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  • in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #16 #2198871
    JohnMacG
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    Fokker D.VIIs

    first, the Bulgarian a/c: Bulgaria asked for an armistice in October 1918, but didn’t sign a peace treaty until November 1919 (Treaty of Neuilly). in the meantime the Bulgadian AF continued to fly its’ a/c, but with a new roundel. Obviously there are only B&W pics but I’ve never seen the roundel as being recorded as anything other than red-green-white. (the Bulgarian national colours).
    D.VIIs in China; the Manchurian AF received 3 (185hp BMW engined) D.VIIs in 1924 (from Switzerland). I doubt, however, they ever wore the 5-coloured star markings shown, as by that time it seems that the Manchurians were using a 5-ring roundel – from the centre black-white-blue-yellow-red

    in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #13 #2402643
    JohnMacG
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    Afghan DH-9

    The biplane is one of two (I think) DH-9s bought post-World War One by Afghanistan; they were apparently destryoed by a typhoon which collapsed their hangar in NW India before delivery.
    The star-like insignia is apparently the Royal Afghan coat od arms, and their only other markings were seemingly ‘Allah Akhbar – God Is Great’ under the lower wings.

    in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #13 #2378635
    JohnMacG
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    These are the pics i was talking about….

    http://benwilhelmi.typepad.com/benwi…air-force.html

    but a marking is clearly visible on the fin of each of these a/c; does anyone have a clearer pic or drawing of this marking?

    in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #13 #2379968
    JohnMacG
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    Point taken!

    But the original question is still open!

    in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #13 #2380245
    JohnMacG
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    Tanzanian MiG-19s

    A couple of months ago, there pics posted here of Tanzanian AF MiG-19s in a green/sand/lt blue colour scheme; each of these had some kind of marking/insignia on the vertical fin – does anyone have a close-up or a good pic of this marking?

    in reply to: Small Air Forces Thread #13 #2423054
    JohnMacG
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    That ‘Lao’ Huey……

    ……….doesn’t actually belong to any of the (pre-LPDR regime) armed forces. It’s actually a US machine, from a unit with the code-name ‘White Horse’ – hence the unit insignia on the nose, used for inserting special forces type units into various parts of Laos, usually along the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
    Various types of Hueys WERE used by various spook outfits, Air America and the like, with Lao civilian (XW-) marks, but that’s another story……….

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