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P-40F 41-14295 'X90'

This 'Skeeters' P-40F was photographed at El Kabrit, Egypt on January 29th, 1943. The 79th FG
was still in training at this time, and the 87th's Mosquito emblem had yet to be applied to the cowling.


Project 914 Archives (Howard Levy photo) - Larger Image

'Barbara Ann'

2Lt. Ed McDonnell with his P-40F, 'Barbara Ann', probably in Egypt, late 1942.
McDonnell was shot down and went missing on April 2nd, 1943.


Project 914 Archives (B.Wolf collection) - Larger Image

Skeeters On The Roll

P-40s of the 87th FS take off from Causeway Landing Ground on March 26th, 1943 to attack
elements of the 21st Panzer Division along the El Hamma Road in support of Operation Supercharge II.
Lt. Charles 'Jazz' Jaslow's P-40F 'Sweet Bets' is in the foreground. See more photos of this ship HERE...


From: A Hostile Sky by Don Woerpel (Richards Hoffman) - Larger Image

'Honky Tonky Donky'

Pushing what looks to be a 1000-pounder toward the belly of Lt. Albert E. Lincicome's
P-40L, coded X98 and named 'Honky Tonky Donky' at Capodichino Airdrome, late January
or early February 1944. She was undoubtedly being readied for a sortie in support of
Operation Shingle, the allied invasion of Anzio. Note that she's missing an exhaust stack.


From a Wartime Newsreel Film (Original screengrab posted by Max Peck on Facebook) - Larger Image

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