tkirk Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Fellow Modelers Just got through watching "war stories with Ollie North" The episode about The China,Burna India CBI theater, 1st Air Commando unit which was formed late 1944. They were given P-40;s, B-25. C-47P39and P51As or Bs?? Anyone know what they had P-51'sA,orBs?? paint schemes? so on Thanks Tim Kirkland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghodges Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 (edited) P-51A's to start, and P-51Bs as the war progressed; though many of them flew P-40s til the end of the war. Until the end of the war, most all of their aircraft remained camouflaged; od over neutral gray. Only at the end, when many planes were being built and delivered in NMF (due to complete air superiority) did they start getting "silver" airplanes (generally speaking). Remember, the CBI was the backwater of the Pacific theater, which was given lower priority than Europe. That means the CBI got whatever the Pacific folks could spare, and that was even more meager than anyone else! They did as much or more, with less, than almost anyone else, and under very diverse and trying conditions. It's still a very under appreciated, under reported, and under represented part of WWII; and that goes for modeling too. It's no wonder we don't have an injection molded C-46 in 1/48! That said, they did have some interesting schemes: GIL Edited February 15, 2016 by ghodges Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkirk Posted February 15, 2016 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Thanks Gil This is a big help! From what little info is out there the CBI really is a egnima? But the 1st CU did a heck of a job Tim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highlander Posted February 15, 2016 Report Share Posted February 15, 2016 Hey, Gil. First class response. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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