I know Allied pilots often used to mark a victory with a Balken cross or Japanese flag, but what was used for an Italian victory...Italian flag?
Thanks!
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I know Allied pilots often used to mark a victory with a Balken cross or Japanese flag, but what was used for an Italian victory...Italian flag?
Thanks!
probably just another swastika unless they had someone who draw various symbols
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/i/it%5Erou40.gif1940-1943
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/i/it%5Erou43.gif1943
http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/images/i/it%5Erousr.gif 1943-1945
Good luck... but I would guess that the local armorers and maintenance men would have just simplified it to be just another axis kill and use the swastika.
Hi Bryan,
Here are a couple of close ups of Australian ace Clive Caldwell's Spitfire bearing his credited victory marks over German, Italian and Japanese aircraft.
Attachment 54765
Attachment 54766
Cheers,
Carl.
Thank you, that is just what I was looking for. I was unsuccessful googling several combinations, but knew the answer would be here. I made pilot sheets for my boys and have victories marked on them. They are in a fictious Sqdn that is currently involved in the battle of France. I wanted to take them throughout the BoB, Malta and North Afrca too. After that, I think the Sqdn will be off the Burma. My youngest is very much into the pilot/campaign thing and doesn't wNt anything to happen to his soon to be Ace. ;)
The tri-color roundel was used in World War II after Italy joined the Allies while Aviazione Nazionale Repubblicana Air Force (RSI Air Force) roundels were a tricolour flag as flank roundel and a couple of fasces as wing roundels (the third one in Al post).
I think Allied used only fasces roundels to mark a victory.
Attilio
Side note: For some reason, Soviet pilots marked victories with Soviet stars.