2 JoeB about KW

[JoeB]

Now that I see the commemorative dragon so relatively near the nose, I wonder more: could lettering like this possibly be mistaken for an art work image, perhaps even a dragon, in the heat of combat?

http://www.airforceworld.com/pla/gfx/mig15/mig15_1.jpg

Joe

[Light123]

Originally Posted by JoeB

Now that I see the commemorative dragon so relatively near the nose, I wonder more: could lettering like this possibly be mistaken for an art work image, perhaps even a dragon, in the heat of combat?

http://www.airforceworld.com/pla/gfx/mig15/mig15_1.jpg

Joe

As far as I know, CPVAF never painted those characters during the Korean War. Some old CPVAF pilots said that those characters were painted for taking the propaganda photos AFTER the armistice.

[Daniel Nole]

By this time, most of the PLAAF MiGs were camoufled, colours like of the related "Dragon" theme can be really difficult to see in a plane with schemes with various greens and (or) wavy lines. Slogans were quite usual in natural metal planes and also red tail or cone tail section, sometimes also wings tips.


Daniel