WWII Italy Fighter Fiat G-50 Aviation Training W.E.F.T.U.P. ID Posters for Sale

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WWII Italy Fighter Fiat G-50 Aviation Training W.E.F.T.U.P. ID Posters For Sale

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WWII Italy Fighter Fiat G-50 Aviation Training W.E.F.T.U.P. ID Posters:
$245.00

Shipping is a little more because I need to purchase a hard mailing tube to roll and protect the WWII artifact poster.

Comes with C.O.A.

Size: 19 x 25 inches

This original ‘RESTRICTED’ aircraft identification poster was published by the U.S. Naval Aviation Training Division March 1943. This poster was posted as a training tool as well as an in theater ID poster to help U.S. and other Allied pilots, bomber crews and Naval personal to identify Allied and enemy aircraft. W.E.F.T.U.P. or Wing, Engine, Fuselage, Tail, Undercarriage, Peculiarities was a system set up for the purpose of aircraft identification and recognition.

World War II saw some of the first introduction of these aircraft ID poster to prevent friendly fire and more accurate plane recognition in combat. It was believed these posters alone could save countless lives from friendly aircraft-on-aircraft or friendly anit-aircraft fire. These posters also could cut down precious second pilots, bomber gunners, and naval gun crews would have to ID a plane flying towards them intern saving their lives by shooting first.

Each poster provides the silhouettes, dimensions, and relevant information to educate both air and ground personnel in aircraft identification. Immediate identification of aircraft, friendly or not, was essential in order for the observer (whether in the air e.g., pilot, gunner, or patrol observer, or on the ground, e.g., anti-aircraft crew) to determine his next course of action (e.g., acknowledge, attack, evade, or report). Each poster details a large clean sky and background image of the specified aircraft located as the main top imagine on the poster. It also contains important ‘peculiarities’ such as where certain gun emplacements are located, other special aircraft features, as well as wing and length measurements.

Italy Fighter Fiat G-50:

TheFiat G.50Freccia(\"Arrow\") was a World War II Italianfighter aircraftdeveloped and manufactured by aviation companyFiat. Upon entering service, the type became Italy’s first single-seat, all-metalmonoplanethat had an enclosed cockpit and retractableundercarriage. On 26 February 1937, the G.50 conducted itsmaiden flight. During early 1938, theFrecciasserved in theRegia Aeronautica(the Italian Air Force) and with its expeditionary arm, theAviazione Legionaria, in Spain, where they proved to be relatively fast and very manoeuvrable in comparison to its adversaries in the theatre.

Early in the Second World War, it was determined that the G.50 possessed inadequate armament, comprising a pair ofBreda-SAFAT12.7-mmmachine guns.The fighter was extensively used on various fronts by Italy, including inNorthern Europe,North Africa, theBalkans, and theItalian mainland. The G.50 commonly came up against the BritishHawker Hurricane, which was fast enough to frequently outrun and out-range the Italian opponent. Later models of the fighter had improvements, including a substantial increase in range.

The G.50 was exported to several overseas customers, small numbers being flown by theCroatian Air Forcewhile 35 G.50 fighters were shipped toFinland, where they served with distinction during both theWinter Warof 1940 and theContinuation Warof 1941–1944 against theSoviet Union.In Finnish service, the type reportedly achieved an unprecedented kill/loss ratio of 33/1.