A2A WOP3 P-40 AVG Tex Hill #48 2024-07-05

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A2A WOP3 P-40 AVG Tex Hill #48 - WWII Liveries

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This is a A2A WOP3 P-40 repaint of David Lee 'Tex' Hill's AVG Hawk 81-a2 Number '48'.

Hill learned to fly the P-40 in the AVG training program in Burma, and did well as a fighter pilot in the 2nd Pursuit Squadron (Panda Bear), as a flight leader, and then Squadron Commander, becoming one of the top aces under the tutelage of Claire Chennault. He landed his first kills on January 3, 1942 when he downed two Nates over the Japanese airfield at Tak...

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