Re: Italian FW190's?
 

Hi
A bump from the depths,
I wondered if an new info or thoughts have come out
cheers
jerryv

Re: Italian FW190's?
 

Highly unlikely looking at what was written 12 years ago and nothing has surfaced since

Re: Italian FW190's?
 

Great thread though!

Thank you for bringing it up again.

Bronc

Re: Italian FW190's?
 

These "italian markings" could also just have been white fuselage bands from planes which had operated in the mediterranean theatre before. There are so many possibilites for misidentification and you never know what the people of these times were thinking or believing..

Re: Italian FW190's?
 

On markings the US did away with the red center in the star in May 1942 because it could be confused with the Japanese meatball. The other Allies also deleted red from their roundels in the war against japan for the same reason. The white bars to the star were added in 1943 because the white star alone could be mistaken for the German cross or Italian white Facist insignia. Also note the other markings yellow nose and fusalage bands on the Russian front for the axis and D-day stripes for the Allies

When you are it air combat in a fast moving plane and pulling a lot of Gs in a turn I would say marking identification is going to be a problem!