5 Squadron

"I was 23 years old when I became Squadron Leader in India/Burma. Make no mistake the Mohawk was a good aircraft. Beautiful to fly, very manoeuvrable and very reliable. The Cyclone air-cooled engine of the Mohawk could take a lot of punishment and still put-put along. The weakness of the Mohawk were, ofcourse, poor height performance and lack of fire power - six machine guns was not very good. But she was a real nice aircraft and did us proud." - Hogan