bobmig Posted December 29, 2014 Report Share Posted December 29, 2014 I've been researching some colour schemes for a possible decal sheet on Berlin Airlift C-47s, and I came across these photos. It's an aircraft that came down short of the Wiesbaden runway on a return trip from Berlin in bad weather in July 1948. I've discovered that the E.A.D. probably stands for European Air Depot (or Erding Air Depot, as it was later known), but am unsure about the colours of the arrow marking. If I had to guess, I would say blue and white… but I don't want to guess. I feel I've seen this marking illustrated in a book, but just can't recall where. Can anyone help? Oh... and if you have pics of other E.A.D. marked aircraft - even if not C-47s - it would be interesting to see them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Google as not my friend.....after searching EAD, Berlin Airlift, and C-47 images, I had no-joy on finding any others besides the 2 you posted above! There does seem to be a preponderance of blue/white cheating/trimming for many ATC and MATS a/c, except for the one famous image showing a/c with that bright red "Z" down the sides. Perhaps someone else will have better luck! GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmig Posted December 30, 2014 Author Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Google as not my friend.....after searching EAD, Berlin Airlift, and C-47 images, I had no-joy on finding any others besides the 2 you posted above! Thanks for trying, Gil. For my part, I would never ask without an exhaustive web search first! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted December 30, 2014 Report Share Posted December 30, 2014 Well hey, you may not want to have to "guess", but it'd be hard to PROVE you wrong without coming up with images no one seems able to find! Besides, in the end, it's just a model! I say build it to the best of your abilities and estimations. GIL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roktman Posted January 10, 2015 Report Share Posted January 10, 2015 (edited) Would these be of help? Doesn't say EAD tho... Edited January 10, 2015 by Roktman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobmig Posted January 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 21, 2015 Would these be of help? Doesn't say EAD tho... Sorry for the delay in replying, Kev. I appreciate the input, but I don't like to do markings based on museum or memorial examples or 'warbirds'. I find that often they're someone's less-than-accurate interpretation of the actual scheme... if it even existed! I'd rather use original photos of the actual birds. It is a neat scheme, though. Bob Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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