Argentine Airforce Marking 1946

[Gary]

what kind of marking did the Argentine airforce have in 46-50?
Brazil?
Thanx
Gary

[Bryan H.]

They had the same light blue & white rondelle with Argentine flag fin flash.  Their navy had an anchor on the rondelle.  IIRC, Argentina had Lancaster bombers, Meteor jet fighters, C-47's, and probably a mixed bag of WWII surplus American props fighters.

Brazil used a modified US star & bar; the star was green & yellow with a lt. blue center.

Bryan

[Swamphen]

More precisely, the WW2 Brazilian insiginia is the standard "Brazilian Star" replacing the star in the US star-and-bar.

[Captain Canada]

Yeah, but what was that country that used to use Canadian currency and such down there ? St. Lucia ?

 

[Joe C-P]

How about the Argentinian Army? I have a German SPG that might do with a repainting and remarking for this group build.

JoeP

[Gary]

Ummmmm, so if they had an aircraft carrier in the late 40's what kind of scheme could someone expect to see on their aircraft?

Anchors?
Armada?

?

[Swamphen]

Related topic...what's the civil registration scheme for the Argies?

[Robin]

 Hi Swampi, the civil registration for Argentina is, LV.

Robin.

[Robin]

Also on a related note. SAM, Vol 13, No 3 (Dec 1990) had a very good 24 page article on  Argentinian Air Power.  I still have the set of decals for an Argentinian Lancaster, together with markings for a Egyptian one that they gave away at that time.

Robin.

[Swamphen]

Thanks!

Would the 'individual' code be letters, numbers or both?

[Robin]

The individual 'code' is letters, eg, LV-OPA is a Boeing 747-200.

Robin.

[Swamphen]

Thanks!

That poor Messerschmitt will never know what hit it...  :ar:

O'Pa!  :dum:  

[elmayerle]

The individual 'code' is letters, eg, LV-OPA is a Boeing 747-200.

*chuckle* That leaves some interesting ideas open.  Consider the corporate jet of Playboy de Argentina, with the registration "LV-SEX".

[Gary]

I need a name here guys, for a back story. I'm looking for a bird or beast in (Spanish) the native tongue of Argentina that would relate to a bird or beast that hunts fish. Here I might be tempeted to use Kingfisher or Barracuda.

Ok, not necessairly an animal either, but the final product is a plane that kills ships. Pucara is the word for fortress for example. I was thinking about Orca too but well, that's just not too cool. More describes my sister and a buffett.  

[elmayerle]

I need a name here guys, for a back story. I'm looking for a bird or beast in (Spanish) the native tongue of Argentina that would relate to a bird or beast that hunts fish. Here I might be tempeted to use Kingfisher or Barracuda.

Ok, not necessairly an animal either, but the final product is a plane that kills ships. Pucara is the word for fortress for example. I was thinking about Orca too but well, that's just not too cool. More describes my sister and a buffett.

Well, the Argentinians use something like that for their anti-ship missile, the martin pescador which is their name for the kingfisher.  I know their Skyhawks could carry it in the Flaklands conflict, but I don't know that I've seen much info on it.