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Old 3rd July 2021, 05:49
Rob Romero Rob Romero is offline
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JG1 Fw-190A Red Nose firing cannon color camera footage?

Been a long, long time since I’ve posted on this site. In any case . . .
1948’s “Fighter Squadron” is a classic COLOR WWII flick employing Air National Guard P-47s and P-51s (the Mustangs as Bf-109G stand ins) and is viewable in good quality on YouTube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Il1JH5ujIk&t=896s

This film employs some of the more notable WWII COLOR gun camera footage (worth studying if that is your interest) including shots from the Pacific Theater). The gun camera footage is preserved in a slightly higher quality from what I have usually found online. Starting at 14:09 you can see what *appears* to be a Fw-190A making a tail pass. Color film is taken from the (apparently the waist gun position? of the intended B-17?) target. In one shot you can make out a gun flash from one of what I assume to be the outer wing cannon. As the Focke-Wulf nears individual colors become barely discernable -a yellow spinner with a red cowling, suggesting a 2./JG1 fighter. I copied screen shots of several frames and enhanced the contrast making the red and yellow even more visible. I’m wondering if anyone can confirm or dispel my assumptions or add their own observations.

TIA

Last edited by Rob Romero; 9th July 2021 at 23:47.
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