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Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Fongman on January 25, 2006, 10:10:49 PM

(http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/Hangar/9310/spit12.jpg)

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: GRUNHERZ on January 25, 2006, 10:36:37 PM

(http://www.luftwaffe.cz/images/schmidt2.jpg)

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Krusty on January 25, 2006, 11:26:35 PM

LMAO Grunherz!!!

Fongman, do you mean the different colors? Could be a bad color plate/negative or could be a replacement tail. I think it's a bad color spill/bleed that fouled up the negative.

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: MiloMorai on January 26, 2006, 02:43:18 AM

A Spitfire of 303 Polish Sqd. Sqn Ldr Zumbach's plane, 1942

You can see a better photo here, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No._303_(Polish)_Squadron_RAF

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Squire on January 26, 2006, 02:53:45 AM

Spit Vb EN951

Delivered new to No.133 Sqn in October 1942, transferred to No. 303 Sqn in June 1942 and flown by O.C. S/L  Jan Zumbach untill December 1942. It later served with 315, 504 and 129 Sqns, before going to the RAFs Central Gunnery School. It survived the war and was used as an instructional airframe.

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Stang on January 26, 2006, 08:51:05 AM

Quote

Originally posted by GRUNHERZ
(http://www.luftwaffe.cz/images/schmidt2.jpg)

:lol

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Kev367th on January 26, 2006, 11:37:02 AM

Survived the war.
Guess they were erasing the kill mark :)

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

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Nashwan on January 26, 2006, 11:40:22 AM

Proof the Luftwaffe overclaimed, more like. :)

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Angus on January 26, 2006, 12:03:42 PM

Oh they did or rather the Germans, - the LW had (at least after 1940) quite an accurate claims system.
Just for curiousity, - which 109 is it being marked?

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: gripen on January 26, 2006, 12:20:17 PM

Looks like a 109F in eastern front.

gripen

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Panzzer on January 26, 2006, 12:24:23 PM

Members of the ground crew paint victory bar number 44 on the rudder of Erich Schmidt's "Yellow 11". Surash, 27 August 1941. (From Luftwaffe.cz (http://www.luftwaffe.cz/schmidt.html)).

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Replicant on January 26, 2006, 02:41:56 PM

Nah, he's marking how many leather underpants he's gone through ;)

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Charge on January 27, 2006, 05:27:05 AM

"Just for curiousity, - which 109 is it being marked?"

I'd say it is F2 because it has those visible strengthening bands in tail section.

-C+

Title: What Happen of this Spitfire??
Post by: Angus on January 27, 2006, 06:38:24 PM

"Nah, he's marking how many leather underpants he's gone through "

Nah, it's how many times he oiled them, hehe :D