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Originally Posted by Mikkel Plannthin
Thankt Kyrre,
EN786 arrived to 331 Sqn later than the aircraft in the line-up at Catterick, why I guess the looks of it could differ, but I agree that it most likely looks like these. Actually Birksted flew the first aircraft in the line-up, BL891 FN-S, on a number of occasions.
The original question was only posed since I presumed that a profile like this in an Osprey publication would have some kind of photographic reference, and since I had not seen such evidence.
Mikkel
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I thought perhaps with that serial that it was a late arrival and so of course there could be doubts about the apparence of this particular aircraft. However I get the impression that the ground crew echelon was very thorough, as is evident by their citations, thus I find it likely that the aircraft quickly ended up with a consistent look. Having said that I am not entirely sure if the gun striping practise was allowed to continue throughout the whole period.
Perhaps you could try posting a question on the IPMS Norway forum? Quite a few of our knowledgable model historians have ended up with this as their local hangout. You have to log in but that should be doable even for a Dane.
(That is if you're not already an IPMS Denmark member. From what I've heard you may not have other gods... (tongue in cheek and all that.
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www.ipmsnorge.org
Kyrre