Squadron / Signal Publications has a series of books called Strangers in a Strange Land. The first book is about American aircraft from the Second World War that were captured by the Germans and placed back into service in the German air forces.
The second book in the series is about American aircraft that landed in Switzerland. Many of those aircraft were placed back into Swiss service. They were used to defend Swiss neutrality during the war.
These two books give new uses for WWII era American aircraft. They can be painted up in German or Swiss aircraft. The Germans used them for many purposes. They would shadow American B-17 bomber formations because they would look just like American planes from a distance, even in full German markings. Others were used for dropping clandestine agents, and reconnaissance. American AA guns would see the silhouette and only know it was an American plane.
Pick up one of these books and give a new life to an old American fighter or bomber.
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