Keywords: American P-40 fighter planes.jpg Original caption A Chinese soldier guards a line of American P-40 fighter planes painted with the shark-face emblem of the Flying Tigers at a flying field somewhere in China The American pursuit planes have a 12-to-1 victory ratio over the Japanese ca 1942 <br>Note The aircaft No 106 is a P-40E piloted by Maj John Emil Petach who was killed on 10 July 1942 a few days after this photo was taken He flew as a Flight leader with the 2nd Panda Bear Squadron later 75th Fighter Squadron 23rd Fighter Group and had accumulated 5 25 kills 535531 1942-07 USAAF thumb left PD-USGov Military aircraft of the Second Sino-Japanese War Nose art on P-40 Teeth in art Military uniforms of China Leggings Footwear China Air Task Force 23d Fighter Group United States Army Air Forces Sharks on aircraft |