Yes the surrender scheme!
Interesting, a green cross Betty!
Just so everyone else knows after the Japanese surrender in August 1945 (the official ceremony on the battleship Missouri wouldn't be until September) any Japanese aircraft needed for administrative or transportation purposes were supposed to be painted white and with green cross markings marking them as non-combatants, any still flying with wartime markings would be shot down immediately.
philo426 I guess they used to call the Betty Bomber "roman candles"because they were so easy to set ablaze.
I guess they used to call the Betty Bomber "roman candles"because they were so easy to set ablaze.
Right. Bettys had great range but that came at the expense of light construction and no armor plate around vulnerable areas. Japanese pilots disliked them intensely.
In areas where there was little to no air opposition they could be devastating but where there WAS opposition they were death traps.
philo426 Lucky shot!
Lucky shot!
Indeed! Ruined that Japanese pilot's day but made theirs!
The P-61, also known as the "Black Widow," was a night fighter and was painted black. There is a story that one of these planes had taken off one night and when clearing their guns to make sure they worked properly, an explosion in the black sky occurred in front of them. Unbeknownst to the plane they had shot an undetected Jap plane.
Interesting stuff!
the Caniff story is a good one; no one can plan for everything! luckily another unplanned event was the flight at the right time to prove the point!
The P 61 was developed as a night fighter.
P-38. encouragement for friends poems
stuartmit Was thinking of P38 lightning
Was thinking of P38 lightning
Kind of easy the confuse the two, the P-38's pretty famous, the P-61's a bit more obscure unless you're a real WW2 aviation fan.
Here's a good P-61 story. During WW2 comic artist Milton Caniff drew a P-61 in one of his "Terry And The Pirates" comic strip. A few days after publication he had two FBI agents knocking on his door and telling him "That airplane's classified, no-one's supposed to know about it and how did YOU find out about it?"
Caniff said "Look, how am I supposed to know? The things are flying over my house every day!" At just that moment one did! "OK," said the G-Men, "Just don't do it again until it's made public, all right?"
Caniff later went on to do the "Steve Canyon" strip.
Mustang was totally different!
Nope. I'm wrong
P51 different
I thought it was a P51
Here is my Boeing Stratocrusier..
I used Alclad bright chrome over a gloss black primer coat.
Looks great! I've always had trouble getting decals to stick to a chrome finish.
Same me, different spelling!
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