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Offline 1K3

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need help identifying this 109g14
« on: January 21, 2006, 05:37:10 PM »
Does this 109G14 belong to Regia Aeronautica's?


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need help identifying this 109g14
« Reply #1 on: January 22, 2006, 02:06:43 AM »
Yep, here is a nice IL-2 skin based on a real G-14 of 2o Gruppo Caccia, 5a Squadriglia, flown by Major Bellagambi (thanks to Ferdinando d'Amico and Abraxa):




This is a brief story of the real 6^ Stormo "Diavoli Rossi" (Red Devils):

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The 6o STORMO is one of the most famous of all Italian Air Force fighter wings. When it was originally activated on 15 January 1936, it consisted of two fighter squadrons with a total of 52 aircraft. At the end of 1936, the wing had already logged over ten thousand flying hours. The year 1939 signaled the end of the Spanish conflict-a conflict in which 6o STORMO personnel earned many decorations. The 6o STORMO's heroic flying continued into World War II. However, its fighter squadrons had become self-sufficient causing the wing to be deactivated on 14 July 1941. The wing was reactivated on 1 January 1951 as the 6o STORMO Caccia Bombadieri. Formed in Treviso, the wing moved to its present location, Ghedi, 1 July 1951. The resurrected wing started its flying operation with the North American P-51D Mustang. These already outdated aircraft were soon replaced by the Fiat DH 100 vampire, the F-84G, the F-84F Thunderstreak, the F-104G Starfighter, and more recently, by the PA-200 Tornado, a Multi-Role Combat Aircraft. On 8 March 1954, the wing was declared to be operationally ready. In 1958, the 6o STORMO Diavoli Rossi Acrobatic team was selected the best in NATO. In 1965, the 154th Fighter Bomber Squadron won the NATO Safety Award. In December 1982, the 6o STORMO received their first PA-200 Tornado. For its colors and standards, many airman continue to perform their work with pride and dignity. These are the airmen of the 6o STORMO Caccia Bombardieri-the Red Devils.
"And one of the finest aircraft I ever flew was the Macchi C.205. Oh, beautiful. And here you had the perfect combination of italian styling and german engineering .... it really was a delight to fly ... and we did tests on it and were most impressed." - Captain Eric Brown