Also known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 was one of the lesser-known ... was the heaviest single-engine fighter plane of the war, it was a versatile and highly capable ...

The airplane nose art presented the face ... And then came the Curtiss P-40. Straight out of the factory, the fighter looked like it had a menacing maw because of its substantial inlet scoop ...

Fast forward to the 20 th century, when the group known as the Flying Tigers painted the front of one of the top WWII fighter aircraft, the Curtiss P-40, to look like a shark with a gaping mouth.

The fighter plane used by the USAAF 49th to counter the Japanese menace was the P-40 Warhawk. Among the most harrowing sacrifices endured by “The Land Down Under” during that hellacious war ...