Captured Spitfire from a German propaganda film?
The Daily Mail article about the Turkish Focke Wulfs got me wondering. One of the images is a rather squashed shot showing an Fw-190 and a Spitfire. The roundels look wrong, as does the fin flash, well, for 1941 anyway. The G-Y (or G-X) codes don’t really ring true either. Not only that, but the whole thing looks like a frame from a film. Could this be a captured and repainted Spit used for German propaganda film purposes?
Cheers,
Matt
By: Bob - 21st November 2016 at 18:29
The film of this Spitfire being shot down while attacking German bombers IIRC was discussed in the forum before now…
And the film….
http://www.bbc.co.uk/archive/battleofbritain/11405.shtml
FFWD to 20.34…
By: DazDaMan - 21st November 2016 at 14:52
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By: Mark12 - 21st November 2016 at 13:42
I believe that this is a captured Spitfire that has been initially repainted in German markings in the appropriate positions with wing markings suitably closer to the aircraft centre line. I would suggest that for propaganda reasons it has subsequently been repainted with RAF wing rounders to cover the German crosses in the German position.
Mark
By: Archer - 21st November 2016 at 13:25
I did a quick search on the Getty site for this image. The description actually says that it is a Hurricane…. so far for accurate captions in databases.
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