Messerschmitt Aldon (in RAF Service)

[Tony C]

Hi,

Just about to depart for bed but before I go, the RAF operated or rather, impounded 4 x Bf 108B at the beginning of WW2 and were renamed the Aldon.

Can anyone shed any light of the colours of any or all of the 4 airframes?

Thanks,

Tony

[The wooksta V2.0]

I think I've seen an illustration of it in typical trainer colours of Dark Earth and Dark Green with yellow undersides.

[Iain Ogilvie]

Found this on Wikipedia:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mes...hmitt_Bf108.jpg

And what looks like a silver bird with lightning flash: Clicky

Edited July 23, 2009 by 32SIG

[TheModeller]

This was in an old Aeroplane...

Got the Edaurd kit I'd like to do as this machine but haven't been able to find out much more about it. Andover is just down the road from me.

[Dave Fleming]

The Aldons (Impressed pre-war) were all painted in Dark Green/Dark Earth/Yellow

Bf108s captured during and after the war carried some more varied schemes - overall blue, Luftwaffe camo, silver - I can think of at least half a dozen off the top of my head.

The pic that 32SIG posted is one of a series of inflight photos taken of DK280 for recognition purposes - note the dark patch under the starboard fuselage, which was caused by oil staining from the engine. One of the shots in the series from the underside shows this really well.

[pigsty]

Why "Aldon"?

[andym]

Why "Aldon"?

I beleive that two Bf 108B-1s were imported pre-war by a Mr H.J. Aldington and that the name derives from his? Don't know if that's true or not though?

Andy

[Tony C]

Thanks for these, I had already located these images but appreciate the imput!

Found this on Wikipedia:

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mes...hmitt_Bf108.jpg

And what looks like a silver bird with lightning flash: Clicky

[Tony C]

Thanks for the additional detail, are you aware if the layout of the upper camo scheme would have been similar to that as used on the RAF Day Fighters?

Tony

The Aldons (Impressed pre-war) were all painted in Dark Green/Dark Earth/Yellow

Bf108s captured during and after the war carried some more varied schemes - overall blue, Luftwaffe camo, silver - I can think of at least half a dozen off the top of my head.

The pic that 32SIG posted is one of a series of inflight photos taken of DK280 for recognition purposes - note the dark patch under the starboard fuselage, which was caused by oil staining from the engine. One of the shots in the series from the underside shows this really well.

[John]

Thanks for the additional detail, are you aware if the layout of the upper camo scheme would have been similar to that as used on the RAF Day Fighters?

Tony

No reson why the shouldn't be, the pattern was standard.

John

[Dave Fleming]

Thanks for the additional detail, are you aware if the layout of the upper camo scheme would have been similar to that as used on the RAF Day Fighters?

Tony

Some where I have a photo of the upper side - I'll see if I can dig it out.

[Tony C]

Another Aldon question, would the propeller blades and hub have been repainted black or more likely to have been left as is?

[John]

I've been in communication with a researcher in Germany on the subject of the impressed Bf108s. He says that D-IJHW doesn't exist in the pre-War German register and that the correct registration may well be D-IHGW, as photographed in this thread I posted a while back:

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.p...86&hl=bf108

Apparently D-IHGW disappears from the record after the start of the War, so maybe a transcription error at some point noted the wrong reg? If the theory is correct, then the whole history of this airframe from its manufacture in 1938 right up to its current incarnation as D-ESBH can be pieced together.

John

[Dave Fleming]

Found that upper photo, it's in the Aerospace Publising book on British Aircraft of WW2