Pete in Lae (New Guinea)

[mclaring]

Heelooo Y'all !

Thought it time to inject more Pacific stuff in here with y'all going mad on choppers and Luftwaffe etc. Here is a 'Pete' from seaplane tender Kiyokawa Maru which took on a RAAF Hudson on 10 March 1942, offshore Lae, New Guinea. Yes, the ship's log shows the tail code as R-12! Pretty sure I have the rest of the markings right, unless the cowl was black Sooooo, are my markings right ?

MClaring

[AGNT_Matt]

yay a floatie! anyone ever thought of doing the Arado AR-196 the german plane used in the same role...? looking good !

[mclaring]

AGNT Matt,

noooo, less of the Luftwaffe and MORE of the Pacific ! But, I do agree with "yay a floatie". Remember that 'WW2 Pacific' rules OK!

MClaring

[AGNT_Matt]

ooh P-40 what a plane, yeah the floaties are rarities! need more of them

[JMSmith]

hi MCLaring,

checked all my photos, no black cowlings, but here is a nice gift for you.

and you might want to put your main wing struts in

if you want this full drawing, 4 view even bigger (huge) let me have you email addy.

[mclaring]

JMSmith,

Much appreciated - thank you sir. Image is of sufficient res that i can correct the many parlous errors in my first interpretation,

MClaring

[mclaring]

made the main corrections and added some water for fun,

MClaring

[adlabs6]

The water would look cool as a sparkling, scattered reflection.