VOA抗战纪录片：穿越1945

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VOA Chinese, Sept 8, 2015
www.voachinese.com/content/voa-c ... 150908/2952724.html
("前飞虎队员陈鸿铨：在昆明，老百姓在外边看到飞虎机上画的鲨鱼，但是中国人没有看见过鲨鱼，昆明哪里看得到鲨鱼？他们以为这画的是老虎，说这个是 '飞虎。'所以 '飞虎' 这个名字是中国人、昆明人起的。 前飞虎队员陈鸿铨：P-40太重了，日本零式机转半个圈子就转到我们后头去了")

Note:
(a) Curtiss P-40 Warhawk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Curtiss_P-40_Warhawk
(fighter; Manufacturer         Curtiss-Wright Corporation; First flight 1938; Retired 1968 (Brazil); "was the third most-produced American fighter, after the P-51 and P-47; by November 1944, when production of the P-40 ceased, 13,738 had been built"/ The Flying Tigers, known officially as the 1st American Volunteer Group (AVG), were a unit of the Chinese Air Force, recruited from US aviators)
(b) United States military aircraft designation systems
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Un ... designation_systems
(section 1.2 Army aviation 1924 to 1962: "In 1947, the designation system was extensively overhauled, with several categories being dispensed with, and others renamed For instance, the Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star (Pursuit) was redesignated as F-80 (Fighter)")