Hi,
1. Sukhov, Eskadrilja vedet boj:25th February 1945...My plane is hit. A fire erupted on my fighter... flame is not throbbing now, only a thin stream of smoke coming out from the holes on the plane...I counted seven holes from 20-mm shells...
It is already end of March 1945. We operate from the highway. Once our soldiers detained paratrooper disguised in civilian clothes. Group of the documentarists led by the cameramen Litvinchuk Alexandrov worked at the airport. Cameras started on, the scene was captured immediately - and now you can see it in the movie "Pokryshkin in the sky."...
2. Pokryshkin, War Sky:...Once in February we catch German spy... It was a day full of intense training ? shooting and bombing. Pairs of experienced pilots and novices exchanged on the starts. There was nonstop noise in the sky. Sukhov?s ?four? was in the sky. Sukhov shot down one plane.
There were film makers at our airfield that time.
When considering also other info or events description in both books, Sukhov's one seems to be closer to the reality/true.
...some usual dark green, the most likely color for repaintings over od...
Massimo, what dark green do you mean? Here
http://sovietwarplanes.com/board/index.php?topic=1515.msg12493#msg12493 I tried to find some. At least AKAN 4BO is not dark, it is brighter than AMT-4.
...plane wasn't camouflaged - it wasn't camouflaged before being damaged and repaired (standard American OD/NG wasn't a "camouflage") and it wasn't camouflaged if damage/repairs were sprayed with olive green or light brown or any other colour...
KL, thanks for explanation. OK, let's say plane was not camouflaged, only painted with olive green or light brown or any other colour. Not left in primer.
Misos, didn't you figure out the date when movie was taken?
It looks that the plane was repaired and modified to carry bomb in 1-2 days!!! It was a very quick job - IMHO, in this case technician may have used what was available and they did not pay attention to colour matching or camouflage.
I agree that soviet technicians worked very fast:
2nd september 1943, Sukhov attacking FW-189...Pieces flew around my plane. The following day I did not fly, I helped to mechanic with my plane. Half of the work is done. In the morning, I arrived at the airport together with others, and Yakovenko reported: The plane is ready to fly!
...It is quite possible that the plane was filmed when Pokrishkin made a test flight (as it is stated in the movie) at the end of February. Other pilots started with bombing missions after that, in March.
IMHO, Pokryshkin in document film (that time triple HSU) is filmed during bombing demonstration for propaganda and/or "front news" for Soviet cinemas, or something like that. Not testing flight.
Regards,
66misos