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General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: L0nGb0w on November 09, 2009, 03:36:54 PM
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Some b17s were captured and flown by Kampfgeschwader 200, would be a cool skin, not sure if it's allowed or not but it's interesting either way. :salute
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/AWhetstone99/B17_kg200.jpg) (http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/AWhetstone99/b17gKG200.gif)
(http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/AWhetstone99/B17-30x.jpg) (http://i289.photobucket.com/albums/ll202/AWhetstone99/germanb-17.jpg)
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Captured skins not allowed.
I wish they were. Would love to fly a japanese P-40.
(http://www.j-aircraft.com/captured/capturedby/p40warhawk/p-40e_50fr_art.jpg)
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so they allow the Hurry1 Cap Skin?
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You mean the one with the swatsticas?
Its finnish. I think the finns purchased the plane. Its like the brewster.
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so they allow the Hurry1 Cap Skin?
Here we go again....
wrongway
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Here we go again....
wrongway
Was thinking the same thing!
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The Finns bought or were given the Hurricanes during the Winter War, but they didn't get there in time to fight. The Winter War happened before Finland found itself at war with the UK.
The Japanese C-47 was not captured. Before the war Nakakjima purchased a license to build DC-3s and those were used as a transport aircraft the the Japanese navy with the code "L2D", the "D" in that case being the IJN's letter code for the manufactuer "Douglas".
Any others?
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Any others?
The list is to long to mention.
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The list is to long to mention.
I meant aircraft in AH that people might see a skin for and think it is captured.
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I meant aircraft in AH that people might see a skin for and think it is captured.
Off teh top of my head ( know the real stories...):
Finnish Buffalo
French Ju88
wrongway
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Iraqi 110s
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Iraqi 110s
IIRC those were sent to Iraq by Germany to aid an Iraqi rebellion which could have went badly for Britain had it succeeded (oil).
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There's a lot of different aircraft that wound up Finnish.
The Fins did not belong to any particular side during WW2, although we typically clump them with Axis. The Fins fought to preserve their own freedom in the midst of two clashing European titans - Germany and Russia. As such, they had to play both sides, which meant they got their war materiel from any and every place they could.
PS, what's the story behind the French Ju88s?
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Also the Romanian Hurricane. Not captured, they bought a bunch before the war, and also had others given to them by the Germans (ones captured in Yugoslavia). Almost all were used by Escadrila 53, based at Mamaia (just north of Constanta on the Black Sea coast) to defend against the Russian raids on the port facilities. Never used them frontline to avoid confusion with the Russian-flown Hurris. Their engines were eventually removed and used to power torpedo boats to the end of the war.
(http://www.pilotwear.com/store/i/is.aspx?path=/shared/images/Hasegawa/HAS09609.jpg&lr=t&bw=600&bh=600)
(http://www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/2004/11/images/profile_romanian_02.jpg)
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(http://www.netaces.org/skins/c47a/skin7.jpg)
If captured skins are not allowed, then why do we have a C-47 in Japanese skin? Or were they licensed before the war. Just wondering.
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(http://www.netaces.org/skins/c47a/skin7.jpg)
If captured skins are not allowed, then why do we have a C-47 in Japanese skin? Or were they licensed before the war. Just wondering.
Produced under license.
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If captured skins are not allowed, then why do we have a C-47 in Japanese skin? Or were they licensed before the war. Just wondering.
becuase
The Finns bought or were given the Hurricanes during the Winter War, but they didn't get there in time to fight. The Winter War happened before Finland found itself at war with the UK.
The Japanese C-47 was not captured. Before the war Nakakjima purchased a license to build DC-3s and those were used as a transport aircraft the the Japanese navy with the code "L2D", the "D" in that case being the IJN's letter code for the manufactuer "Douglas".
Read the whole thread
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PS, what's the story behind the French Ju88s?
From: Axis History Forum-Topic: The (Free) French Air Force in 1940-1945 (Listing attempt) (http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=98874)
The FFI "Groupement Patrie" is created to provide air support to the French partisans who will liberate the South-Western part of France and reduce the German pockets in the Atlantic harbors. The creation was already planned and started in July 1944. The "Groupement Patrie" includes: Groupe Dor (GB I/31), Groupe Doret (GC II/18), GCB I/18, GB I/34 and GR III/33. The first operational mission is flown on August 29, 1944. The "Groupement Patrie" is part of the "Forces Aériennes de l'Atlantique" (Atlantic Air Forces), which includes also 2 Fleet Air Arm squadrons operating with the FFI ground troops.
* The Groupe DOR flew reconnaissance and bombing mission against the German pockets along the Atlantic coast. At first the number of operational Ju-88A is rather low. The French have to found spare parts, engines, oil etc. But the German have left a huge stockpile of equipment behind. There will be a maximum 22 Ju-88As. Nonetheless the French produced the Ju-88 under the name AAB.1. A second squadron was formed with Douglas DB7 and Glenn Martin 167-F planes. This squadron was then sent to North Africa to be transformed on B-26 Marauder but the unit was not ready before the end of WW2.
wrongway
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Produced under license.
Ah, thanks for clearing that up for me.
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Heh been a while since I stopped in. Thanks to Wrongway for the story behind the French 88s. That's pretty cool.
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(http://www.netaces.org/skins/c47a/skin7.jpg)
If captured skins are not allowed, then why do we have a C-47 in Japanese skin? Or were they licensed before the war. Just wondering.
I wonder...
Nvm didn't know there was a second page LOL.