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[Mitchell Holman[_2_]]

[Ray O'Hara]

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a mismatched paint scheme. no deset camouflaged plane had d-day invasion
stripes.

[Dale]

In article >,
"Ray O'Hara" > wrote:

> "Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
> ...
>
>
> a mismatched paint scheme. no deset camouflaged plane had d-day invasion
> stripes.
>
>

Maybe.

I found this:

"The greatest drawback of the pink camouflage was that this colour made
the pilots feel very vulnerable even though this was not the case. The
pink colour was only ever used on Spitfires and was still being used on
the F.R. Mk. IXC's of 16 Sqn after D-Day when based in continental
Europe (complete with D-Day stripes). There are some excellent colour
photos of the latter taken on "captured" German Agfa 35 mm film by a 16
Sqn pilot. Copies are available in the RAF Museum collection and they
have been published in a number of books."

[Ray O'Hara]

"Dale" > wrote in message
...
> In article >,
> "Ray O'Hara" > wrote:
>
> > "Mitchell Holman" > wrote in message
> > ...
> >
> >
> > a mismatched paint scheme. no deset camouflaged plane had d-day invasion
> > stripes.
> >
> >
>
> Maybe.
>
> I found this:
>
> "The greatest drawback of the pink camouflage was that this colour made
> the pilots feel very vulnerable even though this was not the case. The
> pink colour was only ever used on Spitfires and was still being used on
> the F.R. Mk. IXC's of 16 Sqn after D-Day when based in continental
> Europe (complete with D-Day stripes). There are some excellent colour
> photos of the latter taken on "captured" German Agfa 35 mm film by a 16
> Sqn pilot. Copies are available in the RAF Museum collection and they
> have been published in a number of books."


okay