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Lloyd Child was a Naval Aviator from 1927-1952. He held the world altitude record in 1930 and in 1935 power dived a Curtiss Hawk 75 to 600 MPG and was labeled the man "faster than a bullet". He joined Curtiss Aeroplane & Motor Co. in 1926 and was responsible for development of the Curtiss Thrush and Falcon models. He worked for Lockheed from 1958-1968, then retired.
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Barton Traver 'Red' Hulse 1910-1993

Curtiss test pilots from left to right, BartonT 'Red' Hulse, Ed Elliott, Herb Fisher, H.L. Childs, William Webster and Robert Fausel. At the time this photo was taken, Childs was the Chief Test Pilot. Behind the group is one of the first Curtiss P-40B fighters to be delivered to the Air Corps.
 
Guys, not every Warhawk with a shark mouth and Chinese insignia was a Flying Tiger's plane. The AVG used P-40B (Tomahawk IIB) and P-40E and was disbanded on 4 July 1942. This is a P-40N-5. P-40N models were introduced for the first time in 1943. IMHO this is a Chinese a/c or belongs to one of the composite American-Chinese group.
 
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If you look at two of the photos above the main photo, the captions say, "1940s ORIGINAL PHOTO CHINA FLYING TIGER AIR FORCE AVG PLANE" as well. These are also a P-40N and was a commemorative aircraft with markings of all the countries that operated the P-40
 
If you look at two of the photos above the main photo, the captions say, "1940s ORIGINAL PHOTO CHINA FLYING TIGER AIR FORCE AVG PLANE" as well. These are also a P-40N and was a commemorative aircraft with markings of all the countries that operated the P-40
That's exactly my point: these ARE NOT AVG planes. It's wrong to call all P-40s in China "Flying Tigers".
 

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