D Day Repainting
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Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:49 amby 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
Re: D Day Repainting
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Wed Jun 22, 2011 10:57 amby 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
Re: D Day Repainting
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Wed Jun 22, 2011 7:26 pmby RickG
Hi. Well that certainly makes sense. Guess my wikipedia search skills aren't as good as yours Hagar. Thanks. Rick
Re: D Day Repainting
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Wed Jun 22, 2011 9:58 pmby patchz
Glad you asked, 'cause I did not know either. Thanks Doug.
Re: D Day Repainting
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Thu Jun 23, 2011 2:48 amby Hagar
[quote]Hi. Well that certainly makes sense. Guess my wikipedia search skills aren't as good as yours Hagar.