underpowered with the weight of the armored cockpit.

"A key requirement of the original specification was that the aircraft be powered by engines that were not in demand for other designs. Prototypes with low-power german Argus As 410 engines of 465 PS (459 hp; 342 kW) failed acceptance test, a more powerful replacement was found with the french Gnome et Rhône 14M engine of 700 PS (690 hp; 515 kW)."

Henschel Hs 129S

Ditto, I thought it was a Fw 189C and just mislabeled. After a search of the Luftwaffe Resource Center I realized it actually was an early Hs 129S

[sledge39]

...Gary Levitz...Mojave 21 Oct 1973...

[gemmer]

P-40captured4_zps3f5252ee.jpeg (108.22 KiB) Viewed 5432 times

P-40E captured on Mindanao, PI, 1942

[Scott Rose]

Part 3


Shark mouth Apache with a OH-58 Kiowa


Shark Mouth AH-64 Apache (Source: Craig M. Scaling)


Messerschmitt Bf 110


Messerschmitt Bf 110


Messerschmitt Bf 110


Messerschmitt Bf 110


Messerschmitt Bf 110


F-5 Lightning "The Florida Gator"


B-26 Marauder "Linda"


P-51 Mustang "Virginia"


P-51B Mustang/42-106971 with the 51st FG, China, August 1944


B-25 Mitchell "Mortimer"


P-40 Warhawk/Konkubine


P-40 Warhawks 41-19821 & 41-19836

[Lon Moer]

[Scott Rose]

Colonel David "Tex" Hill of 51st FG with his P-51 Mustang in China

[Chris Brame]

Two more. The PBY's predecessor, the P2Y (IIRC this one was an export model in South America?)


And a B-18A, although the name Jonah would indicate whale rather than shark:

[JohnB]

This belonged to a friend.

Photo from Air Britain...

Attachments

[Scott Rose]

My kids came home with this for the dog. Of course they didn't see the significance of the the face but obviously I did. I proceeded to show them this thread and they thought it was pretty neat. You know I just had to share it with you ladies and gentlemen.

[wendovertom]

Nice! And I guess at some point I have missed the C-121 with a shark mouth - that is different!

Tom P.

[Jollygreenslugg]

Here's one from a Darwin defender in 1942-43. The intention was spot-on, but I don't think they're meant to look so happy!

Photo of a photo from Australia's Darwin Aviation Museum.

[Lon Moer]

From an old Warbirds International

[Chris Brame]

If the XB-38 had succeeded :

[Duggy009]

Taken a couple of days ago at Konya air base in Türkiye.
(Photo courtesy of the RAF)

[Lon Moer]

Neptune tanker 12