British Drawings of a captured aircraft show the 'gizmo'. It is a radiator
baffle - used to vary the airflow through the radiator to prevent the
engine (and coolant) from getting to cool or too hot, depending on the
local temperature.
>2. Isn't the alternative decal scheme of of the CL IIIa with the
>big arrow on the side the Hannover forced down by Rickenbacker?
>I seem to remember (though I can't find the photo now) that that
>aircraft had a soft-sprayed mottled camouflage on the fuselage
>while Eduard depicts the fuselage as hand-painted lozenges. Is
>my memory going, did Eduard screw up, or was there more than one
>Hannover with this arrow on it?
>
I think Eduard may have screwed up. Perhaps the person(s) who beat me to
the last copy of the Windsock Datafile could enlighten us. . .
>Cheers, Bill
>
>--
>Bill Shatzer - bshatzer@ednet1.osl.or.gov - aw177@FreeNet.Carleton.ca
>
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Mark (From Kites & Other Delights in West Edmonton Mall)
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mnelson@compusmart.ab.ca