MIflyer
1st Lieutenant
From Av Week, March 1943
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P-39Q-21-BE 44-3926 French
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Does anyone have info on the door graphic? It appears to be a dog or some other 4-legged animal looking back over its shoulder.Captured by Germans, seems to have USA type and colour star.
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Is the straw heated?
It's only a garnish.Is the straw heated?
As much as the amazing camo, what really catches my eye is the camo Airacuda center right. Never have seen it that dressed that way, really makes it look much more purposeful than the all silver metal versions usually seen. Too bad it underperformed, it really looks the part what could have been repurposed as a devastating attack craft.(Sorry, Buffnut - I'm an unrepentant enabler!
Hi Fubar,
This was a show for Congress and VIPs to show just how ready we were as war was brewing up in Europe. There are a bunch more outdoors photos showing other aircraft in the Life magazine collections (though I don't have the links) that might give a hint of the colors.
Camouflage responsibility had been at Wright Field, but the Materiel folks balked at Arnold's demand for permanent camouflage finishes, so he transferred the authority to the Air Corps Board at Maxwell in 1939. Maxwell would have been as close to any experimental camouflage division as we had at the time. They were already coming close to OD/Neutral Gray, but the Wright Field colors were what was available in January 1940.
Here are some more pix:
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That is the B-18 that tested the 75mm gun mount. Tarps cover the breach and the sighting system.