Savoia Marchetti S.79 wearing strange Luftwaffe Markings/Camouflage

[Clint Mitchell]

Another 2 Profiles of CQ+HO showing yellow undersides. Seems strange how all 3 artists have presumed yellow undersides. Second one reads "Savoia Marchetti SM79 operated by Luftwaffe as a transport after the Italian Armistice of 1943"?

[newcomer]

The camouflage is totaly wrong. It was ex-yugoslav machine (tactical number 'white 33' and ex MM 22407) landed from Mostar to Zemun airfield in 11th April 1941. Next day, early afternoon Zemun airport captured by local volksdeutschers who passed it to Luftwaffe units. After repair (maybe in Ikarus factory), and repainting original Italian camouflage, that airplane got Yugoslav camouflage: dark green and dark earth on upper and light blue-gray on under side. On 24th April 1941 that SM-79 transferred to Luftflotte IV, some months later came from Wien to Agram (Zagreb) and introduced in Croatian AF inventory under serial number 0701. Next year, it shoot down by partisans in Bihac area and crew captured.

Upper summary I read from article wrote by mr Ognjan Petrovic in Vesnik (Herald) published by Military Museum in Belgrade this year about the planes of Italian origin in Royal Yugoslav Air Force (Vazduhoplovstvo Vojske Kraljevine Jugoslavije - official name) in 1937-1941.

Kind regards

Newcomer

[Clint Mitchell]

Thank you very much Newcomber for your interesting post. So the upper areas on the elevators and rudder were also light blue grey?

Thanks again

Clint

[newcomer]

No. The rudder and horizontal tail control surfaces are yellow.

Kind regards

Newcomer

[Clint Mitchell]

Sorry to be a pain Newcomer what about the Engine Nacelles?

When you say "Dark Earth, Dark Green & Light Blue Grey" are you meaning that these are specific colours used by the VVKJ or do you mean they are imported RAF or imported German paints? During this period the VVKJ were only using imported colours from Britain & Germany. So when the aircraft was repainted from Italian to current camouflage after being passed to luftwaffe units what colours were used? RLM? RAF?

Thanks for you time

Clint

[Dénes Bernád]

Originally Posted by Clinton78

Another 2 Profiles of CQ+HO...

Is CQ+HO really correct? Last letter is uncertain...

[Clint Mitchell]

Originally Posted by Dénes Bernád

Is CQ+HO really correct? Last letter is uncertain...

Not sure Bernad? I just presumed it was CQ+HO as so many people before me have?

Clint

[Dénes Bernád]

I was asking because apparently CQ+HO was a Klemm Kl 35.

[Clint Mitchell]

Really! It gets better and better. What else could it be and where would be the best place to look for the proper code? So what else could the partially hidden last character be? Q again?, S, G, C,

Clint