And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, July 11, 2024
Dutch East Indies. March 1945. Portrait of Squadron Leader Clive Tolhurst, Commanding Officer of No. 75 Squadron RAAF, standing next to his Curtis P-40 Kittyhawk.
In the commonwealth air forces (RAF, RCAF, RAAF) it was called the Kittyhawk. In the USAAC it was the Warhawk. Similarly the PBY Catalina was called the Canso and the C47 Skytrain was the Dakota. Al_in_Ottawa
And by the Americans...I remember a history of the Flying Tigers (AVG) that I read a long time ago. Initial planes were "Tomahawk", later versions "Kittyhawks"
Believe it was called a Warhawk.
ReplyDeleteClive looks like he is about to do a Monty Python skit.
ReplyDeleteAye. Clive used to dreeeam of bein' a lumberjack.
DeleteIn the commonwealth air forces (RAF, RCAF, RAAF) it was called the Kittyhawk. In the USAAC it was the Warhawk. Similarly the PBY Catalina was called the Canso and the C47 Skytrain was the Dakota.
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Looks like a manly man.
ReplyDeleteTo add to the confusion the P-40B & C were called Tomahawk by the Commonwealth air forces as well as the Soviet VVS.
ReplyDeleteAnd by the Americans...I remember a history of the Flying Tigers (AVG) that I read a long time ago. Initial planes were "Tomahawk", later versions "Kittyhawks"
ReplyDeleteAl in Ottawa: Canso is a Canadian-built Catalina. There's one doing the airshow circuit on this side of the lake.
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