Sharkmouth. (1 Viewer)

[P51ace 16]

but thats it unless your counting newer aircraft

 

[GT]

Let us put every a/c that were painted with the Sharkmouth insignia and also try to find out the history of it, when was the first time it was painted on a a/c?

Cheers
GT

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

wow great pic of the A-10 there...........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

but thats it unless your counting newer aircraft

Hello grounded, actually yes I have many books in my home library that have pictures of the P-51 with shark mouths painted on them. It was not as common but yes they do exist. Infact if you look after my post and actually look at the pictures that were posted by other people, you will see a P-51 with shark mouth. I believe thought it is a F-51 during the Korean war though and not WW2. There were more WW2 aircraft then you think painted with them (more than I knew too before this thread) including RAF and Luftwaffe aircraft. I have even seen Isreali P-51's and Bf-109's painted with them. Here is an USAAF P-51B with a shark mouth.

Below it is a DC-3 with a Shark mouth.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

hehe man that looks funny..........

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I know it does! If I were an enemy aircraft I would shoot it down out of principle!

 

[Nonskimmer]

Maybe the idea was to distract enemy pilots.

"What the fuck is that?!"

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

It deffinatly would distract me.

 

[evangilder]

That is wild. Why the heck put a sharks mouth on a C-47??? I guess you could say it has a belly full of paratroopers.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Cute.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it does look good though.......

 

[hellmaker]

Nice DC3...

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I think its neat but like I said if I had been a Luftwaffe pilot, as soon as I was doen laughing I would shoot it down out of principle.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i'm not sure i'd ever stop laughing............

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

good possibility

 

[evangilder]

I'm not convinced that DC-3 was a military version. It has a white strip with writing that I cannot make out. That is typically indicative of a civilian transport.

 

[Nonskimmer]

Which makes it look even more retarded!

 

[GT]

One more to the collection.

Cheers
GT

 

[DerAdlerIstGelandet]

I'm not convinced that DC-3 was a military version. It has a white strip with writing that I cannot make out. That is typically indicative of a civilian transport.

You are probably right and do to the fact that a civilian DC-3 woudl be painted this way would make me want to shoot it down even more.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

who would put a shark's mouth on a civilain plane!!