However, whoever painted that Meteor prototype should be shot! Meteors were NEVER finished in Dark Earth/Dark Green camouflage, but in Ocean Grey/Dark Green. Moreover that band around the fuselage is a funny colour of Sky! What a pity, such a pretty aeroplane.
Enclosing a colour profile I did some years ago of HE-R as it appeared late in 1941 after the introduction of the new fighter scheme on 15 August. Dark Earth areas have been overpainted in ‘mixed grey’ or Ocean Grey while Sky undersides have been changed to Medium Sea Grey. Makings are in the style of the period before the introduction of narrow white and yellow areas in mid-May 1942.
Dug up a couple of slides I took in the early ’70s at Malta, during the Belfast’s heyday. It was practically a weekly visitor and I’ve logged visits of all ten.
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