In mid-1940, the Navy tested a number of aircraft camouflage schemes designed by the noted artist and Naval Reserve officer McClelland Barclay. These tests had no lasting effect on U.S. Navy aircraft markings, except, perhaps, to persuade Naval Aviators that disruptive camouflage schemes had little use on planes intended for employment at sea. Some photos of the aircrafts using Barclays scheme, can be found in the link:
http://aviacaoemfloripa.blogspot.com.br/2011/01/camuflagens-barclay.html
By: 91Regal - 25th March 2014 at 10:54
I’ve recently discovered McClelland Baclay for myself via an ‘On Target Special – Wings of the Fleet 1919 – 1941’. This book contains colour 3-views of aircraft of the period using these designs – colours being a combination of dark-blue, blue-grey, grey and the undersurfaces are usually white. The artist certainly used his background as an illustrator to come with some novel patterns. A footnote in aeronautical history perhaps, but if I had a spare £30k. and knew a friendly Spitfire owner who wanted a repaint, I’d be tempted (anybody useful with Photoshop ?)
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March 25, 2014 at 9:47 am