Does anybody else...

[Valkyrie_14]

Does anybody else, paint kill markings on the side of their aicraft?

I record the ammount of kills I get in a game. IF my bi-plane (either a SPAD 13 or a Snipe) survives, I proceed to carefully paint the kill markings on the side of the plane.

My Snipe (Baker) has 3
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/alb...chmentid=23901
And my SPAD (See my Avatar) has none

Did piolts do this in WW1? (I know they did WW2> but what about WW1?)

Cheers, Ash

[Rat of Vengence]

I like the SPAD avatar, is that the scheme you are going to repaint with?

As far as I know none of the WW1 pilots did kill markings, I certainly don't recall any images of such things.

Dave

[Valkyrie_14]

Thank you, sir, and yes I already have painted it. I have a picture of it in my albums.
http://www.wingsofwar.org/forums/album.php?albumid=846

[Flying Officer Kyte]

One or two pilots did put kills on aircraft Ash, and I only do it on planes where they were known to do it. There is a thread on here somewhere which mentions this but I can't find it at the moment.
Rob.

[somaliavet]

I usally cut the roundel or a/c # from the fuselage. Its difficult at this scale, and hasn't earned me any points with my opponents, but its totally worth it!

[flyingryno]

No, but I think I will start ASAP. Thanks for the idea.

[gully_raker]

It was extremelt rare in WW1 for pilots to mark their Aircraft with "Kill Markings"
Seems it really took off in WW2.