{"id":1584377,"date":"2021-03-30T11:35:43","date_gmt":"2021-03-30T09:35:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/?p=1584377"},"modified":"2024-07-22T11:06:50","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T09:06:50","slug":"flip-the-frog-a-40005-70042-hurricane-mk-iic-from-no-34-squadron","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/armahobbynews.pl\/en\/blog\/2021\/03\/30\/flip-the-frog-a-40005-70042-hurricane-mk-iic-from-no-34-squadron\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cFlip the Frog\u201d, a Hurricane Mk.IIc from No. 34 Squadron"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Flip the Frog was officially listed as missing in 1933. Eleven years later, however, in 1944, he resurfaced in India as the mascot of Squadron Leader Charles Philip Nelson \u201cAce\u201d Newman DFC, the commander of No. 34 Squadron. Flip accompanied him on a Hurricane Mk.IIC, LB792, and doubtless brought good luck, for the aircraft and its pilot survived the heavy fighting for Kohima and Imphal. In<\/strong> recognition of his leadership during this operation, Newman received his second Distinguished Flying Cross.<\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>I regularly wonder where pilots took inspiration for the individual markings of their aeroplanes, and sometimes I am able to determine the source. Flip the Frog was the hero of animated cartoons and comic books that were popular in the Anglo-Saxon world at the beginning of the 1930s. He lost the fight for fame with the characters created by Walt Disney, but even today we can still watch old MGM films starring Flip the Frog on YouTube. For those interested, the following is a link to one of them, entitled \u201cBulloney\u201d:<\/p>\n

It may well have been that, when Charles was a young boy and Flip was in his heyday, this short film became such a joyful and memorable experience that he chose to paint the character\u2019s likeness on the fuselage of his Hurricane ten years later.<\/p>\n