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Captured P-47 - Beetle
Thought that I would post this here also.
Clare This airplane is covered in several books and a couple of decal sheets but I seem to get more confused everytime I look at photos. My first question relates to wing tips. As best I can tell from the photos on page 85 of "Special Missions", it looks like the undersurface of the wing tips are painted. I would expect the color to be Gelb. Also, it looks like the ailerons were not painted Gelb but left Neutral Gray. The drawings in "Strangers" do not show this nor does the Cutting Edge decal sheet. The Three Guys sheet shows the entire wing tip painted if you get into their fine details. The other area covers the nose markings. I am inclined to paint the nose ring and the lower and upper cowl panel Gelb. Cutting Edge show the top panel as remaining OD and the book "Strangers..." has these areas painted red. The final area is the stripes on the tail when the airplane was captured. The photo and drawing in "Special Missions" shows the normal white stripes on the fin and rudder and above and below the horizontal stabilizers and elevators. The book "Strangers" seems to believe that these features were added at a later date when the airplane was repainted for a propaganda film. Comments please and thank you very much. Clare |
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You might want to look here - http://tinyurl.com/6uoy4
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Re: Captured P-47 - Beetle
Did the Germans paint the nose red or yellow? I have a couple of original photos and I can go either way. I have one decal sheet that says red and another that says yellow.
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Re: Captured P-47 - Beetle
Hi Peter,
the link you posted in 2004 does not work any longer. |
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Re: Captured P-47 - Beetle
Looking at my original pics...
The entire cowl was painted Yellow. 100% Underside wing tips color was the same as the rest of the wing. No stripes on tail Last edited by harrison987; 25th February 2020 at 01:39. |
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Re: Captured P-47 - Beetle
I was leaning toward yellow and not red. Thanks.
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Re: Captured P-47 - Beetle
At the time of capture, the aircraft would have been marked only with the white IFF marking on nose and empennage. It would not have have had a colored cowl or rudder.
Interestingly, the 355 FG assigned the 358 FS yellow for cowl and rudder. But this was done after march '44 and applied only to the P-51s which the unit received in March of '44. The cowl does look a different tone than the yellow prop tips, but that may be due to the different yellows.
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Re: Captured P-47 - Beetle
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Re: Captured P-47 - Beetle
The only yellow specified in Luftwaffe regulations for captured aircraft not employed on operations was on the outer one-third of the undersides of the wings.
Judging by Roger A. Freeman's "The Mighty Eighth" the yellow on the cowling was the USAAF squadron colour. |
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Re: Captured P-47 - Beetle
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