Jerry Crandall's Dora book

[moot]

Well that might be it.  This is what I was told:
"The odd ball out however is in the new Jerry Crandall Dora-9 book where reference to an overall orange-red Ta152,which was flown by the Kommodore, Obslt. Fritz Auffhammer when he returned it to Rechlin Technical Centre after evaluation."

Krusty, I must have missed that scan of the profile, do you still have it up somewhere?

Thanks for the links Wotan

[Krusty]

Will re-post this evening. Am still at work and I have to reupload it. It has a caption and I think it might have been JG11 (???) but I can't recall for sure.

[Fulmar]

Originally posted by JB73
I can live off $.25 burritos for that long right?

Your colon may be ruptured by then.

[Krusty]

Originally posted by moot
Krusty, I must have missed that scan of the profile, do you still have it up somewhere?

Sorry about that, forgot to upload it!

Here it is. JG301, not JG11 (couldn't remember at the time)




Color's a bit dark. Looks like 2-tone green camo.

[moot]

Thanks!
What book is that from?.. The reich defense band doesn't match 301's usual colors...  Are there any other references to its origin, e.g. who flew it, or where it flew?

That is probably not the plane I was thinking of.  I was specificaly told it was "overall red-orange".

[Krusty]

The book? Something generic from the library, a while ago (probably scanned it 6 months ago). It was on a page with other graphcis (including the emblem you can see) so it didn't discuss this plane in detail. It talked breifly about late war planes, but was an "overview" type of book.

[moot]

It doesn't look right.. might have been drawn based on a second hand report or something.

[Krusty]

Well it was one of those books where they didn't try to do the ...say... Gunston-quality profiles. Most of the graphics looked a little like that (more cartoony, less shadows/depth). However, I can't think the artist would just paint it from imagination. Generally, even inaccurate artwork has a basis.


I've been hoping there's some other reference to this, so that I could skin it. I've not found what inspired this artist just yet.


EDIT: I heard that JG11 stole/took one of the 152Hs for "testing" (basically combat testing), and the single yellow band is the JG11 colors.

I wonder if it's just mis-labeled as JG301?


Anybody know of any JG11 TA152 references we can compare it to?

[Guppy35]

I wouldn't trust it without some sort of photo back up.  I'm sure some of the LW experts here would know better, but as with any profile, it's often the artist's interpretation.  Too many times it's found not to be accurate.

[moot]

I didn't say the artist painted it from imagination, just that it didn't look right.  I did say it looked like a profile made based on a second hand report or something.

A JG11 Ta152.
Where did you hear about the testing Ta152s JG11 borrowed from '301?

There's supposed to be a book with lots of info on JG301, including their 152s, but it's not due for a few months yet. The author won't spill any beans at all... PITA for us skinners

[Krusty]

Originally posted by Guppy35
I wouldn't trust it without some sort of photo back up.  I'm sure some of the LW experts here would know better, but as with any profile, it's often the artist's interpretation.  Too many times it's found not to be accurate.

Totally agree

[moot]

There's no picture of the orange 152, but a profile, a copy of the flight report, and a reason given for the paint scheme..  So it's in there.

Anyone found it yet?

[Krusty]

If it was a non-combat paint scheme (i.e. pure prototype testing) you probably won't see it as an AH skin, FYI.

[moot]

I don't think it was a prototype.. We'll know for sure when someone with the book reports on the anecdote.

[Krusty]

Just an example