Harry Worthan has done it again turning a Carousel 1 Curtiss P-36 Hawk into a Curtiss Hawk Model 75 A2 of the Finnish Air Force. Custom changes included a full repaint with some light weathering as well as the addition of 4 wing mounted machine guns.
This particular aircraft, CU556, was the personal mount of Captain Aulis Bremer during the spring and summer of 1942. Captain Bremer was the Flight Leader of 2/LeLv32 for two years following the beginning of the Continuation War.
He achieved 2 1/2 of his total of 7 1/2 victories while flying CU-556 and was promoted to Lieutenant-Commander of Training Squadron 33 (T-LeLv 33) in September 1943. He retired from the Finnish Air Force in May 1959 after a distinguishing career.
CU-556 was credited with 10 1/2 total victories while being flown by six different pilots, including Captain Bremer. It was the only documented aircraft in the Finnish Air Force, that for some unknown reason, had the swastikas on the wings painted in the reverse position.
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