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There is a pretty good article on the Le Loire-Nieuport 401/411 in the No.43 issue of Air Magazine from August/September 2008. How is your French?

Well, the plot thickens... I am definitely having second thoughts on the Hs.117 now that I have some additional information. One of the reasons I love this forum is the combined knowledge that we so gladly share. I am on the road five days a week and one of the first things I do when I get...

Hs 117 Schmetterling missile...The Smithsonian has one on display. I dug through my archives and found a few from my last visit there.

Have you visited the 417th Night Fighters website? They have a pretty good .pdf on the History of the 418th NFS there.

If you search the web for photos of Robert T. Smith who was an ace with the AVG Flying Tigers and 1st Air Commando pilot, you will find a few sources of his color images from WW2. I have a couple of images that I found that show the red markings still in use in 1944. I know that akg-images...

The water spots and fire damage give it character... I lost a few hundred books myself in 1977 to the same predicament. Glad it came out the other side. Thanks for sharing!

I don't have a copy of any of the following manual: *Bell P-39 Series 1944 Erection & Maintenance Instructions T.O. 01-110F-2 but, there are a few excerpts of this manual in Mushroom 6106 - Bell P-39 Airacobra [Mushroom Yellow Series]. There is a drawing of a P-400 with fuselage station...

This might help. table of colors Warbooklover

Here's a few free publications for direct download... U.S. Army Center of Military History Eyes of Artillery: The Origins of Modern U.S. Army Aviation in World War II (CMH Pub 70-31) The Origins of Modern U.S. Army Aviation in World War II - U.S. Army Center of Military History THE AIA...

I looks like it might be a Avia FL.3 prop. They were a primary trainer for the Regia Aeronautica with 300+ produced... I think a few are still flying in Italy and eastern europe.

Here is a breakdown of the production of liaison aircraft for the US Army...No images of the data plate. The serial number was painted on the fuselage side under the windscreen. US Army Grasshoppers from the book; The Fighting Grasshoppers, US Liaison Aircraft Operations in Europe, 1942-45...

Good job. I knew I had seen it before. I have seen a color image of an aircraft being delivered with this logo and scroll... No luck finding it in my archives. Both my grandparents worked for Lockheed on the P-38 assembly line in Long Beach, CA. during the war. My mother still has a charm...

104th Div (TNG) 1982-88 USAR

I've gone through my collection and have only found the same image. Looks like this might be a better copy in .tiff format. I know I have seen a photo of this logo before. I think there is another photo out there of this aircraft being delivered that might have a few more details...I just...