Andre B Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) Or is it just an artistic confusion? I havn't seen any aircraft with black/white/black/white/black D-day markins before. They usually be white/black/white/black/white...http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=352&Style=item&origStyle=list&Item=79&Temp=1491&searchString= /André Edited April 8, 2017 by Andre B 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Knight Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 That looks like an artists error; although without a photograph of that P51 to confirm or deny it However; Hawker Typhoons did wear narrow b/w/b/w/b stripes under the wings for a period as a type & friendly identity marking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lasermonkey Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 If you click the "previous" button on the link above it takes you to a photograph of that particular aircraft, showing that it does indeed have reversed markings. Hope this helps, Mark. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) 36 minutes ago, lasermonkey said: If you click the "previous" button on the link above it takes you to a photograph of that particular aircraft, showing that it does indeed have reversed markings. Hope this helps, Mark. Yes indeed! I only looked at the smaller pictures of that aircraft and from my angle and laptop the first black band more looked like an shadow. But clearly this aircraft had three black bands on the fuselage. For sure an aircraft to build and compete with at IPMS competitions making the judges confused... Thanks for your attention Mark! Edited April 8, 2017 by Andre B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tonyot Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 Some USAAF had extra stripes too; 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinnie Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 10 hours ago, Andre B said: Or is it just an artistic confusion? I havn't seen any aircraft with black/white/black/white/black D-day markins before. They usually be white/black/white/black/white...http://www.littlefriends.co.uk/gallery.php?Group=352&Style=item&origStyle=list&Item=79&Temp=1491&searchString= /André Lovely colour scheme on that Mustang. Do I want one? Hell Yeah! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul J Posted April 8, 2017 Share Posted April 8, 2017 The caption to one of the photos also clearly states the stripe arrangement anomaly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre B Posted April 8, 2017 Author Share Posted April 8, 2017 (edited) 19 hours ago, Vinnie said: Lovely colour scheme on that Mustang. Do I want one? Hell Yeah! Also consider building this one next time. Just wonder how the D-day bands was painted on the wings? That aircraft clearly stands out! : ) Edited April 9, 2017 by Andre B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stonar Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Reading the Operational Memorandum, it is easy to see how the wrongly ordered stripes on a fuselage might occur. The order is not stipulated clearly for the fuselage stripes, whereas it is for those to be applied on the wings. Assumption (that the order of stripes specified for the wings ( "...from center outward: white, black, white, black, white.") ) would be transposed to the fuselage may have been the mother of this particular c*ck up. Cheers Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melvyn hiscock Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 Sgt, I gave you one job and........... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boman Posted April 12, 2017 Share Posted April 12, 2017 B/WB/WB stripes have been seen on many USAAF and RAF fighters and light bombers. There are many exmples with the 352FG, 356FG and others to this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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