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Cold War (1950-1974)
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Capt John Cunningham's Nightfighters.
bdanie6
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Posted: Wednesday, October 24, 2012 - 11:01 PM UTC
Does anyone know the specifics of Cunningham's Beaufighter and Mosquito? I believe the Beaufighter was painted gloss black and only carried the a/c code "R" in red. I need to confirm this, and I need to find out the serial number.
I know nothing about the Mosquito other than it had a bulbous nose and carried only 4 20mm cannon. Was it also black? Did have any squadron-a/c markings? Serial number?
I've tried the internet, but the results have been less than satisfactory.
Thanks

Later
vanize
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Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 02:52 AM UTC
wings pallette has three profiles for capt Cunningham. at least they all agree on the serial (R2101). supposedly these are from Dec. 1940:





then they have another for him with a different serial, dated Sept 1941:

vanize
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Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 02:58 AM UTC
also looks like his airplane is covered in "Beaufighter Aces of World War 2" by Osprey
bdanie6
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Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 07:25 AM UTC
Thanks Vance, appreciate the help and the images.
Later
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