[WWI] 54 Sqdn. Redux

[Crawford Neil]

I've said it before, and probably will again. I believe RFC planes were
much more
colourful than generally pictured. Official photos show one side,
captured aircraft 
are often much more decorated. V.M. Yeates in "Winged victor" also
mentioned his Camel
having a yellow cowling. When the brass weren't looking I'm sure planes
got painted,
a friend of mine once painted sharks teeth on a SAAB Lansen, didn't last
long before it
was discovered, and had to be removed, that sort of thing must have been
done a lot in WW1.
/Neil C.
  

-----Original Message-----
From: wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org [mailto:wwi-bounces at wwi-models.org] On
Behalf Of john isn't eddie anymore
Sent: den 22 februari 2007 17:52
To: wwi at wwi-models.org
Subject: [WWI] 54 Sqdn. Redux

Help!!!I'm still playing with "how were the aircraft of 54 Sqd. really
painted?" The more I read, the "confuseder" I get. Cecil Lewis,
describing the dogfight from which Ball went MIA, describes his flight
as having red noses and Ball's a/c as having a red spinner. Richard
Collier cites the same passage, and also states that 56 was almost as
colorful as the Circus. And there's "Wind in The Wires"-slightly later
in time, yet all 56's a/c seem to have been rather colorful. At Colney,
Lewis' SE had only the wheel discs red, but how much was painted further
after the a/c were re-worked? Come on-SOMEBODY push me over the
edge-TYIA-J Marganski
 
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