140 Squadron Mosquito Mk XVI

[Greebo]

This is my skin of a 140 Squadron photo reconnaisance Mosquito Mk XVI based in Belgium in spring 1945. It is painted in the all over PRU blue scheme. The lower fuselage D Day stripes have been retained longer than was normal. This was presumably as an ID aid, as Mossies sometimes got misidentified as Me410s and shot down by USAAF fighters. The spinners seem to be red looking at the photo.

[Kazan_HB]

Excellent as always.

[Plazus]

Great job! 

[lyric1]

Looks great

[Bruv119]

dam americans shoot first ask questions later.   

Nice looking skin Greebo.   

[Liberator]

nice!

[jocko-]

Great job Greebo! I have that same pic in a book of mine with a profile that shows the spinners were finished in Night, if you look at the pic and compare the port spinner with the top most prop blade they do appear to be the same colour.

[Greebo]

Thanks for the feedback Jocko, I've seen that profile and I see what you mean about the propeller. However I wasn't really convinced that the spinners were painted in night black so I looked for another source to make sure. The following website has a profile that also shows them as black, its right at the bottom of the page: http://www.rafweb.org/SqnMark126-140.htm So I will change the colour before submitting.

[JOACH1M]

Awsome skin 

[Guppy35]

The 60 squadron mossies in Italy had the fuselage invasion stripes and the red and white striped tail.  Surprised me to see that kind of ID used in the MTO

[Greebo]

I believe FTJR is working on a skin with those markings Guppy.

Mossies in the MTO and the ETO had a lot of problems with friendly fire, particularly from USAAF fighters. They were often misidentified as Me 410s or LW bombers. The red and white stripes and retention of fuselage D Day stripes into 45 were an attempt to solve this. The USAAF's 25th BG painted the tails of their Mossies red in mid August after a 357th FG Mustang shot one of their aircraft down.

[lyric1]

The 60 squadron mossies in Italy had the fuselage invasion stripes and the red and white striped tail.  Surprised me to see that kind of ID used in the MTO
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He He. I sent Greebo the same two pictures.

If your looking for a S.A.A.F. bird this might be a good one not as colourful it at least has some nose art on both sides of it.







In fact this aircraft is still about today in a Museum it looks very different though now.

Rare to find a surviving Mosquito that actually was used in missions in WWII.

http://www.mossie.org/LR480.htm