Bf.109G-8 vs Caproni 313(S-16) Swedich

[bearoutwest]

Hello Juha,

A healthy discussion as always. I don't believe my hypothesis is definitive, just an attempt to explain to myself why so many "own goals" and "mistakes" occurred. While the first few points are scientifically based, and I have higher confidence in; the recognition of markings is purely speculative.

Gosh there must be so many variables! Not least of which was the overwhelming desire to shoot down the "perceived"enemy. Elsewhere on this forum was discussed an incident in Italy where a pair of USAAF P-51s slipped passed the escorting Spitfires or RAAF Mustangs to shoot down an RAF Lysander - believing it to be a Hs126.

With the Finnish AF study on markings, does it go into greater depth on what the pilots were picking up on? Did the prominent white circle on Finnish markings stand out so much, that it was what the pilots were seeing first....and then summerizing that nothing else had big white circles, so had to be Finnish?

Anyway, it is becoming thread-creap away from the original subject, so I will close off here. A subject for another time and place and a beer perhaps.
...geoff