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    Bf109 photo recon.... aces???

    Top scoring Aufklärer was Herbert Findeisen with 67 "Kills", all on the Eastern Front. He served with 2./NAGr. 13, 1./NAGr. 4 and 2./NAGr. 4 before becoming an instructor. He ended up back on operations as Gr.Kdr. II./JG 54 (a normal fighter unit) in 1945. 42 of his 67 "kills" were as an...
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    1:1 Spitfire K9817 Cockpit Build

    Camotint is indeed green, though it is very pale and can almost look like an off white. I believe there were also a Camotint Pink. Hill's PR.IV would almost certainly have been PRU Blue, though nothing is garaunteed with the "PRU" even by late 1941. Best Regards Andy Fletcher
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    1:1 Spitfire K9817 Cockpit Build

    Hi Darryl, Taken from the 1 PRU ORB 15 Dec 41; F/L A.E. Hill; Spitfire R7044; T/O: 11:45; Land: 13:35; Results: Photos of W/Ts Etretat-Barfleur area. Hope that is of help. Best Regards Andy Fletcher
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    1:1 Spitfire K9817 Cockpit Build

    Hi Airframes, As A4K says the PR.IV was fitted with canopy blisters as standard, I've not seen a photo of R7044 but I think it a fair assumption that it would have blisters. Best Regards Andy Fletcher
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    1:1 Spitfire K9817 Cockpit Build

    F/L A.E. Hill flew R7044 on the 05 Dec 41 sortie, it was a PR.IV, these would normally have been PRU blue. To have taken an oblique photo it must have had "X" Type camera installation which included an F.24 oblique camera. Best Regards Andy Fletcher
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