[Randy]

No combat but a French pilot reported that he saw something that he described looking like this pull away from him. Note the stubby non-original (original lost) spinner on the rear prop on the restored 102. Also, the Germans restored 102 with black spinners and props (since corrected) even though the Smithsonian (who supplied them with lots of information) documented these as being black green.

Mind-numbing trivia you can mention to your dentist while he gives you your latest root canal: The rear prop blades had to be cut down about 1.5 inches each . . . tip speeds were too high because the airflow was faster through the rear prop than the forward one.