Originally posted by gazzamataz
kennez
The black and white markings you are talking about were not Battle of Britain markings but D-Day markings. This was to avoid the confusion that ou were talking baout but it was for D-day onwards.
During the Battle of France British planes where painted half duck-egg white, half black on the undersides for identification purposes but this was phased out (I cannot remember why) during the Battle of Britain.
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I'll have to dig out the exact quote from a book written by s Spit pilot during the Battle of Britain, but I am sure that it was the case (or maybe it was The World at War). I'll have to check, but I am sure that it was during the Battle of Britain.
Ok. I stand corrected. Just done a quick search on Google, and I couldn't find any reference of it, although I didn't look very hard. I'm definately sure I did hear about it somewhere, though. I'll keep checking.
Cheers,
Malcolm
'England Expects That Every Man Will Do His Duty' - Vice-Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson - Battle of Trafalgar - 21st October 1805
Last edited by kennez; 17-05-2005 at 04:07 PM.