D Day Repainting

[RickG]

Hi. Recently I saw a video about D Day, and they talked of repainting a/c, and noticed there is a D Day repaint for the Dehavilland Mosquito in the downloads here. So I am wondering--does anybody know the signifigance of the repaints?  Thanks. Rick

[Hagar]

The repainting consisted of black & white bands on the wings & rear fuselage of Allied aircraft involved in the D-Day invasion of 6th June 1944. The idea of these "D-Day" or "Invasion" stripes was to assist identification of friendly aircraft in the hope that they would not be fired on by Allied forces. More information here --> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Invasion_stripes

[RickG]

Hi. Well that certainly makes sense. Guess my wikipedia search skills aren't as good as yours Hagar.  Thanks.  Rick

[patchz]

Glad you asked, 'cause I did not know either. Thanks Doug.

[Hagar]

[quote]Hi. Well that certainly makes sense. Guess my wikipedia search skills aren't as good as yours Hagar.