Russian shoot down of L-4 Cub on 2 May 1945?

[BartekPL]

Leendert,

Originally Posted by Leendert

Only 'caveat' seems to be the spotting of red stars on the attacking aircraft, whereas the Polish fighters had their national square, red-white blocked ones?

Actually, this part of the witnesses' accounts fits very well. Polish Air Force on the Eastern Front, similarly to those flying in the West, could only apply a checkerboard on the engine cowling or behind it, with the difference being - on the Eastern Front it seemingly wasn't strictly regulated, thus one can see checkerboards of various sizes, but as mentioned only on the engine cowling or behind it/under the pilot's cabin. Polish fighter aviation regiments used the standard Soviet fighter camouflage in this period: dark grey+blue grey upper surfaces with the lower surfaces being painted in light blue (this obviously does not apply to Polish assault, bomber and night bomber aviation regiments and smaller units), like seen on the Yak-1B photo and the Yak-9M color scheme (color scheme via https://warspot.ru/6727-tsveta-voenn...anskogo-fronta) of 1 "Warszawa" plm aircraft, from April-May 1945 period.






Best regards,
Bartłomiej