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Unusual camouflage

Quite an interesting picture at the top of this article, was this kind of thing done regularly? I don’t think I’ve seen anything too similar before.

http://www.urbanghostsmedia.com/2015/02/fake-facades-world-war-two-hangar-disguised-houses-buildings/

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By: Airfixtwin - 1st March 2015 at 17:31

A couple more of the example in Belgium , via IWM collections

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/60/media-60781/large.jpg?action=e&cat=photographs

http://media.iwm.org.uk/iwm/mediaLib/54/media-54793/large.jpg?action=e&cat=photographs

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By: DaveF68 - 1st March 2015 at 16:56

There was a whole unit dedicated to this, using set designers from the film industry.

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By: Edgar Brooks - 1st March 2015 at 16:07

There’s a photo of pink Spitfires in front of a “farmhouse.”

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By: CeBro - 1st March 2015 at 11:09

The Fokker factory, during the wartime years located in the northern part of Amsterdam was also camouflaged in a similar manner.
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By: smirky - 1st March 2015 at 10:35

The Lockheed plant at Burbank comes to mind as one of the all-time greats here.

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By: antoni - 1st March 2015 at 10:33

See:

http://patrickbaty.co.uk/2011/10/05/wartime-camouflage-colours/

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By: bazv - 1st March 2015 at 10:23

Re post 1 – there is a famous colour pic of that Hangar on the internet – with a B25 Mitchell parked inside – very nice : )

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By: bazv - 1st March 2015 at 10:20

Another famous Robin Hangar photo – Possibly at Weston Park SLG

http://i695.photobucket.com/albums/vv316/volvosmoker/Robin%20Hangar_zpswskxrhpt.jpg

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By: bazv - 1st March 2015 at 10:09

Yes – hangars /buildings were ‘camouflaged’ in many different ways – I posted this Hawker/Langley photo some years ago because it has an ‘interesting’ background !
I rescued the pic when Dunsfold was closed down purely because it was a nice shot of a Tiffie but later realised that the background buildings were interesting.

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