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Old 27th August 2007, 09:50
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Re: Blue or Blue-Gray Camouflage on Bf 109E

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Originally Posted by Cpt_Farrel View Post
According to Merrick (and maybe Ullmann as well, I can't remember clearly) the chances would be slim. Since aircraft paint is pretty advanced stuff, chemically speaking, they would probably not do things like that when they weren't sure how it would affect previous paints and the airframe itself...
Hi Anders,

I'm still undecided on this issue regardless of the specialist view.

The Germans used captured material and war booty operationally, if I extend that line of thought to necessity and (limited)logistics chances are that even Luftwaffe painters used the next best thing available to them while they waited for logistics to catch up.

Just a gut feeling, no proof whatsoever.
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