#bf 110

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Gunner/radio operator in a Messerschmitt Bf 110, 1941-1945. For more, see my Facebook group - Eagles Of The Reich

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P-40’s Shark Teeth Didn’t Originate From The Flying Tigers...Here’s the story....

The AVG Flying Tigers got the idea after seeing a newspaper picture of a P-40 from the No. 112 Squadron of the Royal Air Force. Fighting in Egypt, Sudan, Greece and Crete, they were one of the first squadrons to fly the P-40 and painted them with the shark mouth because they thought the intake looked perfect for it. That’s why they were nicknamed the “Shark Squadron.” Although the idea was theirs to paint the Warhawk, the graphic was not.....

The first documented use of the Shark Teeth nose art was by the Zerstörergeschwader 76 group of the Luftwaffe. Formed in 1939, they flew Bf 110Cs and it was them who were first seen painting their noses with the iconic shark teeth logo. They didn’t have the eyes on them as that was added by the RAF, but the shark mouth appears to be their original idea.

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Iron Cross No. 12 (2022) . Quarterly magazine on German Military History from 1914-1945. Cover by Piotr Forkasiewicz depicting a Messerschmitt Bf 110 attacking Russian tanks on the 1 July 1942. The plane carries the wasp emblem of the Wespengeschwader (Wasp Squadron).

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Messerschmitt Bf 110C (A2+AL) of 6./ZG 2 over the south coast of Britain, 1940 ➤➤ Unusual German Aircraft: https://youtu.be/fCgmIL0w2Qs

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Messerschmitt Bf 110

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Chasseur Fiat G.50 Freccia et chasseur lourd Bf 110 du Zerstörergeschwader 26 (26e Escadron de chasseurs lourds) – Campagne d'Afrique du Nord – 1941

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OG shark mouth.  The Bf 110's of ZG 76 were the artists that inspired the RAF in Africa and the AVG in China to paint shark mouths on their P-40's.  This photo is from August 1940, over the English Channel.

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Messerschmitt Bf 110