Re: [GZG] Vehicle ID

 >>>> I'm forcefully reminded of the widely used picture of a panzer  
III advancing into russia with a huge mucking german flag strapped  
over the turret top to the eager stuka pilots knew to aim the other  
way :) <<<<

My Dad was an RAF pilot, so I feel I have to remind the list of the  
broad black & white "invasion stripes" painted on allied tactical  
aircraft from 1944 so that all the myopic pongos on the ground might  
recognise which planes were friendlys... Relying on ground troops'  
aircraft-recognition skills could be dangerous, as many a pilot of an  
early P-51 mistaken for a bf109 could attest. Friendly fire goes up  
as well as down.

Best regards, Robert Bryett
rbryett@mail.com

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