g4m black wing stripe?

[old hoodoo]

Anyone know anything about the black wing stripe and marking on this G4M?

http://www.j-aircraft.com/familyphotos/claus_kruger/claus_kruger.htm

[M. H. Greaves]

I wonder wether he was a formation leader, i dont think it would denote
special equip't because if this was so he'd be the first to be shot down in
a doggy fight, my guess is either a squadron marking or a formation marking.
Sorry i cant be more helpfull.
regards.
"old hoodoo" > wrote in message
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> Anyone know anything about the black wing stripe and marking on this G4M?
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> http://www.j-aircraft.com/familyphotos/claus_kruger/claus_kruger.htm
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[David E. Powell]

"M. H. Greaves" > wrote in message
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> I wonder wether he was a formation leader, i dont think it would denote
> special equip't because if this was so he'd be the first to be shot down
in
> a doggy fight, my guess is either a squadron marking or a formation
marking.
> Sorry i cant be more helpfull.
> regards.
> "old hoodoo" > wrote in message
> ...
> > Anyone know anything about the black wing stripe and marking on this
G4M?
> >
> > http://www.j-aircraft.com/familyphotos/claus_kruger/claus_kruger.htm

Maybe it was for a certain operation, like the black and white wing stripes
on Allied planes for Overlord?

[Cub Driver]

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 02:01:56 GMT, "David E. Powell"
> wrote:

>Maybe it was for a certain operation, like the black and white wing stripes
>on Allied planes for Overlord?

I doubt the Japanese would have had the resources for that.

My first thought was that the stripe indicated that the plane was
carrying an Ohka, perhaps because it was in a formation of other
bombers, or perhaps to indicate that it required additional protection
from escorts? (You couldn't tell from above that there was an Ohka
strapped below.) But this seems far-fetched. By this time the JNAF and
the JAAF just weren't bothering with such niceties. Everyone was going
to die, anyhow, so why bother if it was sooner or later?

I suspect that the stripes pre-dated the Ohka assignment.


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[M. H. Greaves]

that about the same kind of thinking i had, along similar lines but also
along the lines of a unit/sqdn designation.
regards.
"David E. Powell" > wrote in message
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> "M. H. Greaves" > wrote in message
> ...
> > I wonder wether he was a formation leader, i dont think it would denote
> > special equip't because if this was so he'd be the first to be shot down
> in
> > a doggy fight, my guess is either a squadron marking or a formation
> marking.
> > Sorry i cant be more helpfull.
> > regards.
> > "old hoodoo" > wrote in message
> > ...
> > > Anyone know anything about the black wing stripe and marking on this
> G4M?
> > >
> > > http://www.j-aircraft.com/familyphotos/claus_kruger/claus_kruger.htm
>
> Maybe it was for a certain operation, like the black and white wing
stripes
> on Allied planes for Overlord?
>
>