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Re: Desert Hurricane with Polka Dot Camouflage
One of the photos says Maleme, which is Crete. I know of one other example of such a scheme on a Hurricane in Greece, but it was not common there. It is seen on Hurricanes in temperate colours as well as desert colours, both RAF and FAA (NB not Sea Hurricanes). Perhaps surprisingly it is not seen on P-40s nor Martlets. Photos to the contrary would be delightfully received!
Some information has recently been unearthed from ME records and thus the light colour is reportedly V.84 Aluminium, although the photos don't always appear as bright as might be expected. I had assumed Sky Blue, but either way it is certainly significantly lighter than the underside colour (likely to be either Sky or Azure Blue, but could be Sky Blue according to some reports). The mottle colours look to have the same tones as the upper surface camouflage, but some rather odd ones have been reported/suggested. There may of course have been some variations, and few if any other examples appear to be quite so polka dotted but more short streaks.
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