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During World War II, the Flying Tigers painted the front of their fighter planes to look like a shark with a gaping mouth

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The Flying Tigers painted the front of one of the top WWII fighter aircraft, the Curtiss P-40 , to look like a shark with a gaping mouth.

With several pointed teeth and glaring eyes, it gave the fighter planes an aggressive, frightening appearance, meant to instill fear.

The nickname also stems from their official emblem depicting a tiger, which is China 's national emblem.