Re: [GZG] Vehicle ID

[John Leary <john_t_leary@xxxxxxxxx>]

As every bonber gunner knows, there were only three
types of fighters over Europe, Bf109 (Inline engine),
Fw190 (Radial engine), and P38s (Twin boom).

Bye for now,
John L.

--- Robert Bryett <rbryett@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

> 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.


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