[DsrtRat]

Nick,

Thanks for the info. I guess I wasn't clear which side my uncle was on. He was the CO of 417 RCAF squadron in late 1943 to feb 1944. They tangled with Sg-4 on several ocassions and he scored over them a couple of times.

The incident(s) that I wanted to portray actually happened to him on 2 occasions. On two seperate occasions he attacked Fw190s of SG-4 over ANzio and while shooting at the 190s, was jumped by a higher section. Both times his planes was plastered with cannon and machine gun fire and damaged beyond repair. To this day he still has a rearview mirror that sits 5 inches above the pilots head at home that has a 20mm hole in it. He also has a 20mm cannon shell that broke his armoured seat in two just behind his head causing a piece to be logeed in his neck.

I want the painting to be historically correct down to the smallest detail so I was looking for the type that would have been involved. Postwar records indicated he shot down A6s on both occasions but I have seen so few pitures of their A6s and their paintscheme that I was beginning to think it was a historical error. I would be grateful to anyone who has a pitcure or depection of the paintjob they used on their A6s.

Cheers

Paul Houle