Industria Aeronautică Română IAR80

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The last two photos show No. 344, 349 and 397. All 3 are IAR 81-C, the most produced version AFAIK, armed with 2x20mm Mauser MG151/20 and 2x7.92 Browning machine guns.
397 show roundels from the time Romania changed the sides (August 1944). The fuselage band and the wing tips are in white, not in yellow anymore (During this period until the end of the WWII in Europe, yellow="bandits", white=allies ).

P.S. Because the original poster was offended by my remark, I deleted it. It was not important, just my personal opinion.

Cheers!
 
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IMHO it is not possible that the ebay-seller has the originals even if he writes in the description that "the photo-paper is old
And you have examined of course. Bought one and so on..test paper. Examined wich copy it was or perhaps from what archive it came from or what collector/writer is disolving his archive.

I bet now a fine..fine whisky you have not.
So it is an opinion. Nothing more. You did say so in a way one might can read something else in it.

Btw if you have followed my eBay trawls you will see that sometimes known pictures are now on the back have writing on them.
In period script. And that later copies have not. Even published ones in well known books And sometimes with translation mistakes.

Now..what is the original now?

Furthermore a negatieve can host a lot of copies. Again please view my eBay trawls.

Being published is nice but do not mean anything. It does not mean other copies of the original negatieve do nor float around.

It was common practice. Allied or axis.

Ask me how I know after 30 + years of looking at those eBay pictures. And archives. Daily. Every day.

So I think it is quite a bold statement you made.
 
So it is an opinion. Nothing more.
That's it! You said it!
I only don't understand why do you want to shoot me every time I make a note about one of your posts? What's the point? Are you the owner of the photos? I doubt it.
Some time ago you told me, you've seen more photos than all of us together at this forum, so I shouldn't make any remarks about your contributions.
So it be.
Have a whisky and have a nice sleep. Tomorrow is another day.
 
It is the doubt you try to create around sellers but with out any evidence.

I am not having it in for you. But post like the one you made, makes me asking the simple questions. How do you underwrite your statement. That's all.

Now opinions everybody got them. Do not be suprised when called however.

End of discussion.
 

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