yes, it is IAR-81c, jabo vaiant that was not a jabo (almost all of the IAR-81s were built w/out the bomb racks as they cut the performance too much). could have been a great plane if it had as much HP as the 190,but the Gnome-Rhône 14K II Mistral Major it used was about 700HP less than the BMW 801, so the IAR-80/81 could only do about 340 MPH...the IAR 80/81 weighed ~3000lbs less than the 190, so with a 1700HP engine it might have been damn fast. i read a book by a pilot of the 31st FG who knocked down 5 of these (confirmed) in one mission to polesti, but all the kills were claimed as 190s, it was not until the 70s that the claims were corrected. kind of odd, given that they had the guncamera footage and there are some recognizable differences between the shortnose 190 & the IAR 80/81: tail braces, wing shape, cockpit positioning, cowling...Soviet's A?C recognition skillz are maybe better than 31st FG intelligence officer
