The JU-87 which hangs with the Mk 1 at Chicago’s Museum of Science and Industry, does it still wear it’s original paint?

It’s thought to be largely in original paint, although some repair/restoration work had to be done on it a few years ago after it was damaged while being moved. Good photo’s over on wix:

http://www.warbirdinformationexchange.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=10829&start=30

The He-219 was given new paint except for the original paint underneath the wing fairings, which the NASM did a super job of matching.

Thanks DNF, that’s news to me. As you say, they’ve done a cracking job of matching the new to the original.

I thought it was a good first programme, and I’ll certainly be watching the rest, but I do have a couple of criticisms…

Perhaps I missed something, but in neither of the aircraft digs (Ju87 & Do17) was any mention made of the crews of these aircraft. Who were they and what became of them?? Were any/all of them killed?? It seemed to me that the programme wasn’t as poigniant as it might have been, there seeming to be a ‘let’s see what we can find’ mentality to the show, rather than a ‘who should we be remembering’ one. This was also evident in the Maginot Line segment, where it was mentioned very briefly at the end about the deaths of several hundred French soldiers after the ventilation system was knocked out. Didn’t they deserve a longer and earlier mention and a more thoughtful approach?? There seemed to be more interest in the pots and pans in the kitchen.

Perhaps the above problem was caused by my other grouch- that the programme was too short, the result being that none of the segments was as detailed as it could/should have been.

In essence, interesting and lots of interesting ‘stuff’ to look at, but not much poigniancy or thoughtful backround info and so not as engageing as it might have been.

All of that said, it’s great that 1940 has had so much media coverage this year, and it’s nice that the Beeb have continued to trickle this stuff out through the year rather than pushing it all out in one weekend and moving on.

Lovely video, and a huge pat on the back to everyone involved in getting them all together in one patch of sky.

Regards the Red Bull P38, I couldn’t agree more! It would be wonderful to have the B25, F4U and P38 over for a show or two over here (UK).

…and even a Spitfire achieved supersonic speed on diving tests from Farnborough, but I certainly wouldn’t class that as the first supersonic fighter!

Could you give some details of the event old chap? I’ve heard lots of stories about it, but I’ve always been told by wiser folk that a Spit couldn’t possibly go supersonic- certainly not with the prop still attached!

I have to agree with SeaFuryFan, comparisons with the P38 accident aren’t helpful. The causes of that accident are unknown, only one roll was planned and for some unknown reason the aircraft continued into a second during which it lost alot of height. The first roll was a planned manouvre which had been performed safely many times.

The link below, whilst not definitive, gives a rough guide to Coastal Command colours and the dates they were used.

http://www.hrmtech.com/SIG/articles/coastal_cam.asp

There is a 3-view drawing, development history and a table of dimensions, performance etc in Bill Gunston’s “Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft”. Let me know if this information would be of any use to you.

Edited to add: The English spelling of the name appears to be Kochyerigin, with the Y. You might find Google comes up with more when you use this spelling.