wpierson Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I've tried looking online with little result, so I'm hoping you guys can help. Were Mosquitos ever based in the African/Med theaters in WWII? If so, did they wear the desert colors? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LSP_Ron Posted June 30, 2022 Share Posted June 30, 2022 I don't believe so. MikeC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scott_t Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 Xtradecals has a sheet of the Mossie based in India. X32058 Dark Earth & Dark Green over Azure Blue April 1945 Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, LSP_Ron said: I don't believe so. Likewise. Certainly not the Western Desert. The only Mossies in the MTO I can think of were PR variants in Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito_operational_history Edited July 1, 2022 by MikeC Martinnfb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 There are color pictures of Mosquitos in Malta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmayhew Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 45 minutes ago, thierry laurent said: There are color pictures of Mosquitos in Malta. Hi Thierry, I don’t doubt their presence, but don’t recall colour pics - can you point us in the right direction? thanks Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheetah11 Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 10 hours ago, wpierson said: I've tried looking online with little result, so I'm hoping you guys can help. Were Mosquitos ever based in the African/Med theaters in WWII? If so, did they wear the desert colors? The SAAF operated Mosquito MK ii as PR aircraft in the Western Desert. If you are interested I can find the details for you. Not desert colors. Standard Euro cammo although one was finished in an overall deep blue. ( not PRU) Nick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thierry laurent Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 2 hours ago, nmayhew said: Hi Thierry, I don’t doubt their presence, but don’t recall colour pics - can you point us in the right direction? thanks Nick Here's one example: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2021/09/08/de-havilland-dh-98-mosquito-color-photographs-part-i/ Fanes, Tony T, Kagemusha and 4 others 4 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tony T Posted July 1, 2022 Share Posted July 1, 2022 5 hours ago, MikeC said: Likewise. Certainly not the Western Desert. The only Mossies in the MTO I can think of were PR variants in Italy. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Havilland_Mosquito_operational_history №600 Sqn operated Mosquito NF.XIX's in Italy Jan-August 1945, but these were in regulation green & grey. Coffee and sand schemes were worn by Beaufighters in North Africa, principally by №46 Sqn, which is another reason we so badly need a Mk.VI (stuff the TF.X torbeau). Tony Alain Gadbois, Rockie Yarwood and MikeC 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wpierson Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 Thanks for all your help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazzas Posted September 17, 2023 Share Posted September 17, 2023 Here is another Mossie question: Were they ever painted in FAA white? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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