OT: Need help IDing a WW2 picture

[DuckofTindalos]

Plenty of RCAF were involved in the Aleutian campaign...

[grossmetzger]

my portugiese is not that good (not existant)
but i think half way down this site they show a kittyhawk with sharks theeth and say it´s from the 14. in alaska just before they moved to europe becomming the 442. sqr.
they say the "p" beneath the spinner is the squadron sign....
http://www.ipmscuritiba.com.br/nova/ind ... iew&id=113

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Ian R

RT, is the Canadian pilot in the photo Flight Sergeant (later Wing Commander) James Francis "Stocky" Edwards, DFC, DFM? He flew in Spitfires as well as Kittyhawks.

OK - just remembered to look this up - the photo is of W.D. Brown
http://www.mts.net/~royb/wdbrown.html

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: grossmetzger

my portugiese is not that good (not existant)
but i think half way down this site they show a kittyhawk with sharks theeth and say it´s from the 14. in alaska just before they moved to europe becomming the 442. sqr.
they say the "p" beneath the spinner is the squadron sign....
http://www.ipmscuritiba.com.br/nova/ind ... iew&id=113

It looks like they are talking about restored P-40s. #18 is one I actually worked on 20 years ago. Bill Destephani inherited the family farm in Bakersfield, CA and used the profits to fund his airplane jones. In the mid-1980s he restored a P-40 and I volunteered to do some work on it.

He also races at Reno with Strega, a modified P-51.

Bill

[Knavey]

WOW!
 
Think of all the pictures taken during WW2.  And this is not a famous action photo.  Probably thousands like this one out there, and you guys found it.  My hats off to everyone for the sleuthing.
 
Will let him know tomorrow.
 
Thanks again,
 
 

[Cap Mandrake]

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Right. Jonsey..I want you to go down to the end of that bench..DON'T LOOK YOU IDIOT...come on man..so you go down to the end of the bench and do a button hook. Goose, I want yout to do a 5 step post and
clear out the deep guy. Johnson..I want you to do a slant from the Right..you are the go to guy. Billy and Wojohoski..you keep that big Samoan SOB out of my face...got it?

[rtrapasso]

ORIGINAL: Cap Mandrake


Right. Jonsey..I want you to go down to the end of that bench..DON'T LOOK YOU IDIOT...come on man..so you go down to the end of the bench and do a button hook. Goose, I want yout to do a 5 step post and
clear out the deep guy. Johnson..I want you to do a slant from the Right..you are the go to guy. Billy and Wojohoski..you keep that big Samoan SOB out of my face...got it?

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