Recent content by Balkandave

I was in Istanbul this week and the excellent Hisart Museum had these models of Turkish WW2 aircraft. And a nice diorama from the War of Independence.

Found this. Looks like the changeover started in 1969 but probably took several years.

Hi. Does anyone know when the Turkish Air Force introduced the camouflage paint scheme from the initial USAF aluminium one, which was certainly in use in the late 1960s? The black and white pictures of the 1974 operation are a bit inconclusive to my eye. I am mostly interested in the F-100...

Hi I am interested in finding out more about the Allied squadrons based on the Adriatic island of Vis in WW2. It was a partisan base supported by British commandos and a small US contingent. There was an airstrip on the only flat bit of ground used by mostly US bombers in trouble after raids in...

Thanks. Sadly none turned up but useful for future reference.

No problem. Thanks anyway.

Sorry, meant to ask, do you have a source for your picture, preferably at a higher resolution?

Thanks very much. I mistook the struts in the line drawing in my source for a bi-plane. And it said 1938. That is very helpful.

Hi This picture was taken in the Turkish aircraft factory at Kayseri in the 1930s. Can anyone tell me what aircraft it is. I suspect army cooperation although the list of aircraft I have all look like bi-planes. Thanks.