Photo Description:
A left side view 5x7 photo of a United States Army Air Force
Curtiss P-40E Warhawk aircraft assigned to the 11th Fighter Squadron 343rd
Fighter Group undergoing maintenance at an airfield somewhere in the Aleutian
Islands. This P-40 Warhawk known as one of the Aleutian Tigers sometimes Bengal
Tigers is wearing a variation of the Flying Tigers nose art made famous by
General Claire Chennault's AVG in the CBI war theater. His son Major John "Jack"
Chennault was the original commander of the 11th Fighter Squadron.
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Photo Credit: USGovPhoto Date: ca 1942Photo Location: Aleutian Islands, AlaskaPhoto ID: 57-P401010
Last edited by Lightning Mate; 9th Jan 2013 at 11:57.