TR_000978_kittyhawk.jpg


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English: 1943. A Curtiss P-40/Kittyhawk Mark III of No. 112 Squadron, Royal Air Force taxiing through the scrub at Medenine, Tunisia. The ground crewman on the wing is directing the pilot, whose view ahead is hindered by the aircraft's nose. The squadron was the first Allied unit to use the "shark mouth" marking on the P-40, in mid-1941.
Slovenčina: Curtiss Kittyhawk Mk.III 112. perute RAF na letisku Medenine v Tunisku.
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This photograph TR 978 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4905-03)
Author Royal Air Force

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A Curtiss P-40/Kittyhawk Mark III Royal Air Force taxiing through the scrub at Medenine, Tunisia in 1943.

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