[JFM]

Thanks, Dan-San. Just wanted to see what you were using.

Why do you discount the translated combat reports? I'm interested because, as you know, they never describe 477/17 as all-red. In all nine combat reports involving 477/17 it is described as having (paraphrased) red wings, red hood (cowl), red wheels and red tail. Do you think that in all nine combat reports (the last being victory #78, from 7 April) the translator confused red wings, red cowl, red wheels, and red tail with red painting, as 425/17 is described? Or do you believe the translator had an ulterior motive to misidentify 477/17? Or another reason?

(For clarity, my questions seek information and are not rhetorically combative.)

Regarding the fate of 152/17, that Nowarra's statement is just as assumptive as Imrie's.