I’d suggest getting some pictures taken and posting them up on here for identification, or ask your friend to list the part numbers of the various bits.

I would normally say thanks for the info, but instead I’ll say thanks for the confusion. 😀 I did wonder if it might be one of the Indian-built British kits, and whether the possibility of it being British made would make life easier regards UK paperwork.

If true that’s a great shame, Hahnweide has been on my bucket list for a while. It just goes to show we should do things sooner rather than later…

I sincerely hope there’s some sort of resolution to the problems for the sake of everyone involved.

Wow, the Vulcan looks great! Thanks for keeping us up to date.

Hi Simon,

The 8th Air force in the UK was split up into three Bomb Wings, later called Air Divisions, and what you see is the triangle symbol that denotes the 1st Air Division. The 2nd Air Division were marked with a disc, and the 3rd Air Division by a square. Unfortunately the screenshot you’ve put up isn’t high enough res to show the letter written in the triangle, this would indicate which Group it was from.

These shapes were also repeated on the fins, although in the case of the 2nd Air Division (all Liberator), they often substituted the fin markings with a more colourful system.

Here’s the link to the Wiki page which gives a good run-down of how the system worked.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USAAF_unit_identification_aircraft_markings

Hi Taifun,

I don’t have anything against a Pingouin being dressed up as a 108, but I was wondering if you might consider an Axis scheme other than Luftwaffe? There are various rather tasty Hungarian schemes to choose from, or perhaps even RAF colours as an Aldon??

Just a thought, it’s not as if I’m paying the bills…

Definately a Licoln rather than a Lanc VI, remote operated nose turret and the bomb-aimer’s glazing are the giveaway.

Edit: Mk. number corrected

Yes, a contra-prop was certainly tested on a Hawker Tornado.

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