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....especially if you check out the wingspan of the pair of them -- the "nearer" one is actually smaller than the "background" one...

My guess is that someone left a layer in their illustration that was meant to be suppressed in the final version (I think that a similar thing in reverse probably happened when the Lightning box art lost its tailplanes.) Perhaps the illustrator changed their mind about which direction that Hurri was meant to be going -- most of them seem to be coming from _behind_ the bombers...

bestest,

M.

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I`d noticed the two Hurri`s too but just assumed like others that one of them had been left in the picture by mistake!

Adam has also done an excellent Mustang picture entitled `Tuskegee Airmen' which appeared in last months `Flypast' magazine but I`ve spotted two things which are a bit iffy,.....

-First one of the B--17G`s which the Mustangs are escorting has just been shot down by an Me 262, BUT didn`t the Tuskegee boast that they never lost a bomber to fighters while they were escorting them,......or is this just a false statement?

-Second,.....the B-17G`s carry partial i/d markings for an 8th AF bomber wing when they were actually used to escort 15th AF B-17 & B-24 formations based in Italy.

I`d be very happy to hear that I`m wrong on both accounts and that the picture is historically accurate and faithfully depicts a specific combat,.....but the two things just jumped out at me as a bit iffy. I`ve e mailed Adams gallery about this but have yet to hear anything back.

Cheers

Tony

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