Curtiss P-40L Warhawk 'Lighthouse Louie'
Headquarters Flight 325th FG
Pilot: Lt.Col. Gordon H.Austin
Tunisia, early 1943

Checkertail version for North Africa campaigns
adapted from a file by Capt. Kurt.

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Ade Kelly 'flying tiger'
nov 2006

Notes:
P-40L Warhawks of the 325th FG commanded by 
Lt.Col. Gordon H. Austin, attacked lighthouses on 
the North African coastline in early 1943. 
Lighthouses became a common target of the 
Checkertail Clan, as there had been reports 
indicating that they were being used by the 
Germans as observation posts for early warning 
of approaching Allied forces. Gordon named his
 P-40 Lighthouse Louie

Painting by Heinz Krebs