CAPTURED AIRCRAFT - ODD PHOTOS

[v2]

Mossie in German hands....

 

[Njaco]

Some more British bombers from the Bundes Archives....

 

[WhiteLion]

Hiya, just got Jays Kits' PR MkXI and am going to do the decals/paint job for the one captured by Luftwaffe and used for training. The photo on the box (of the actual 'plane) is pretty crap, so I'll find summat better or post a pic of the finished article. Gotta go now, Jon

 

[Waynos]

Although this isn't a captured aircraft, it is rare enough to see an RAF Yak that I think its worth putting here;

 

[v2]

He111H-20

 

[diddyriddick]

Very nice pics, all, and thanks!

But I'm curious. Given the unique silhouette of certain aircraft, were there ever incidences of friendly fire resulting from misidentifying?

 

[piet]

one of my favorite aircraft that never made it,like to have one in 1/32 scale

 

[pbfoot]

Very nice pics, all, and thanks!

But I'm curious. Given the unique silhouette of certain aircraft, were there ever incidences of friendly fire resulting from misidentifying?

tons and tons
I recentlt read where a Spit shot down a Spit and the wingman of the shot down Spit chased and shot down the offending Spit

 

[Njaco]

http://www.pipercubforum.com/luftcubs.htm

 

[v2]

Fokker G-1

 

[vikingBerserker]

Nice! I've always loved the G1

 

[imalko]

Here's another interesting picture of captured aircraft...

 

[Marcogrifo]

Very cool V2, I just saw a couple of days and Bleinheim in captured Italian colors. I will see if I can find it again.

Here it is (source: La Seconda Guerra Mondiale - Gli Aerei Stranieri):

Two pictures of the Bristol Blenheim Mk.IV S.N. N3589 landed at Pantelleria airport on September, 13th 1940

Cheers

 

[Micdrow]

Dont think these have been posted yet!!!

 

[vikingBerserker]

from No. 2044: Kettering's Buzz Bomb

 

[drgondog]

Very nice pics, all, and thanks!

But I'm curious. Given the unique silhouette of certain aircraft, were there ever incidences of friendly fire resulting from misidentifying?

hell yes! Most gunners, particularly new ones (air or ground) were too excited to positively id any aircraft before shooting. One of my dad's friends in the 355th was shot down over Germany by B-17 gunners while he (and 7 other Mustangs) were 'essing' over them flying escort with no enemy fighters in sight or attacks in process.

ditto game birds. I have no idea how many guys I have hunted with (with a lot of experience) that have blasted hen pheasants or Suzie Mallards because they simply weren't looking at easy to identify markings.

I had a friend shot out of a tree blind in the everglades who was wearing a silver/red/blue beaded jacket by a turkey hunter. Fortunatel my friend didn't regain consciousness in time for me to get between them. He recovered fully but was too lucky to imagine.

 

[GrauGeist]

Very nice pics, all, and thanks!

But I'm curious. Given the unique silhouette of certain aircraft, were there ever incidences of friendly fire resulting from misidentifying?

Read this thread, it happened alot: http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/stories/death-george-preddy-22391.html

...I had a friend shot out of a tree blind in the everglades who was wearing a silver/red/blue beaded jacket by a turkey hunter. Fortunatel my friend didn't regain consciousness in time for me to get between them. He recovered fully but was too lucky to imagine.

Been there done that...some friends and I were deer hunting and encountered some idiots brush-shooting at a considerable distance, at what they thought was a buck.

They quickly discovered that the "buck" they were shooting at was more than one, was two legged, and could swear in very clear and precise english...and armed...

Needless to say, they quickly left the area.

 

[Airframes]

Sounds like hunting in the US should earn a Campaign Medal!
As mentiond, there were many, many instances of 'misidentification', which was the reason for special markings on allied fighters, particularly in the ETO. The first was probably the Typhoon which, in plan form, could be mistaken for the FW190, so at first, yellow stripes were painted on the wings, chord-wise, and later, narrow black and white stripes on the inderside of the wings (not to be confused with the broader AEAF stripes from June 5th 1944.).
The P51B/C was mistaken for the Bf109, and had white stripes added to the wings, tailplanes and fin/rudder, which continued with the D and K models, being black on NMF aircraft. The P47 had similar stripes, as it's big radial engine was often mistaken for that of the FW190 and so on.
And of course, come 'D-Day' all allied aircraft, except heavy bombers, operating over the beachead and northern Europe, had the AEAF stripes - just in case!

 

[Pong]

Pretty interesting photos guys, thanks for sharing.

 

[Glider]

Nice photo of the captured 109. Cannot help but notice that it doesn't have the underwing 20mm guns.