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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Kev367th on July 26, 2005, 03:23:32 PM

Title: Hi Mr Guppy, need some info :)
Post by: Kev367th on July 26, 2005, 03:23:32 PM

You know anything about this -

P-47-D30  -  78th FG/84th FS, Duxford, 1944, Lt. Frank Oiler.

Caught my eye because its RAF Dark Green uppers Sky lowers.

Hoping you have something somewhere. Thanks.

Or I'm fairly sure there were some RAF Jugs?

Ignore most of pic just a test.

(http://www.cyberonic.com/~kreed/odp47.jpg)

Title: Hi Mr Guppy, need some info :)
Post by: SkyChimp on July 26, 2005, 05:04:35 PM

(http://www.gfg06.dial.pipex.com/eileen.jpg) ??!?!?

Title: Hi Mr Guppy, need some info :)
Post by: Greebo on July 26, 2005, 05:17:07 PM

(http://modelingmadness.com/scotts/decals/super/ss48879a.jpg)

How about "No Guts, No Glory" instead?

Title: Hi Mr Guppy, need some info :)
Post by: Kev367th on July 26, 2005, 05:18:36 PM

Lol never even noticed, oh well I'll find something else.

how bout this one - "Birmingham Baron"
(http://www.airwar.ru/transfer/grishan///camms/ar/350/pics/9_6.jpg)

Any info on this or a similar camo one Dan, pretty please?

Title: Hi Mr Guppy, need some info :)
Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2005, 01:24:58 AM

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Originally posted by Kev367th
Lol never even noticed, oh well I'll find something else.

how bout this one - "Birmingham Baron"
(http://www.airwar.ru/transfer/grishan///camms/ar/350/pics/9_6.jpg)

Any info on this or a similar camo one Dan, pretty please?

Think that's another of those OTU Jugs from Egypt so it wasn't a combat bird..  

The RAF only operated the Jug in the CBI so it's the smaller roundels to go with either the gray green camo or green brown..

Do you want profiles of 30 Squadron birds from the CBI for example?

Dan/CorkyJr

Title: Hi Mr Guppy, need some info :)
Post by: Kev367th on July 27, 2005, 11:39:29 AM

Greebo has already covered the SEAC Jugs.

Wonder if they'd take an OTU bird?

Title: otu
Post by: rogerdee on July 27, 2005, 01:00:02 PM

doesnt OTU mean operitional training unit?
 wouldnt that be classed as a combat unit seeing it was in operation as a unit,it was in being in the war so why not?

Title: Re: otu
Post by: Guppy35 on July 27, 2005, 01:13:32 PM

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Originally posted by rogerdee
doesnt OTU mean operitional training unit?
 wouldnt that be classed as a combat unit seeing it was in operation as a unit,it was in being in the war so why not?

OTU's were the last stop before going to an operational combat unit.

It was where the pilots transitioned to their combat ride, but they weren't combat units and more often then not had war weary or earlier model aircraft of the one they'd be flying later on Ops.

As an example a Spitfire OTU would have Spit Is or IIs while the combat units were operating Vs or IXs

In that regard I wouldn't think an OTU skin would work.  If you do that, then do stateside OTU USAAF birds count?  That opens up a whole other can of worms in terms of what skins can 'fly' so to speak

Just my opinion of course :)

Dan/CorkyJr

Title: Hi Mr Guppy, need some info :)
Post by: Kev367th on July 27, 2005, 05:09:31 PM

Big difference - It was an 'In theatre' OCU.