Grumman G-36A, hypothetical Vichy French Naval Air Service scheme, Morocco, 1942.
France ordered 81 G-36A aircraft, powered by Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 engines and equipped with 6 French 7.5mm Darne machine-guns, the latter to be fitted on arrival in France. By the time of the Armistice, only one aircraft had been completed ready for delivery, coded NXG1. Others would have been available very shortly afterwards, so in keeping with the "what-if" approach of the "Attack in the West '40" campaign, it is interesting to imagine these aircraft entering service if the Battle of France had lasted that bit longer. If this had been the case, they almost certainly would have ended up after the Armistice alongside the Hawk-75 units in North Africa. This paint scheme is a hypothetical service scheme which takes into account the aircraft camouflage and markings used by Vichy French aircraft during early to mid-1942.
This will of course not change the flight dynamics or damage profile of the aircraft into that of a G-36A.
France ordered 81 G-36A aircraft, powered by Wright R-1820 Cyclone 9 engines and equipped with 6 French 7.5mm Darne machine-guns, the latter to be fitted on arrival in France. By the time of the Armistice, only one aircraft had been completed ready for delivery, coded NXG1. Others would have been available very shortly afterwards, so in keeping with the "what-if" approach of the "Attack in the West '40" campaign, it is interesting to imagine these aircraft entering service if the Battle of France had lasted that bit longer. If this had been the case, they almost certainly would have ended up after the Armistice alongside the Hawk-75 units in North Africa. This paint scheme is a hypothetical service scheme which takes into account the aircraft camouflage and markings used by Vichy French aircraft during early to mid-1942.
This will of course not change the flight dynamics or damage profile of the aircraft into that of a G-36A.
