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Why so negative about Invasion Stripes? ...

Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:01 pm

I think there rather pretty :wink: .... and don't miss my next thread solely dedicated to CY and PB :axe:

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P-51D's no explanation needed

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P-51D's 339th FG

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P-51D's 339th FG

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P-51D of Maj Roy Webb 361st FG

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P-51D of Maj Roy Webb 361st FG

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B-26

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B-26's

[img]http://www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org/images/Mark_Allen_M3/21b-FormationofMartinB-26Bsfromthe555thBombSquadron386thBomb.jpg" alt="Image">

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Line up of P-47's

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Gabby's P-47

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Rocket Installations Under The Wings Of A Republic P-47 Of The 353Rd Fighter Group Somewhere In England May 1944

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Bombs
Have Been Loaded Under The Wings Of The Republic P-47 Arkansas Traveler
Of The 353Rd Fighter Group In Preparation For Its Participation In The
D-Day Invasion, 6 June 1944

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Force Ground Crewmen Lift Out The Unconscious Pilot Of A Republic P-47
After His Flak Riddled Plane Crashed On A New Airstrip Somewhere In
France. 16 June 1944 P-47 367th FS 358th FG 9th AF

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Air
Force Ground Crewmen Lift Out The Unconscious Pilot Of A Republic P-47
After His Flak Riddled Plane Crashed On A New Airstrip Somewhere In
France. 16 June 1944 P-47 367th FS 358th FG 9th AF

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P-47 367th FS 358th FG 9th AF

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Air
Force Ground Crewmen Lift Out The Unconscious Pilot Of A Republic P-47
After His Flak Riddled Plane Crashed On A New Airstrip Somewhere In
France. 16 June 1944

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P-51D Mustang 352nd Fighter Group 487th Fighter Squadron sn 44-14955

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410th Bomb Group A-20

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416th Bombardment Group 1944

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416th Bombardment Group 1944

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416th Bombardment Group 1944

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:12 pm

as for the invasion stripes, they were their for the cause...... i.d. friend or foe for the mission. as to the sharks teeth....... complete "esprit de corp" & great for morale!!

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Thu Dec 12, 2013 5:30 pm

:rofl: :lol: :lol:

Awesome Mark!!

Thanks for another great post!

As far as shark mouths and invasion stripes. The key to everything is the right dosage. Too much of a good thing, you know.


We briefly considered this scheme for our Tiger.

http://img.wp.scn.ru/camms/ar/302/pics/101_1.jpg

Andy Scott

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:07 pm

Invasion stripes over and under, D-Day and immediately afterwards, lower only stripes by order well past D-Day with top side stripes removed or painted over to obliterate them. look at the belly of Maj. Webbs 'D' and the top side of that A-20 on just how haphazardly the stripes were installed, on the evening of 6/5/44 using wall paper brushes by anyone caught with nothing to do that evening! Webbs wing stripes spread out like warm butter, a 'details' note to modellers as well as guys doing a Riddler Award stye laser perfect striping set up on their P-51, none were done with a carpenters square and a chalk snap line until after the fact-

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Thu Dec 12, 2013 7:58 pm

"...the stripes were installed, on the evening of 6/5/44..."

Actually stripes were applied over night June 3-4 since take-off was to be about 21:45 DBST (June 4) in order to start putting troops on the ground at appx 00:15 on June 5....Of course the invasion was postponed for 24 hours so the planes sat around striped for 24 hours.....amazing the bad guys didn't get wise to something during that time!

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Thu Dec 12, 2013 9:02 pm

In the middle of the pack of great photos is a flight of "P-51 D's of the 339th FG", isn't the background aircraft really not a "D" model but an earlier one with a "Malcolm Hood" ?

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Fri Dec 13, 2013 12:16 am

Why so negative?

I've seen both on too many aircraft that shouldn't have them...L-3, RV-4s, Navions...all fine aircraft, but none should have them.

But it's not anything that keeps me up nights. :)

And yes, somebody will probably come up with a photo of a Korean war Navion with a shark's mouth. :)

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Fri Dec 13, 2013 1:49 am

another great set Mark, love that P-38 with the shark mouths on the engines!

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Fri Dec 13, 2013 5:53 am

Roger, that P-38 "white 33" is under restoration at Westpac!

That's a sharkmouth wearing machine that no one will be able to gripe about! :lol:

http://www.westpacrestorations.com/inde ... g-white-33

Andy

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:24 am

DH82EH wrote:Roger, that P-38 "white 33" is under restoration at Westpac!Andy

Andy I don't believe this is the same #33. I may be wrong but I believe the P-38 in the photo and the one being restored at Westpac are two different airplanes. I believe there's a thread or two here somewhere that discusses this.

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Fri Dec 13, 2013 9:51 am

A 22 SOS "Zorro" pokes fun at the F-4 gang ...

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Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Fri Dec 13, 2013 11:02 am

Mark Allen M wrote:
DH82EH wrote:Roger, that P-38 "white 33" is under restoration at Westpac!Andy

Andy I don't believe this is the same #33. I may be wrong but I believe the P-38 in the photo and the one being restored at Westpac are two different airplanes. I believe there's a thread or two here somewhere that discusses this.


I think Mark is right on this, Japanese Sandman II is apparently in Jerry Yagen's hands somewhere in the southern hemisphere. At least that's the rumor.

I agree with JohnB, shark mouths don't really look good on everything, not a huge fan of them on B-17s and L-4s, but love them on B-24s, P-51s, and P-40s of course.

D-Day stripes? Love them! Never enough of them, especially some of the recent aircraft that had them applied properly with mops, and brushes.

Chappie

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Fri Dec 13, 2013 3:55 pm

Chappie wrote:I think Mark is right on this

Hey you mean I could be "right" about something for once? :supz:

And here's a couple more of those black and white stripe things.

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P-51 42-106707 Sleepy Time Gal in foreground (P51-B, 361st FG 376th FS E9-S)

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Lockheed P-38 Lightning Fighter of 8th AAF warms up prior to leaving for its mission over Germany

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Lockheed P-38 Lightnings fighters queue u pat daybreak, 6 June 44, as they get ready for a patrol over France

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P-47D 42-27249 was assigned to the 377th Ftr Sq, 362nd FG. It was lost 26 November 1944 near Schonberg, Belgium; pilot 1LT Fred C. Ford was KIA

... and another one of those dreaded combos types. :wink:

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Douglas A-20 'Butch' Of The 410Th Bomb Group, Parked At A 9Th Air Force Base In England. 22 June 1944

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Fri Dec 13, 2013 4:56 pm

Lynn......................after seeing this post I haven't been this sick since I had the flu last winter. I was wretching with every post!!!! Good thing nobody had landing gear cover photos!

Re: Why so negative about Shark Teeth & Invasion Stripes? ..

Wed Dec 18, 2013 10:37 am

The first shark's mouth?
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Roland C.IIa, 1916
Note also painted "curtains" in the side windows...



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