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Old 17th April 2008, 17:49
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Re: Tail Markings on Soviet Warplanes (1941)

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Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád View Post
That's exactly what I am interested in, namely what markings denoted which basic unit (squadron)? Please add to my 'wish list' the various coloured rear fuselage rings (including yellow!).
Is yellow confirmed by a colour photograph? Tips denoted Eskadrilyas (flights?), rings could be Divizya markings, this varied over the war. There was no constant order of colour within units, eg. red - 1, yellow -2, blue - 3, green -4 like in the RAF.
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I very much doubt this, as I have photos of I-16s with various tail numbers, all sporting yellow (?) lightning on the fin-and-rudder base. It was rather a unit marking (but which one?).
Although 57 GvIAP used yellow lightning as a unit emblem, most of such photos show different aircraft at different locations.
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