TMC Models MVP40TSS Nose Art Panel P-40E "Flying Tigers" Signed by PilotTex Hill TMC Models |
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Scale: N/A |
Length: 26" |
Width: 16" |
Composition: Diecast |
SKU: TMC-MVP40TSS |
Executive Series Production
Signature Series
*** Hand Signed by Pilot David Lee "Tex" Hill
Historical Note: David Lee "Tex" Hill (July 13, 1915 – October 11, 2007) was an American fighter pilot and triple flying ace. He is credited with 12+1⁄4 victories as a squadron leader with the Flying Tigers and another six as an officer in the United States Army Air Corps in World War II. He retired as a brigadier general.
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk was an American single-engine, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. It was used by the air forces of 28 nations, including those of most Allied powers during World War II, and remained in front line service until the end of the war. It was the third most produced American fighter ever, after the P-51 and P-47; by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built, all at Curtiss-Wright Corporation's main production facility at Buffalo, New York.