What's the name of that plane in the military that was green with the shark face?

Question

I just saw it at the National Avaiation Museum last week and now I can't think of it's name and I'm trying to log all the pics from our trip.

Answer 1

It was probably the P-40 Warhawk. The sharktooth design was used by the American Volunteer Group (AVG), also known as the Flying Tigers, under Claire Chennault - they flew as mercenaries for General Chiang Kai Sheck (poor spelling, I know) against the Japanese before the US got into WWII.

Answer 2

Many military aircraft flew with the Sharksmouth. The British started it by painting the sharksmouth on their P-40's they used in North Africa in early 1941. The American Volunteer Group in China copied the practice. Almost every type of WWII fighter and a few bombers had an example of someone flying with a sharksmouth.

After WWII, you could find it on some F-86's flying in Korea, F-105's, F8's and F-4's in Vietnam. Even a few B-52's and RB-66's had it.

More recently, there was a squadron of A-10's that carried the sharksmouth, as well as a regiment of AH1 Cobra attack helicopters.

Answer 3

P 40 Warhawk used in china during WW2 in the Tiger squadron used to have "shark mouth" top half blue, bottom half red, white teeth.. thez cammo was not single green, more likelyu brown-green. don't know if it was that one u have seen. the P40 was propeller driven. Have u seen jet or prop?

to gromitt: even AH 64 of the Wolfpack during 1st war in the Gulf carried teeth mouth

Answer 4

The Warhawk and the A-10 flew with the tiger sharks teeth!

Answer 5

Above may be correct. I was thinking of a P-51 Mustang.
http://www.swissmustangs.ch/mediac/400_0/media/18th~FBG~12th~FBS~P-51D~$28Prevosti$29.jpg

Answer 6

A-10 Warthog!!!!

Answer 7

A-10 Warthog perhaps....30mm canons on the front