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Originally Posted by Evgeny Velichko
To transffer several hundreds of kilograms of paint could not be result of "partnership between unit comansers", but could be result of "Partnership between Official Goverments", with confirming documents e.t.c. There was only one act documented - transferring a paint FROM GERMANY TO FINNLAND (RLM 74/75/76) to use to repair/repaint Finnish Bf109G's.
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You will hardly find information about eg. paints handed over by British to Americans. Usually such transfers were made under necessary war materials acts, so local commanders could acquire some goods not available from own stocks. Another possibility is that the aircraft were overhauled at Finnish depots, and the general agreement did not specify paints used.
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NO Finnish paints were given to Germans to my knowledge. Nor is there any documents of such that I know. The Winter and Schildt & Hallberg paints were chemically different from the RLM finishing systems.
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It seems Finnish colours could have been used in the early period on Me 109Fs. This could have been done locally with no paperwork surviving to the present day.
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PS Kjetil Aakra has written nice piece of text of the Afrika-coloured Bf 109 F-4 delivered to JG5. Available at www.ahs.no -site. I used to object the use RLM 79 but it seems many if not all of the F-4 subtypes delivered late Spring-Summer 1942 to JG 5 were Trop versions. What their colours became after delivery is another matter. Others will know more for sure.
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As noted, the thesis does not provide a single proof 79 was not overpainted before the delivery.