WWII Skin for F-80

[Tango_Romeo]

  I've just uploaded a new skin for the TR_F-80C that Bub sent over as a favor....look for it tomorrow.

8-)  It's so significant that I want to share it.  The texture an is an authentic WWII F-80 scheme for aircraft PN155 which was one of two F-80s sent to Italy in late '44 for operational testing....two more were stationed in England.  She was not bare metal, but a light pearl gray.

  If you want to do some fantasy flying over WWII Europe, this is the skin to use.

[Tango_Romeo]

Here's a shot of one of the two P-80s to arrive at Foggia, Italy in December, 1944 for operational testing.

[Tango_Romeo]

The first ops paint jobs were as shown below.....aircraft A and aircraft B.

[Tango_Romeo]

The rest of the story.... 8-)

In spite of the loss of the third YP-80A, four YP-80As were deployed to Europe in order to demonstrate their capabilities to combat crews and to help in the development of tactics to be used against Luftwaffe jet fighters. YP-80As 44-83026 and 44-83027 were shipped to England in mid-December 1944, but 44-83026 crashed on its second flight at Burtonwood, England, killing its pilot, Major Frederick Borsodi. 44-83027 was modified by Rolls-Royce to flight test the B-41, the prototype of the Nene turbojet. On November 14, 1945, it was destroyed in a crash landing after an engine failure. 44-83028 and 44-83029 were shipped to the Mediterranean. They actually flew some operational sorties, but they never encountered any enemy aircraft. Both of them fortunately managed to survive their tour of duty in Europe, but one of them crashed on August 2, 1945 after returning to the USA. The other one ended its useful life as a pilotless drone.



28 & 29 became the A & B of the '33rd Air Force'. 

[Tango_Romeo]

Operational test?   I got their Operational test right here....if I hang around this bomber stream, I'm gonna find some of those 262 Swabe jobbies! 

Uploading tonight!  Bub's last hurrah on the Shooting Star! 

[Slats]

Huh! How about that! I never knew F-80's made it in time for WWII action.
Nice skin Also!  [smiley=thumbsup.gif]

[hellcat-44]

I didn't know either...I'll use it in a what if against my nihonjin brothers.

[Tango_Romeo]

This is all Bub's doing...you know he's always stirring the pot...a real troublemaker.

[Tango_Romeo]

All three of the new skins are now ready for download on page 22 of the CFS2 - New Files section. [smiley=vrolijk_26.gif]

[Tango_Romeo]

OK, OK, so I didn't get a German jet jobbie!  [smiley=angry.gif]

But there's one nightfighter that ain't goin' home this mornin'.  8-)