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    Allied planes captured and used by the Luftwaffe

    Look what I have found, i did not know that germany captured planes...

    https://www.warhistoryonline.com/war...luftwaffe.html

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    Seep666,

    Hence the term "hacks." The Allies did it too...they loved the Fiseler Storch, for example. It was the best of its type in any Air Force in the world at that time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rami View Post
    Seep666,

    Hence the term "hacks." The Allies did it too...they loved the Fiseler Storch, for example. It was the best of its type in any Air Force in the world at that time.

    Ever hear of the Schmittfire? http://simhq.com/forum/ubbthreads.ph...hmittfire.html

    How 'bout a Daimler-Benz engined Hurricane? http://forums.ubi.com/showthread.php...rricane-Forums
    The germans have also done captured aircrafts like curtis P36 and devoitine d520 from french air force to the axes allied force

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    I did know that the Allies did it, but never heard that germany did so too. Interesting to see those photos, they seem to be so wrong... :-)

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    The Japanese captured a number of Allied aircraft as well.
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    Hi,
    I read a book years ago about KG200, a Luftwaffe unit of captured aircraft...I always thought it was fiction but it seems to have been real!

    Andy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stansdds View Post
    The Japanese captured a number of Allied aircraft as well.
    It was almost impossible to capture a Japanese aircraft intact, so in the Pacific Theatre, the Allies brought in crashed planes and rebuilt them for comparison trials.

    http://www.ozatwar.com/usaaf/atiu.htm

    MikeW

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    The German outfit was called the "Rosarius Flying Circus." After being tested in-depth at the Luftwaffe flight test center at Rechlin, on the Baltic, these aircraft were grouped together into a traveling organization that visited Luftwaffe combat airfields to familiarize German pilots with the enemy aircraft they would be facing in battle. They could test-fly them if time and circumstance permitted during the visit.

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