The Windsor Spitfires' new logo gets high points for artistic and marketing merit, but those with an eye for history feel the new stylized Spitfire on the crest doesn't quite hit the mark.
The soaring plane breaking from the clouds with its set of snarling teeth makes the plane look more like the American World War II fighter the P-40 Flying Tiger than the British-built Spitfire.
"I see where they're going with it, an aggressive look on the attack," said Windsor resident Gerry Lemire, who wrote the Star about the historical inaccuracy.
"On the other hand, (the Flying Tiger) is such a distinctive American warplane. It kind of takes away from the Spitfire."
Upon closer examination, the plane in the logo is really neither a Spitfire or a P-40 Flying Tiger. It's more of a cross-breeding of two of WW II's most famous fighters.
The logo was designed by the Windsor marketing firm Hargreaves Mandal Stewart Inc.
"I understand the logo is cartoonish to begin with," Lemire said. "It's just unfortunate the tigers' teeth are so distinctive of another plane."
The team won't wear the new logo on their re-designed uniforms until opening night at the new WFCU Arena next month.
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