Today I'd like to show you my third P-40 model of Zarkov's kit. It's a repainted version; my grandson, Kacper(PacificWind) did the recoloring as I always wanted to build a Polish fighter ace Witold Urbanowicz's Warhawk.
Now, a little bit of history:
In September 1943 Urbanowicz joined the USAAF 14th Air Force on attachment in China. On 23rd October he joined the 75th Fighter Squadron of the 23rd Fighter Group ("Flying Tigers"). Flying a P-40 Warhawk he took part in several combat missions. On 11th December he fought against six Japanese Mitsubishi Zeros and claimed two shot down (these were actually Nakajima Ki-44 "Tojo" fighters of the 85th Sentai).
According to his reports, he also shot down other airplanes over China, and destroyed some on the ground, but those victories were not officially confirmed. According to Kenneth K. Koskodian, he downed 11 Japanese aircraft while being Claire Lee Chennault's guest. He was later awarded the US Air Medal and a Chinese Flying Cross.
During the war none of Witold Urbanowicz's planes were hit by a single enemy bullet.
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Witold Urbanowicz - Wikipedia , 22nd October 2021]
Here are also links to my previous Zarkov's P-40s(one is original, the other one is my grandson's repaint):
1/32 Curtiss P-40M Warhawk
1/32 Kittyhawk Mk.III ("Lady Godiva") No. 5 Squadron SAAF, Italy, 1945