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Re: Allied Aircraft Winter Camouflage

Many thanks for the responses and help! :)

Re: Allied Aircraft Winter Camouflage

Quote:

Originally Posted by atckyrre (Post 102717)

Apparently the Meteors in Holland were painted white for ID and not for winter camo.

Hi
Seems to a mix of opinions on the net, some websites mention they were for camo, some for recognition.
cheers
Jerry

http://www.faqs.org/docs/air/avmeteor.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloster_Meteor

ducimus C&M states,

.... it has been said that the white finish was for identification purposes....
.... but a further possibility is that it was for ground camouflage during the heavy snow falls ....