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John E (aerogent)
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P-40E "Kibosh"

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1 15 June 2014, 21:49
Augie
Nie going John 🙂 just right on weathering
15 June 2014, 22:14
Alan Rush
Really nice John! Great research and great job bringing it to life. Nice decals you made and I love the blue patches.
16 June 2014, 00:00
John E
Thanks Augie. Thanks Alan. I did enjoy the research.
16 June 2014, 01:56
Es-haq Khosravi
Very nice!
16 June 2014, 08:21
John E
Thank you!
17 June 2014, 00:04

Album info

This aircraft represents the P-40E of Lt. Ed Dyess, commander of the 21st Pursuit Squadron. "Kibosh" was reportedly the last flyable P-40 in the Philippines in 1942. I stumbled across a profile of this plane in Janowicz' Curtiss P-40 Vol II and became interested in the aircraft. During the build I read "The Dyess Story" on my Kindle. It's a fascinating read.

"When the crew finished with old Kibosh the plane was olive drab and the external patches were bright blue. There were sixty-five or seventy of them. You could hardly see Kibosh for the patches."
-The Dyess Story

Lt. Dyess subsequently escaped captivity and returned to the United States. After a brief recuperation, newly promoted Lt. Col. Dyess died tragically when the P-38 he was flying caught fire and crashed.

Apparently, there are no known photographs of Kibosh. Therefore, some artistic license was used. This was a fun little build. I made a few mistakes here and there and it's not as clean as I'd like but I think it's an interesting subject.

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