Hallo Christian,
hier mal ein Auszug zum Text:
The Libyan Incident - Markings of the SU-22 Killers
The Markings carried by the two F-14s that downed the two Su-22s have been changed several times, and keeping them straight is somewhat complicated and difficult. After a great deal of research with VF-41, we have put together this explanation of these markings for the benefit of the marking enthusiast and the scale modeler.
VF-41`s F-14s were painted in the overall gray scheme during the 1981 cruise aboard the USS Nimitz. Wheel wells and struts were white, as were the inside of the doors, with the edges of the doors painted red. The inside of the intakes were gray, and there was no bare metal on the leading edges of the flying surfaces. Instead, the light gull grey paint covered all leading edges.
Tail markings consisted of a dark gray spade with a white 41. A red band was placed diagonally on either side of the spade. A small AJ was at the outside bottom of each rudder, with the last two digits of the aircraft number at the top. The nose number was on each side of the nose, and was repeated on the flaps. Cdr. Henry Kleemann, the squadron commander, was assigned to aircraft 101 as is the usual case with squadron commanders. (Numbers ending in 00 are reseved for the Commander of the Air Group). Cdr. Kleemann`s NFO was Lt. Dave Venlet. The other crew, Lt. Larry Muczynski and Lt. Jim Anderson, were assigned to aircraft 112. However, crews rarely fly their own aircraft, and during the engagement Cdr. Kleemann flew 102 which was assigned to VF-41`s XO, Cdr. Mike Field, and his NFO. Lt. Steve Walker. The BuNo. of this aircraft was 160403. Lt. Muczinsky and Lt. Anderson were in 107, BuNo. 160390,and according to VF-41`s corrosion control people, there is no record of any crew names being on the aircraft at the time of the engagement.
After the engagement, the number on 160403 was changed to 101, thus making it the commander`s aircraft Cdr. Kleemann`s name and that of LT. Venlet`s, was painted on the Canopy rails. The number of 160390 was left as 107, but Lt. Muczinsky`s and Lt. Anderson`s names were added to the canopy rails, but only last names were used. Kill markings were originally added to both aircraft under the Canopy rails on the left side, but this was later changed to a position under the spade on outer sides of both vertical tails. Later photographs, taken after the squadron returned to Oceana NAS, show the kill marking back under the canopy rail, and the "E" award painted under the spade. In his narrative on the engagement, Lt. Muczinsky reports that the kill markings was again under the spade during a cruise on the USS Nimitz in July and August 1982.
Ich würde keinen Blendschutz anbringen, da er nicht erwähnt wird.
Gruss Harald
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Nochmals zurück zu den Namen unter der Kanzel. Waren die auch noch dran als die Abschussmarkierung beidseitig auf dem Leitwerk war?
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