Captured Warbird Colors

[Noha307]

Also, the center section from one of the A6M zeros captured and evaluated by the British during WWII still exists in its original wartime post-capture markings (at the Imperial War Museum in London). It's really pretty cool to see!



Cheers,
Richard

Wait, what happened to the rest of it?
And on a more mundane note, what is "SEA"?

[Dan K]

And on a more mundane note, what is "SEA"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_ ... gence_Unit

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/attach ... eros-s.jpg

[Noha307]

And on a more mundane note, what is "SEA"?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technical_ ... gence_Unit

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/attach ... eros-s.jpg

Somehow I figured it stood for South-East Asia. Thanks.

[JDK]

The ATAIU SEA Zero 'chunk' is currently at IWM Duxford while IWM Lambeth (London) is getting a makeover, by the way.

Why is it a 'chunk'? Good question. A simple answer is that's what was preserved, by the British museum responsible for such works, from 1945 or so, before the warbird industry was a twinkle in anyone's eye.

Regards,