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Dona? I had no sex change!Good one Don
AFAIK those photos are stills - short movie with more information can be found here:And here the "42" during taking off and landing ( the last image) ...
...Many of the shots show how the fuselage-camo wraps around and there is no lower camouflage behind the wing.
Undoubtedly there are many planes with bottom fuselage painted in lighter colour as per the period photos. IMHO "many", "a lot", "most" etc. are words we use to describe things we have seen. Not what we haven't. In this particular case I wanted to point to the fact that NOT ALL IAR-planes had the demarcation line. I tend to trust people like Radu Brinzan and his books when it comes to colours, markings etc. of the IAR.Generally, the undersides were painted with the blue-grey colour for most of the planes...
...BTW the a/c from the stills has no markings on the tail. Could this be a different plane?
I think it was my mistake to say this: there should be only one 42 (or whatever number) - those are serials on the IAR-planes. BTW this below is a better photo of the bird (I guess). No definitive proof about the wrap-around camo though:Not sure if that's the different plane...