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Re: Yellow-nosed Bf 109s in the Polish campaign?
"...The yellow nose paint was first introduced on 109’s during the Polish campaign as a recognition marking to avoid ”friendly” fire from the Wehrmacht when operating on ground strafing missions; I have read that the Luftwaffe lost more 109’s this way in Poland than were actually lost in combat, and hence the yellow became the much used ident colour in future offensive campaigns..."
In that case why did they not have such noses in the French Campaign? Also "Ground strafing"? Note the date of these profile being 1999-loads of water under the bridge since then
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