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Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Raptor on July 14, 2004, 11:05:35 PM

What is a good reference for research on WW2 Squadrons?

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: B17Skull12 on July 14, 2004, 11:41:33 PM

which country?

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Raptor on July 15, 2004, 01:01:02 AM

US and Japan

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Raptor on July 16, 2004, 10:21:13 PM

bump

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: ramzey on July 17, 2004, 03:29:03 AM

http://www.aircraftresourcecenter.com/link.htm
http://www.j-aircraft.com/
http://www.google.com/ ;-)

Title: Re: WWII Squads
Post by: Easyscor on July 17, 2004, 10:00:36 AM

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Originally posted by Raptor01
What is a good reference for research on WW2 Squadrons?

http://mighty8thaf.preller.us/

ETO

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Rafe35 on July 17, 2004, 01:08:39 PM

Which US Military branch you want, Raptor1?  USAAC/AAF, USMC, or USN?

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Raptor on July 17, 2004, 02:05:57 PM

USAAC

google is not that great... mostly get nothing but model planes, RC planes etc.

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Rafe35 on July 17, 2004, 03:54:20 PM

Check out this website, if you dont' like it, I might able to help you more.

http://web-birds.com/

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Rafe35 on July 17, 2004, 06:05:12 PM

BTW, Raptor, Which group you are looking for or all of them? Fighter? Bombardment? Troop Carrier? etc?

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Raptor on July 23, 2004, 12:51:51 AM

I am actually putting some together for when the new TE comes out. I want to re-build a Burma map I made. I am thinking I could possibly use some skins from AH1 but now with higher resolution pictures, could make them look a whole  lot better.
Mainly looking for 14th FG pictures, but hard to work off of black and white photo's. Also I dont even know where to begin when looking for Japanese fighters/bombers in that area.

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Guppy35 on July 25, 2004, 01:23:09 PM

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Originally posted by Raptor01
I am actually putting some together for when the new TE comes out. I want to re-build a Burma map I made. I am thinking I could possibly use some skins from AH1 but now with higher resolution pictures, could make them look a whole  lot better.
Mainly looking for 14th FG pictures, but hard to work off of black and white photo's. Also I dont even know where to begin when looking for Japanese fighters/bombers in that area.

Just clarifying.  14th FG was a P38 group in the Med not Burma.  Not sure if your 14th interest coincides with the Burma map you are talking about.

there were a few squadrons operating 38s in Burma, 449th and 459th FS were two of them.

Dan/Slack

Title: oops
Post by: Raptor on July 25, 2004, 02:26:10 PM

meant the 14th air force
23rd and 51st FG

Title: Re: oops
Post by: Guppy35 on July 26, 2004, 02:06:01 AM

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Originally posted by Raptor01
meant the 14th air force
23rd and 51st FG

So what aircraft you looking for?

Might be able to help

edited to add some 51st FG and 23rd FG in Color

Dan/Slack
Have scanner will travel...or something like that :)

51st FG P40 Sabre tooth nose art
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1090826861_51stshark.jpg)

51st FG Pilots and a P40
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1090826835_51stpilots.jpg)

51st FG P40K profile
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1090826782_51st40k.jpg)

51st FG P51C profile
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1090826804_51stp51c.jpg)

23rd FG P51Cs with shark noses
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1090827081_23rd51cs.jpg)

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Raptor on July 26, 2004, 02:04:02 PM

Those are helpful pics, what I really need though is to know how Japanese planes in that Area might have been painted.

Title: WWII Squads
Post by: Guppy35 on July 26, 2004, 03:32:58 PM

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Originally posted by Raptor01
Those are helpful pics, what I really need though is to know how Japanese planes in that Area might have been painted.

No Zeros in the CBI and I know AH doesn't have Oscars, but these show the paint schemes for Army fighters.

Also including a scan of a Betty profile of an aircraft operating in China in 41.

Dan/Slack
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1090873826_burmaki1.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1090873848_burmaki2.jpg)
(http://www.onpoi.net/ah/pics/users/169_1090873871_chinabetty.jpg)