Author Topic: German P51-g1 (Read 723 times)

Nisky · « **on:** January 16, 2008, 02:14:06 PM »

Has anyone done a skin on a captured P51? I found this link just browsing.

http://capturedplanes.tripod.com/p-51.htm

Motherland · « **Reply #1 on:** January 16, 2008, 02:15:26 PM »

Did it/they see combat?

moot · « **Reply #2 on:** January 16, 2008, 02:15:49 PM »

Captured skins aren't allowed.

TUXC · « **Reply #3 on:** January 16, 2008, 02:31:24 PM »

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Originally posted by moot
Captured skins aren't allowed.

Is this a rule? What's the deal with the British Ju-88 then?

Treize69 · « **Reply #4 on:** January 16, 2008, 02:34:27 PM »

I've wondered that too, but it is a rule.

And its French, not British.

Larry · « **Reply #5 on:** January 16, 2008, 02:36:27 PM »

French Ju88 you mean?

TUXC · « **Reply #6 on:** January 16, 2008, 02:38:56 PM »

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Originally posted by Larry
French Ju88 you mean?

Ah, my mistake. I was going by memory and remembered red, white, blue and roundels.

Motherland · « **Reply #7 on:** January 16, 2008, 05:28:31 PM »

I always make that mistake too. I thought the French and British hated each other, why did they have to make their roundels so similar?

Greebo · « **Reply #8 on:** January 16, 2008, 06:47:54 PM »

In WW1 British planes had Union Jack flags to start with, but they tended to get shot at by their own side who mistook the flags for German crosses. So the British changed to the French style roundels, just with the red and blue reversed.

Motherland · « **Reply #9 on:** January 16, 2008, 06:59:44 PM »

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Originally posted by Greebo
In WW1 British planes had Union Jack flags to start with, but they tended to get shot at by their own side who mistook the flags for German crosses. So the British changed to the French style roundels, just with the red and blue reversed.

Interesting.

AWwrgwy · « **Reply #10 on:** January 17, 2008, 12:13:59 AM »

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Originally posted by TUXC
Is this a rule? What's the deal with the British Ju-88 then?

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6) FRENCH FORCES OF THE INTERIOR (FFI) – Forces Aériennes de l'Atlantique

[The FFI "Groupement Patrie" is created to provide air support to the French partisans who will liberate the South-Western part of France and reduce the German pockets in the Atlantic harbors. The creation was already planned and started in July 1944. The "Groupement Patrie" includes: Groupe Dor (GB I/31), Groupe Doret (GC II/18), GCB I/18, GB I/34 and GR III/33. The first operational mission is flown on August 29, 1944. The "Groupement Patrie" is part of the "Forces Aériennes de l'Atlantique" (Atlantic Air Forces), which includes also 2 Fleet Air Arm squadrons operating with the FFI ground troops /I]

* The Groupe DOR flew reconnaissance and bombing mission against the German pockets along the Atlantic coast. At first the number of operational Ju-88A is rather low. The French have to found spare parts, engines, oil etc. But the German have left a huge stockpile of equipment behind. There will be a maximum 22 Ju-88As. Nonetheless the French produced the Ju-88 under the name AAB.1. A second squadron was formed with Douglas DB7 and Glenn Martin 167-F planes. This squadron was then sent to North Africa to be transformed on B-26 Marauder but the unit was not ready before the end of WW2.

Taken verbatim from the above linky message board.

wrngway

Nisky · « **Reply #11 on:** January 17, 2008, 02:38:10 AM »

Oh ok no captured skins thanks guys.

lyric1 · « **Reply #12 on:** January 17, 2008, 07:06:18 AM »

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Originally posted by moot
Captured skins aren't allowed.

I need some clarification on this rule are all captured skins taboo because they are captured aircraft? Or is it because that there were never enough planes to make it to a squadron level. Or was it because the captured planes supposedly never were used in combat by the axis?

rogerdee · « **Reply #13 on:** January 17, 2008, 03:15:40 PM »

i have always been told no captured skins no matter what they were