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- Thread starter Barney
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Are you referring to the Hurricane Mk I captured from the Yugoslavs in 1941?
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Heavens Eagle
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That is am interesting Hurricane. Not sure the artwork showing the camo scheme is correct though. What flagged me is the real light colored patches in the B&W photos. When I looked closer and observed, there are 4 different shades in the pattern.
[ul]
[li]There is a dark shade[/li]
[li]A medium shade that sometimes blends with the darker shade[/li]
[li]A lighter shade that I am sure is the sand color[/li]
[li]Then finally the real light shade that caught my attention, must be a creame color of some sort, too light for sand[/li]
[/ul]
It is most apparent in the close up with the four figures standing in front.
Thanks for posting those Saul. Very interesting!
[ul]
[li]There is a dark shade[/li]
[li]A medium shade that sometimes blends with the darker shade[/li]
[li]A lighter shade that I am sure is the sand color[/li]
[li]Then finally the real light shade that caught my attention, must be a creame color of some sort, too light for sand[/li]
[/ul]
It is most apparent in the close up with the four figures standing in front.
Thanks for posting those Saul. Very interesting!
RichB
Well-known member
At the start of the invasion the Yugoslavs had 41 Hurricane Mk.I's in service, 20 had been license built in Zmaj the others delivered from UK production.
The first 12 UK built machines were delivered with fabric wings and two bladed propellers. The second 12 had metal wings with three blade propellers. All remained in their standard RAF DE/DG camouflage with large Roman numerals on the fuselage.
The Zmaj built machines were built with fabric wings and three blade propellers. They received the new Yugoslav Olive Green/Brown/Ochre over Light Blue scheme. The national flag was painted on the rudder with aircraft data just below in Cryllic
The ex-Yugoslav aircraft was serial number 2337. It was captured at Niksic in May 1941 and flown to Tirana, Albania. It retained its original camouflage with only the white fuselage band and rudder cross added (the Yugoslav rudder markings were over painted with Dark Olive). After its transfer to the test facility at Guidonia (about September 1941) it was repainted in an Italian style camouflage scheme with a yellow cowl. When it was used in the 1942 movie "Il Pilota Ritorna", the yellow cowl was over painted with camouflage and RAF roundels applied.
A second was captured after a forced landing outside of Tobruk in a sand storm in April 1941. A third was captured after a forced landing in Sicily in November 1941 while strafing Comiso airfield.
Cheers,
Rich
The first 12 UK built machines were delivered with fabric wings and two bladed propellers. The second 12 had metal wings with three blade propellers. All remained in their standard RAF DE/DG camouflage with large Roman numerals on the fuselage.
The Zmaj built machines were built with fabric wings and three blade propellers. They received the new Yugoslav Olive Green/Brown/Ochre over Light Blue scheme. The national flag was painted on the rudder with aircraft data just below in Cryllic
The ex-Yugoslav aircraft was serial number 2337. It was captured at Niksic in May 1941 and flown to Tirana, Albania. It retained its original camouflage with only the white fuselage band and rudder cross added (the Yugoslav rudder markings were over painted with Dark Olive). After its transfer to the test facility at Guidonia (about September 1941) it was repainted in an Italian style camouflage scheme with a yellow cowl. When it was used in the 1942 movie "Il Pilota Ritorna", the yellow cowl was over painted with camouflage and RAF roundels applied.
A second was captured after a forced landing outside of Tobruk in a sand storm in April 1941. A third was captured after a forced landing in Sicily in November 1941 while strafing Comiso airfield.
Cheers,
Rich
centaur567
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Neat story and cool marking. Who knew? Gary S.
