City - Chino State - CALIFORNIA Country - United States
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A WW II P-40 Warhawk taken at this years Chino air show.
The Curtis P-40 first flew in 1938 and became famous flying in China under General Claire Chennault's "Flying Tigers". The P-40 was used in every theater around the world in WWII and was the first aircraft to shoot down a Japanese aircraft during the attack on Pearl Harbor. This P-40 is one of the planes that was in the most recent Pearl Harbor movie.