No problem, the fighter itself is based on a 190 A-4 from Schlactgeswader II fighting in the Crimea in 1942, this particular fighter ''F'' was shot down in July 1944 over Germany in engagements with P-51 Mustangs of the 352nd...
There were 2 squadrons of Luftwaffe 190's that looked this way, in late '44 they did have the crosses removed as a confusion attempt for the allied fighters, so this glider is actually historically accurate...
I wonder how effective that this confusion attempt would have been considering the rest of the paint scheme make it obvious that this was not an Allied fighter.
It did work in 1944, despite France being re captured by the Allies, the gunners on our side were still paranoid to where the Luftwaffe was, so they would shoot anything...and by that time the Germans had been re painting their aircraft in brown and green, let alone multi tone greys...
Based on the FROG Fw-190 A-4 kit colour scheme from 1959, it was a beautiful addition!
ReplyDeleteI didn't know that this color scheme was known as "FROG". Thanks for the info!
ReplyDeleteNo problem, the fighter itself is based on a 190 A-4 from Schlactgeswader II fighting in the Crimea in 1942, this particular fighter ''F'' was shot down in July 1944 over Germany in engagements with P-51 Mustangs of the 352nd...
ReplyDeleteWas there a whole bunch of 190 A-4's that looked like this?
ReplyDeleteThere were 2 squadrons of Luftwaffe 190's that looked this way, in late '44 they did have the crosses removed as a confusion attempt for the allied fighters, so this glider is actually historically accurate...
ReplyDeleteI wonder how effective that this confusion attempt would have been considering the rest of the paint scheme make it obvious that this was not an Allied fighter.
ReplyDeleteIt did work in 1944, despite France being re captured by the Allies, the gunners on our side were still paranoid to where the Luftwaffe was, so they would shoot anything...and by that time the Germans had been re painting their aircraft in brown and green, let alone multi tone greys...
ReplyDeleteInteresting. Maybe I'll be able find a video on Youtube about this.
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