Interesting B-17 skin opportunity

[L0nGb0w]

Some b17s were captured and flown by Kampfgeschwader 200, would be a cool skin, not sure if it's allowed or not but it's interesting either way. 

[sandwich]

Captured skins not allowed.

I wish they were. Would love to fly a japanese P-40.

[MrMeanie]

so they allow the Hurry1 Cap Skin?

[sandwich]

You mean the one with the swatsticas?

Its finnish. I think the finns purchased the plane. Its like the brewster.

[AWwrgwy]

so they allow the Hurry1 Cap Skin?

Here we go again....



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[Serenity]

Here we go again....



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Was thinking the same thing!

[Karnak]

The Finns bought or were given the Hurricanes during the Winter War, but they didn't get there in time to fight.  The Winter War happened before Finland found itself at war with the UK.

The Japanese C-47 was not captured.  Before the war Nakakjima purchased a license to build DC-3s and those were used as a transport aircraft the the Japanese navy with the code "L2D", the "D" in that case being the IJN's letter code for the manufactuer "Douglas".

Any others?

[lyric1]

Any others?

The list is to long to mention.

[Karnak]

The list is to long to mention.

I meant aircraft in AH that people might see a skin for and think it is captured.

[AWwrgwy]

I meant aircraft in AH that people might see a skin for and think it is captured.

Off teh top of my head ( know the real stories...):

Finnish Buffalo
French Ju88



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[kilo2]

Iraqi 110s

[Motherland]

Iraqi 110s

IIRC those were sent to Iraq by Germany to aid an Iraqi rebellion which could have went badly for Britain had it succeeded (oil).

[boomerlu]

There's a lot of different aircraft that wound up Finnish.

The Fins did not belong to any particular side during WW2, although we typically clump them with Axis. The Fins fought to preserve their own freedom in the midst of two clashing European titans - Germany and Russia. As such, they had to play both sides, which meant they got their war materiel from any and every place they could.

PS, what's the story behind the French Ju88s?

[Treize69]

Also the Romanian Hurricane. Not captured, they bought a bunch before the war, and also had others given to them by the Germans (ones captured in Yugoslavia). Almost all were used by Escadrila 53, based at Mamaia (just north of Constanta on the Black Sea coast) to defend against the Russian raids on the port facilities. Never used them frontline to avoid confusion with the Russian-flown Hurris. Their engines were eventually removed and used to power torpedo boats to the end of the war.

[beau32]

If captured skins are not allowed, then why do we have a C-47 in Japanese skin?  Or were they licensed before the war. Just wondering.