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Re: Caudron C.445 'Goeland' colours.
Hi Graham, don't know much about camo, but while researching Mosquitos, I found this interesting bit about Pilot Officer Clarence Murl Jasper of RCAF's No. 418 City of Edmonton Squadron:
"Four days later (April 16th 1944), he joined three other Mosquitos for one of the squadron's most spectacular Daylight Ranger missions. Their target was the Nazi-occupied airdrome at Luxevil in eastern France. Nearing the target field, Jasper spotted a French-made Caudron Goeland twin-engine transport flying just above the treetops. It was easy meat on the table, but Jimmie Harper, another Mosquito pilot who had the same idea, cut him off. His momentary frustration evaporated when he turned on the airfield itself. With a timing that could only be ascribed to luck, the Mosquitos arrived just as a sizable unit of German troops climbed aboard a squadron-size force of Goeland transports. As the troops hurriedly boarded several idling planes, other Goelands taxied out to the runway or began their takeoff runs. The enemy had been caught flat-footed - a Mosquito pilot's dream!
'When I came across the drome, I lined up on two Goelands. I could see that one was loading troops, and I splattered the hell out of those. One caught fire and blew up. I flew over and found one transport taxiing out; it apparently had already loaded up. I blew him up. Over the runway, I found another Goeland that had just taken off and was maybe 300 feet in the air. I pulled in behind him. He exploded when he hit the ground'.
quoted from 'Mosquito Ace'
Flight Journal, Jun 2004 by Farmer, James H
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