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Re: Mustang LouIV colour controversy
Posted by Jason Webb on Sat Apr 06, 2002 04:17:46 AM
In reply top Mustang LouIV colour controversy posted by Cees Broere on Fri Apr 05, 2002 06:19:13 AM
As webmaster of the 361st fighter group website www.361fg.com and close friend of Steve Gotts the group historian, there is no doubt in our mind (through interviews with vets, crash digs & looking at official records) that the aircraft were Olive Drab not blue.
Blue came about from erroneous statements made by historians about 20 years ago.
Chuck Greenhill uses Lou IV as a run-about (wouldn'it be great to have 2 Mustangs like this) & is not to bothered about its authencity. Whereas Geraldine was restored to museum standard and alot of time and effort was put into getting it right.
We are working closely with people who are interested to make sure that 361st Fg marked aircraft are depicted as accurately as possible. In fact Steve and I have recently worked with the OFMC to ensure Ferocious Frankie is painted as accurately as poss.
Hope this helps!!
: Hi all,
:
: If you have read FlyPast recently then you could have seen
: that a former guatemalan Mustang has been restored to air
: worthyness in the USA. The article also noted that the own
: er of this beauty (name escapes me at the moment) has anot
: her Mustang painted as the famous LouIV. I remember seeing
: a photograph of this aircraft some years ago also in FlyP
: ast after the aircraft had been rebuilt after a crash. The
: topcolours were bright blue.
:
: There has been some controversy concering these colours wh
: en looking at the famous colourphoto showing the original
: LouIV. Was is blue or not?
:
: When you look at the following website you can read how th
: is problem was discussed. Interesting reading I might add
: , wonder what Paul C's opinion is like.
:
: www.ipmsstockholm.org/magazine/1998/05/stuff_eng_ww2incol
: or_louiv.htm
:
: Enjoy,
:
: Cees