One some articles I read about the subject, aniel Roche says the engine he found is a R-2800… something wrong there no ?

The author, know in France as a TV presentator (always so cheap popular shows) and can not be qualified as a serious historian. In his book, he present no evidence at all, nothing, no reference to any document, report or whatsoever… and we are trying to find out if Rippert wrote down any claim for a victory on an ennemy (I think that any german pilot that would have shot down a P-38 would have bragged about that… ?) on that fateful day. It has to be reminded that when asked, the Luftwaffe always said that no ennemy plane was shot down in that sector that day…

They called it Yak-3UPW in fact, PW for P&W…

Already in Freiburg-am-Brisgau 😀

The flight of Fury GCBEL on the 18th November 2006 was a routine local fllight, including aerobatics over Tarrant Rushton. The aircraft is an FB11, and any rumours of its sale and export to a foreign base are quite untrue . The blue exhaust smoke is normal for a big radial, but was exacerbated on this day by a long and tortuous taxi back to the hangar after landing.

No rumour according to new owner who I talked to on the phone only days ago. Unless the sale was broken… :rolleyes:

There will be not repaint. At least not in the immediate futur.