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AIRCRAFT >> FIGHTERS >> P-40
Catalog Number:
1974.104
Location:
BLDG 693, 2nd Fl 155 N. TWINING
Description:
Portrait Of General Claire Chennault With Montage Of Two Airplanes: A C-47 And Curtiss P-40 Flying Tiger. Every 2-1/2 Minutes A C-46 And Or C-47 Type Airplane Flew Supplies Over The Snow Capped Himalayas (Known As The Hump Or Burma Hop) In The Late Summer Of 1942. The P-40 Flying Tiger Did More Than Its Share Of Defending America And Her Allies During World War II.