Why did the flying tigers paint a shark on their plane?

Question:
any one know why? i have always wanted to know this... but this is the first timeithought about putting it here

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They painted the teeth on them to scare the Japenese. The Japanese were very superstisous about such things as dragons and they thought they were just that

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Because sharks are considered scary and mean. Probably the same reason they painted the bombs before they dropped them. To strike fear for those who see them.

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The nose of a plane looks somewhat like the nose of a shark. Plus, It looks really cool!

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To put fear and intimidation into the enemy. It was also a thing of the time to put nose art on planes. To include B-52 and F-17.

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The only info I can find on the subject is this.....
AVG(American Volunteer Group) fighter planes were painted with a large shark-face on the front of the plane. This was done after pilots saw a photograph of RAF 112 Squadron in North Africa, which in turn had adopted the shark motif from German pilots in Crete. About the same time, the AVG was dubbed "Flying Tigers" by their Washington support group, called China Defense Supplies.

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This was done for morale and propaganda purposes.

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intimidation

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The Flying Tigers did a lot of ground support interdiction, and the Japanese troops could easily see them. General Chenault was big on first impressions.
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