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Re: Camouflage and subtype for 4./TrGr186 Ju87 Stukas during the PC?6
Larry, all,
I agrre with above observations on the color scheme, and indeed this is almost certainly standard 70-71 scheme. I have no evidence of any Stukas in the western campaign with different schemes.
Regarding the type, the picture of the J9+AM clearly does not show a C-version. In that case the original protrusion of the arrested hook fixation should be visible below the tail. So this is almost certainly a standard B-1 version.
The only question I have from my side is what happened with the C-0 and/or C-1 aircraft of the unit when they transfered to the Luftwaffe. I can't find how many C-types were in the end produced and effectively taken into operation. I have the impression it were not many, probably some prototypes only. I haven't seen any reports of C-type losses during the WC. But can anybody confirm?
Regards, Pieter
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