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Troy Raines · 7 April 2006, 07:44 AM

Just visited the wwi modeling page website (I am not a member there). They were doing a little bit of Aerodrome bashing, and were a bit critical of some of the theories and individuals on this site. No, I'm not trying to start a war, I mean no offense to anyone on the modeling website. Their topic was the "new" theory of Fok.EV/DVIII wing streaking. No one at the modeling page was offering any solution/research to the theory just general disagreement that the "streaking" existed. To their credit the discussion questioned that if the "streaking" was present why was there nothing about it in Allied reports on the aircraft? Good point.

Now, I have been reading the threads on this topic for 3/4 months. There are several different threads and I still have not gotten through them all so forgive me if I am beating a dead horse. I am truly impressed at the level of knowledge and research put forth here on The Aerodrome on the Fok. EV/DVIII "streaking" topic.

OK, my question/observation on this. The machine was issued as the Fokker EV. There were wing failures and the aircraft was withdrawn while new wings were built and installed. The aircraft was being reissued as the DVIII when the war ended. Is it posssible that as the EV the wings were in "streaked" camo but the new wings installed on the reissued DVIII were painted in a solid color? That could explain why no "streaking" was reported on captured aircraft by the Allies after the war.

7 April 2006, 07:44 AM	#1 (permalink)
Troy Raines Scout Pilot Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Troy, Ohio Posts: 336	E.V/D.VIII wing camo Just visited the wwi modeling page website (I am not a member there). They were doing a little bit of Aerodrome bashing, and were a bit critical of some of the theories and individuals on this site. No, I'm not trying to start a war, I mean no offense to anyone on the modeling website. Their topic was the "new" theory of Fok.EV/DVIII wing streaking. No one at the modeling page was offering any solution/research to the theory just general disagreement that the "streaking" existed. To their credit the discussion questioned that if the "streaking" was present why was there nothing about it in Allied reports on the aircraft? Good point. Now, I have been reading the threads on this topic for 3/4 months. There are several different threads and I still have not gotten through them all so forgive me if I am beating a dead horse. I am truly impressed at the level of knowledge and research put forth here on The Aerodrome on the Fok. EV/DVIII "streaking" topic. OK, my question/observation on this. The machine was issued as the Fokker EV. There were wing failures and the aircraft was withdrawn while new wings were built and installed. The aircraft was being reissued as the DVIII when the war ended. Is it posssible that as the EV the wings were in "streaked" camo but the new wings installed on the reissued DVIII were painted in a solid color? That could explain why no "streaking" was reported on captured aircraft by the Allies after the war.