This was a way to aid China, which had been attacked by Japan. These pilots flew P-40 fighter planes and became known as the Flying Tigers due in part to the famous tiger shark paint scheme along ...

Also known as the Warhawk, Tomahawk, or Kittyhawk, the Curtiss P-40 was one of the lesser-known ... was the heaviest single-engine fighter plane of the war, it was a versatile and highly capable ...

Fast forward to the 20 th century, when the group known as the Flying Tigers painted the front of one of the top WWII fighter aircraft, the Curtiss P-40, to look like a shark with a gaping mouth.