Wildcat kill markings?

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Baldeagle
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Wildcat kill markings?

Fri Feb 01, 2008 11:13 pm

Did any Wildcats or Martlets in the ETO/MTO have kill markings (German, Vichy, Italian)?
tom d. friedman
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Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:37 am

doubtful the brits did it.
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Sat Feb 02, 2008 2:47 am

Yes- I have image of one with Japanese flags under the cockpit :D
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Sat Feb 02, 2008 3:02 am

Plenty of 'Martlet' kills. Wildcats over Oran is the title of a book by a USN pilot (recently re-issued) so I presume they tangled with the Vichy French, Germans and maybe Italians.

As to markings, I don't think they were common in the Fleet Air Arm, and I don't know about the USN in the Med.
Baldeagle
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Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:42 am

I just got the Osprey Wildcat Aces book, and was just curious. How about on other MTO aircraft, there were lots of crosses and swastikas, but I don't ever recall seeing a Vichy kill marking, maybe an Italian?
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