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Old 14th Apr 2008, 21:34
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Originally Posted by GeeRam
I thought it was silver dope under right wing with black under left, and then in 1939 the silver underwing was overpainted white, with the all sky undersides not appearing until 1940.....?
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Originally painted silver when introduced, then black/white underneath (late 39 IIRC, but during the war) (on some a/c only the wings/tail were black and white and the fuselage remained silver), then sky/duck egg blue etc, then (winter 1940ish) the black under one wing made a brief comeback

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