livery requests

[ivo]

20 hours ago, Saxman said:

Peccato che Boyington non abbia mai pilotato quell'aereo in combattimento.

Era un uccello portato lì solo per scattare delle foto, ed è stata l'unica volta in cui si è seduto sopra.

thanks so what was the real livery?

[Saxman]

1 hour ago, ivo said:

thanks so what was the real livery?

He didn't have one plane. In fact almost no Navy or Marine pilots did. With the exception of VF-17 and some CAG birds, you flew whatever plane was available. Some SQUADRONS didn't even have their own aircraft, and instead every group at a base drew from the same pool.

Boyington is confirmed to have flown combat missions in three aircraft:

17883:

17740:

(Interesting because of the extra national insignia on the underside of the left wing).

And he was shot down flying 17915, though I'm not finding any photos of that bird offhand.

[Nealius]

Was removal of the tank/bomb pylons a field modification or was that a different variant than our -1D?

[Saxman]

27 minutes ago, Nealius said:

Was removal of the tank/bomb pylons a field modification or was that a different variant than our -1D?

These are 1As. They didn't have the knuckle pylons. It also gave about a 10mph advantage over the 1D with ADI and the paddle prop.