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Originally Posted by SES
Hi,
This caught my eye.
9 SEP 1944:
5) Captured a/c in all Luftflotten:
A) Operating in the fighting, same as German a/c of the relevant Luftflotte.
B) Not operating in the fighting, outermost third of the underside of the wing yellow. Sea rescue a/c are to be marked as a/c operating in the fighting.
The first dokumented info that I have seen of captured a/c were used in combat. Does anyone have further info?
bregds
SES
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Captured Italian types, perhaps? The Fiat CR 42 and Reggiane Re 2002 were used in combat by the Luftwaffe. Or those words might have been included to cover the possibility of captured types being used (some guy in a Berlin office trying to think of every eventuality, maybe).