Indeed shameful that such a historic site has been greatly destroyed. It could be one of the UKs biggest museum sites. Those commercial enterprises shouldn’t be there.
I see no problem with the current paint. A thick layer of (house)paint might have prevented a lot of corrosion. Might make restoration (in the right colours) easier 🙂
Oh dear, this old P-51 dispute again. The blue was not only seen in the air from the ground, but also seen on the aircraft on the ground by a number of experienced British observers whilst on a tour of the base. These were close acquaintances of the great 8th AF historian Roger Freeman. If he found them convincing, that’s good enough for me. I agree that Olive Drab would be much more logical, but so what? I’m certainly not claiming that it was that particular shade of blue, however.
Don’t know about other P-51’s, but the consensus for “Lou IV” is that it was indeed green, and not blue as replicated on some warbirds. Correctly seen on these models: britmoddeler/ ARC
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