Captured P-47 Thunderbolt with Nazi insignia

[Dronescapes]

...Colorized.

 

[fubar57]

Not a very good job of "Colorized" The tail area was RLM04

 

[fubar57]

Kinda like this

 

[Dronescapes]

Kinda like this

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Thank you, I am not a pro at this nor use Photoshop. I do these for fun, as it is relaxing. It is usually done in 30/45 minutes. I think the end result usually adds a different perspective, even when it is not perfect. I will work on fixing it. I should have done more research. I am working on a P-47 now, and I think I got it right. I will post it later.

 

[fubar57]

I use paint.net for this, very easy to use

 

[Dronescapes]

Here it is

 

[fubar57]

Very nice

 

[Dronescapes]

Very nice

Thank you!

 

[Wurger]

 

[Peter Gunn]

Agreed, well done. Somewhere behind me I have a book that has that photo in it along with many others. Written by a German test pilot that spent the war flying/testing Allied aircraft.

 

[f for freddy]

Agreed, well done. Somewhere behind me I have a book that has that photo in it along with many others. Written by a German test pilot that spent the war flying/testing Allied aircraft.

Definitely interested in that title? any info would be much appreciated. Cheers

 

[Alex Smart]

The book that Peter mentioned is -

"Luftwaffe Test Pilot" by Hans-Werner Lerche.

Two others that may also be of interest are -

"In Enemy Hands" by Bryan Phillpott

and

"Foreign Planes in the Service of the Luftwaffe " by Jean-Louis Roba.

 

[Alex Smart]

It would seem that the first "Luftwaffe " P-47 was 42-2240, of the 355FG which landed on November 7th 1943 at Carpiquet,France she became T9+FK.
The one in the photo, T9+LK was it seems from the 301stFS/332ndFG, captured on May 29th 1944 in Italy.
There were others but at this time I do not have details .

 

[Capt. Vick]

Also the squadron/Signal book, "Strangers in a Strange land", and can be had on the cheap.

 

[Snautzer01]

Search results for query: Beute will give a good view of captured material

 

[Alex Smart]

squadron/Signal book, "Strangers in a Strange land",

Thanks, I forgot those two books

 

[Peter Gunn]

The book that Peter mentioned is -

"Luftwaffe Test Pilot" by Hans-Werner Lerche.

Two others that may also be of interest are -

"In Enemy Hands" by Bryan Phillpott

and

"Foreign Planes in the Service of the Luftwaffe " by Jean-Louis Roba.

That's the one.

 

[MIflyer]

Here are a couple of shots of that same airplane, from Strangers in a Strange Land. Note that it is usual in that unlike most captured aircraft with German aircraft, the tail yellow color did not carry over onto the entire bottom.

 

[jgreiner]

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Here it is

Can't quite make out what those partial fuselages are in the upper corner of the building. Anyone have any ideas? Just curious!

 

[fubar57]

Apparently Mosquito fuselage