Well, two actually!
1) P7350 currently flies in the markings of an aircraft flown by S/L George Denholm, 603 Squadron, L1067 “Blue Peter”. Shouldn’t the aircraft were the B-scheme camouflage pattern? (Not that I’m complaining about it, of course, but it **should** be correct).
2) What’s with the colour scheme of the Spitfire in the bottom right of the photo? It looks like a desert scheme, but it’s not one I’ve seen before!
By: DazDaMan - 29th September 2004 at 08:52
It reminded me a bit of that famous Messerschmitt 109E over the North African desert, the one with the green spots all over it.
Thanks for the pic, Dan 🙂
By: mike currill - 29th September 2004 at 07:33
Trails scheme “A” applied to Spit I X4815. This was done in April 1941 at AFDU in cooperation with RAE while they were trying to come up with schemes that would be good camouflage for day fighters at all altitudes as well as good camo on the ground. There were three other Trail schemes done as well. Spit I X4815 and X4816 were used in the trials.
Info from an article in “Quarter Scale Modeler-Spitfire Special”
Dan
So now we know
By: _ROOSTA_ - 29th September 2004 at 06:33
they are obviously models and it’s possible that the builder just applied that paint scheme to an aircraft that would have actually wore it, models are never 100% accurate theres always something like the placment of guns and bumbs above wheel wells etc.
By: Dan Johnson - 28th September 2004 at 23:23
Trails scheme “A” applied to Spit I X4815. This was done in April 1941 at AFDU in cooperation with RAE while they were trying to come up with schemes that would be good camouflage for day fighters at all altitudes as well as good camo on the ground. There were three other Trail schemes done as well. Spit I X4815 and X4816 were used in the trials.
Info from an article in “Quarter Scale Modeler-Spitfire Special”
Dan
By: jeepman - 28th September 2004 at 22:10
Another possible option – I’m pretty sure I’ve seen pictures of a Hurricane in Greece c 1941 in a similar sort of strictly unofficial scheme. It reeks of an extemporised scheme done in a hurry. Were Spitfires used in this theatre this early?
By: Mark12 - 28th September 2004 at 16:15
‘Dive the Derwent’
perhaps Mark 12 can help, now that he’s finished diving for the ditched Dambuster Lanc at Derwent – 🙂
Not ringing any bells with me.
The camouflage has an ‘axis’ look about it but it still retains the British national markings. 🙁
Dambuster Lanc – No.
Spitfire float plane – No.
Mark
By: DazDaMan - 28th September 2004 at 15:57
Nope, don’t think so. Look at the reflection, the plane evidently still has its guns, as the cartridge ejector ports haven’t been faired over. It was normal practice for a converted PR-Spit to have these faired over in order to give the wing a smooth surface so as to gain a bit more speed.
By: jeepman - 28th September 2004 at 15:56
I wonder whether….
it’s an early PR scheme devised by Sidney Cotton –
I may be way off beam though :confused:
perhaps Mark 12 can help, now that he’s finished diving for the ditched Dambuster Lanc at Derwent – 🙂
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