F-4u-1 German Corsair

[leptiprince]

I know for this model it is only what if but it inspires me. Do you think of what glitters of the luftwaffe are the drawings for the plane?

 

[Sturmovik]

Maybe make a Japanese Corsair. Just to stay more or less accurate in the theatre of this aircraft.

Edited May 20, 2018 by Sturmovik

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

Actually I have read that the germans captured a downed Royal Navy corsair in Norway sometime in 1944. They never could get it operational and could never get it to work. It was supposedly crated shipped to Germany and reassembled minus the landing gear. 

 

Apparently they also couldn't figure the wing fold either ?  

Edited May 20, 2018 by Corsairfoxfouruncle

[Corsairfoxfouruncle]

This is what I found about the Corsair online. 

 

CAPTURED FLEET AIR ARM AIRCRAFT:

Quote:

“Corsair JT404 of 1841 squadron. Involved in anti-submarine patrol from HMS Formidable enroute to Scapa after Operation Mascot against the German Battleship Tirpitz, in company with Barracuda of Wing Leader Lt Cdr RS Baker-Falkner. Emergency landing in a field at Sorvag, Hameroy, near Bodo, Norway on 18 July 1944. The pilot Lt Mattholie taken POW and the aircraft captured intact with no damage. The german authorities made attempts to get the pilot to explain how to fold the wings so as to transport the aircraft to Narvik. Aircraft was ferried by boat for further investigation. It is not known if the Corsair was taken to Germany. This was probably the first Corsair captured by the Germans. Aircraft is listed at Rechlin for 1944 under repair.

Some more info on the mission that resulted in the loss:

Quote:

On July 18, 1944, with the Fleet threatened by U-Boat wolf packs, Lt Cdr Baker-Falkner was launched on the first anti-submarine patrol. Flying a Barracuda II aircraft with the serial LS556 and the squadron code 5K, he was assisted by his Observer, Lt G.N. Micklem, and his [telegraphist] Air Gunner (TAG), PO A.H. Kimberley.

A Corsair of 1841 squadron flown by the senior pilot, Sub Lt HS Mattholie, escorted his Barracuda. Tragically, the weather worsened and Baker-Falkner's Barracuda and the Corsair failed to find the Fleet and became separated. Baker-Falkner and his crew were lost at sea. Sub Lt Mattholie crash-landed in Norway and was subsequently taken as a prisoner of war. “

 

Dennis

[Sturmovik]

@Corsairfoxfouruncle in that case, a German Corsair would look nice, just like the Messerspit.

[noelh]

I like the scheme in the drawing but more likely any markings would resemble other captured allied aircraft assuming it ever reached that stage. 

 

As for wing fold, I imagine despite the pilot's lack of cooperation. They would have figured it out. 

 

The Corsair looks quite Teutonic. I think.

[leptiprince]

To help me someone has the number 18 in decals in addition to 1/72 in these reverses