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Originally Posted by Insuber
I passed on your Q. to some of the best experts in Italy ...
As far as I know, the directive of the Regia Aeronautica to paint the fighters nose in yellow was effective - in all war theaters - from early spring to october 1941, therefore it was probably used in the last period by the Italian BoB expeditionary airforce (CAI), which ceased operations on April 15th 1941.
I don't know if it was used before spring 1941 by any CAI groups, but the super-experten will soon pop in .. 
Bye,
Insuber |
I've been corrected by a (real) expert, 150GCT_Pag: the noses of CR.42s and G.50s of CAI were painted in yellow shortly after their arrival in October '40, with German paints, to facilitate their identification and for sake of uniformity with the German ally.
So yellow noses were adopted starting from October 1940, independently from the directive of Regia Aeronautica of June 22nd 1941 (thanks to 150GCT_Pag for the clarification).
Regards,
Insuber
11-26-2009, 07:45 AM
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