A Philippine Army and Mexican Air Force (FEAM)members admire the representation of "Panchito Pistoles", the mascot of the Escuadron 201, painted on a wing fragment of a Japanese aircraft. "Panchito Pistoles" stared in the Walt Disney film "The Three Caballeros" and was adopted by their unit.(rudeerude)
The airfield at Porac had previously been used by the Japanese and abandoned aircraft and other materiel littered part of the area. Three second lieutenants - Lopez, Vega and Moreno - found the wreck of a Japanese Nakajima Ki-84 fighter, removed its left wing and planted it in the ground, tip-up, at the main entrance to the encampment. Moreno, a pilot who had aspired to a career as an architect before the war, painted the popular cartoon character "Pancho Pistolas" on it. "Pancho", a happy, rowdy Mexican rooster wearing a sombrero and shooting a pair of six-guns, was borrowed from the Walt Disney movie The Three Caballeros. He proved to be an instant hit with the men and became the official squadron mascot.