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Echo Wojtek's post, great info Evgeny. One question though, how come that Bf 110s in 1943 in Italy had yellow wingtips? Wasn't this the feature only of the Eastern front aircraft at this time in the war?
(ZG 26 band was also white as well, photos confirm this)
Thanks Erich, appreciated! So, S9+FN could at some point in life have been equipped with something similar to what you see on +KM? Is that a single 37mm?
"The gun was of 37mm and placed under the central fuselage of a Bf 110 for experimental tests to be conducted. These apparently proved satisfactory, a number of aircraft were similarly equipped and assigned to ZG 76 whose crews took them into action. With a total ammunition-round capacity of twenty-eight there was solid prospects for good results against the American bombers, given that the weapon's accuracy using the aircraft gun sight was a much better guarantor of success than the 21cm rocket. In practise, however, the 37mm gun suffered from an unacceptable low rate of fire; approach to the bomber formations from the recommended rearward angle laid the Bf 110 open to sustained attention from the American tail gunners should the German pilot hold position long enough for his shots to start registering on a specific B-17 or B-24. In addition, the sub-zero temperatures at operational altitude interfered with the smooth functioning of the gun. (According to German records (1) the 37mm was never put into series production, and only a limited number of aircraft were to be assigned to ZG 76. The advent of the American escorts and their depredations upon the Bf 110 finally ensured the weapon's exclusion from the Reichsvertedigungs operations)"
Your as bad as me Jan, you got the color scheme worked out.Are you looking for a specific aircraft as I have this book