P-40K "Swing It" 42-45981 wreckage displayed at Charters Towers Museum
Visible is the pilot's name Capt. R. Melikian in capital letters and scoreboard with five bomb markings indicating missions flown and three Japanese rising sun flags indicating aerial victory claims.
Brett Williams adds: "This fuselage piece of P-40K 42-45981 in Charters Towers Museum. Colors as follows: Capt. R. Melikian (light bright silver with thin border line in black, height 35mm, length 425mm. Victory flags: red meatball 25mm red, background medium to dark silver solid semi-gloss: height 50mm, length 75mm, total length 255mm. Bombs: medium silver (semi-gloss) red outline, height 65mm.
Factory data reads:
US Army P-40K
Air Corps Serial No. AC 42-45981
Crew Weight 180 lbs
Height of letters 18mm, total height: 75mm, total length: 420mm
Note: 'K' and 'AC 42-45981' have been painted by hand, the rest was painted using a stencil.
Credit: Brett Williams Date: March 29, 2007
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