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This is a limited and highly accurately printed edition dedicated to the
original colours of the WWII era. The chips that appear in the book,
even though they are not painted with real paint, are highly controlled,
checked and calibrated in the most precise way under the current and
most modern parameters of printing and technology, to match the
original colours.
LIMITED EDITION
Original idea and concept:
Fernando Vallejo
Francisco Vives
AK Interactive
Executive editor:
Maciej Góralczyk
Art direction:
Tomek Wajnkaim
Cover idea:
Maciej Góralczyk
Color profiles:
Janusz Światłoń
Proofreading:
James Hatch
Translation from Russian:
Maciej Góralczyk
Michael Neradkov of ScaleModels.ru
The symbols of the Third Reich including
the swastika were part of the markings of
German aircraft during World War II and are
shown in this book for the sake of historically
correct representations. The authors are firm
supporters of an open and democratic society
and do not to sympathise in any way with
radical movements whatsoever.
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index
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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1. GERMAN AIRCRAFT COLOURS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
8
- 1.1 THE PRE-WAR AND EARLY WAR PERIOD
8
- 1.1.1 SINGLE COLOUR FINISHES
11
- 1.1.2 THE FIRST CAMOUFLAGE SYSTEM
16
- 1.1.3 GREEN CAMOUFLAGE SCHEMES
24
- 1.1.4 LEGION CONDOR CURIOUSITIES
28
- 1.1.5 EVOLUTION OF THE FIGHTER CAMOUFLAGE
46
- 1.2 NEW NEEDS, NEW COLOURS
46
- 1.2.1 NEW FIGHTER COLOURS
52
- 1.2.2 NIGHT FIGHTERS AND BOMBERS
60
- 1.2.3 TROPICAL COLOURS
65
- 1.2.4 WINTER CAMOUFLAGE
68
- 1.3 THE LATE WAR COLOURS
90
- 1.4 INTERIOR COLOURS
92
- 1.5 OFFICIAL COLOURING SPECIFICATIONS AND CAMOUFLAGE PATTERNS
112
- 1.6 SCALE COLOUR EFFECT
114
2. U.S. AIRCRAFT COLOURS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
116
- 2.1 INTRODUCTION
117
- 2.2 USAAC/USAAF CAMOUFLAGE COLOURS
119
- 2.2.1 OLIVE DRAB 41 AND ANA 613
128
- 2.2.2 MEDIUM GREEN 42
134
- 2.2.3 NEUTRAL GRAY 43
135
- 2.2.4 SAND 49
141
- 2.2.5 HQ NW AFRICAN AIR FORCES
144
- 2.2.6 HAZE CAMOUFLAGE
147
- 2.2.7 JET BLACK ANA 622
148
- 2.2.8 NON-STANDARD FINISHES GALLERY
158
- 2.3 UNITED STATES NAVY CAMOUFLAGE COLOURS
178
- 2.4 USAAF/USN INSIGNIA COLOURS
183
- 2.5 US AIRCRAFT INTERIOR COLOURS
186
3. BRITISH AIRCRAFT COLOURS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR
188
- 3.1 INTRODUCTION
189
- 3.2 CAMOUFLAGE COLOURS
189
- 3.3 TEMPERATE LAND SCHEME
191
- 3.3.1 NIGHT
197
- 3.3.2 SKY
202
- 3.3.3 SKY BLUE
203
- 3.4 TEMPERATE SEA SCHEME
211
- 3.4.1 SKY GREY
213
- 3.5 DAY FIGHTER SCHEME
215
- 3.6 DESERT COLOURS
215
- 3.6.1 MIDDLE STONE (SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS MIDSTONE)
217
- 3.6.2 AZURE BLUE
217
- 3.6.3 DEEP SKY
218
- 3.6.4 MEDITERRANEAN BLUES
218
- 3.7 PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE (PR) COLOURS
220
- 3.7.1 PHOTO-RECONNAISSANCE UNIT BLUE
221
- 3.7.2 PRU SPECIAL PINK
221
- 3.7.3 EXTRA DARK SEA GREEN AND PRU MAUVE
222
- 3.8 AIR SEA RESCUE AIRCRAFT
222
- 3.9 TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT
223
- 3.10 GREY GREEN
224
- 3.11 IDENTIFICATION COLOURS
227
- 3.12 CODE LETTERS
228
4. SOVIET AIRCRAFT COLOURS, 1940-1945
230
- 4.1 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
231
- 4.2 UNTIL 1940
235
- 4.3 1940
243
- 4.4 1941-1942
255
- 4.5 WINTERS OF 1941-42 AND 1942-43
258
- 4.6 1943
271
- 4.7 WINTER OF 1943-1944
272
- 4.8 1944-1945
280
- 4.9 FRONTLINE EXPERIENCE
284
- 4.10 A VIEW FROM THE INSIDE
288
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