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Originally Posted by cwiokster
Issac wrote "I was always baffled at the rational of painting the lower wings black on one side and light blue or white on the other underside."
Ah... that's just the point. The black/white undersides was a RECOGNITION feature, to avoid antiaircraft gunners shooting at their own aircraft in the dark days of spring 1940. This idea was revived (possibly by the same group at the Air Ministry) in 1944, becoming 'invasion stripes'. So actually "anti-camouflage". This helps make more sense of this models' color scheme!
Jeff C.
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I wonder how effective this scheme was in the prevention of friendly fire?
Isaac