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    Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane Spitfire Mk Vb.

    Hi all, surfing on net I came across this website and….WOW, no words! https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.1716227778623211.1073742269.1634742540105069&type=3 I hope you enjoy these pictures as I did. Note the detail of the Shamrock and the absence of the writing “Queen of Salote” on the...
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    Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane Spitfire Mk Vb.

    Hi all, I would like to share with you my last work about Finucane, as I tried to image how Spitfire Mk IIA P8038 could have appeared when flown by Finucane. The profile is based on the only existing photos of P8038 (as far as I know), when it was in charge to No 303 Polish Squadron and...
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    Brendan 'Paddy' Finucane Spitfire Mk Vb.

    First of all apologize me for answering so late, but I noted this thread only yesterday thanks to a PM from Gerry. I would like to add my contribution about Finucane's personal planes: Spitfire BM124: •it is a presentation Spitfire donated to Britain by Queen Salote of Tonga. It was...
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    Galland's Bf 109s

    I agree with you Wayne. At this point we can say that Galland used a "colour code" for his kill markings; if really so, he gained only victories number 92, 93 and 94 flying WNr.6750, while Bf109E "<<+I" with 22 kill markings was indeed his first Bf109 WNr.936, used by Galland at Stab JG 27...
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    Galland's Bf 109s

    Hi Wayne, good research about the "two colours" victory markings; I think these two colours were probably used to distinguish kills gained on that very plane (black) from those gained on different planes (red). See the kill board on Bf109F W.Nr.6714: all the bars were red apart the last two...
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    Hartmann's Bf 109s

    As I wrote on LEMB board my photos are very bad with colours very different from the originals; however even if the original photos are very small (approx 9x6 cm) they are very detailed and I remember the white border on the tulips. I am in contact with the seller in the hope of being able to...
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    Hartmann's Bf 109s

    We can add the new discovered Bf 109G-6 "yellow 1 with small red 2 inside" flown on 4 june 1944 (source "Wing of the Black cross" nr.7) . Please Wotan were did you find the information regarding Bf109G-6s "schwarze 10" and "weisse 20" flown by Hartmann? Can you add more info about these two...
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