P-51D - Wing Line Method of Ground Attack

[Lazerhawk]

Hello,

 

I just watched The Air Combat Tutorial Library's video "P-51D - Wing Line Method of Ground Attack"

 

In this video they use special markings on the P-51's wings to determine the proper moment to start the dive to attack ground targets.

 

As this video is for IL-2 I wanted to ask if there is a livery for DCS's P-51 with accurate wing markings as well?

Also does anybody know if this method was used often with real life P-51s? It seems to be a very useful method and it's strange that most real life liveries (that I have seen) don't have these wing markings?

 

On a side note: I highly recommend to download the "Air Forces Manual No.64 - Fighter Gunnery Firing Rockets Dive Bombing 1May1945.pdf" which is attached in the description of the YouTube video above. On p.32 there's the section about wing markings.

 

Best regards!

 

[Art-J]

These markings seemed to be a thing on some of the Iwo Jima based Mustangs. Never seen them on Philippines or CBI ones though. Maybe it was something introduced in late stage of the war?

 

For this reason, in DCS, custom skins are the only option to have them. For example, all of the 506th FG skins by CHSubZero have them painted.

[Nealius]

For ETO Mustangs the invasion stripes and gun ports were used as guides. Chuck's Guide mentions it in the bombing section. 

[Lazerhawk]

On 7/21/2021 at 9:24 AM, Nealius said:

For ETO Mustangs the invasion stripes and gun ports were used as guides. Chuck's Guide mentions it in the bombing section. 

 

Thank you very much, I don't know how I missed that

It's described on p. 120 in Chuck's guide from 2021-03-02.

[=475FG= Dawger]

You can achieve the same thing by pointing the wingtip at the target using the bank angle equal to your desired dive angle. With a little practice, it becomes easy to do and works in any aircraft with a wingtip basically in line with the cockpit.

[Lazerhawk]

27 minutes ago, pmiceli said:

You can achieve the same thing by pointing the wingtip at the target using the bank angle equal to your desired dive angle. With a little practice, it becomes easy to do and works in any aircraft with a wingtip basically in line with the cockpit.

 

Thanks!