PTO Kingfisher, RNZAF . . ?

[general]

www.clubhyper.com/reference/kingfisheraddendadb_1.htm

Has anybody else seen Dana Bell's "addenda" post in What's New on HS?
Pic No. 12 is completely fascinating, and s/thing I've never seen nor considered.

Coimments?

Regards

Rossky

[Dave Homewood]

it doesn't have anything to do with the RNZAF though, his actual words were, "The last aircraft in the center column first startled me because I thought I’d found a Kingfisher with the white South and Southwest Pacific tail markings used by Army, RAAF, and RNZAF aircraft. With a bit of enlarging, however, the aircraft clearly sports one of the Navy’s ASW camouflages."

He was merely describing the type of markings used, and how he thought he was seeing them on that aircraft, but wasn't.

[alanw]

Edit - Dave you beat me to it ;D ;D ;D

Excerpt from Dana Bell's Article
Quote
"The first image shows the USS Long Island returning a deck load of war-weary aircraft to the US West Coast on 24 November 1943. The last aircraft in the center column first startled me because I thought I’d found a Kingfisher with the white South and Southwest Pacific tail markings used by Army, RAAF, and RNZAF aircraft. With a bit of enlarging, however, the aircraft clearly sports one of the Navy’s ASW camouflages. A canvas cover is strapped over the canopy, and someone attempted to tone down the aircraft wings and tail (possibly to help reduce the carrier’s visibility to enemy aircraft)".
Unquote

I believe what Dana Bell was referring to, (and I have
underlined) is his reference to the "White Identification
Painted Tails" used by Allied Aircraft (P40 etc), not an RNZAF
0S2U Kingfisher perse.

Hope That helps?


Alan

[general]

Thank 'ee, gentlemen. I wasn't sure how to interpret his description.
Of course, it's obvious we didn'thave OS2s since there's zero/zip/zilch in any archives or references.
Would be a fairly cool scheme, though, dontcha think . . ?

[alanw]

Oct 30, 2011 19:23:55 GMT 12 general said:

Thank 'ee, gentlemen. I wasn't sure how to interpret his description.
Of course, it's obvious we didn'thave OS2s since there's zero/zip/zilch in any archives or references.
Would be a fairly cool scheme, though, dontcha think . . ?

Yes, it would be a very nice what if model build.

Especially in the USN Navy 4 tone scheme

[Dave Homewood]

On a similar note, remember this thread? It's worth another read.
rnzaf.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=Wartime&thread=10435&page=1