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Re: RLM colours please.
Gentelmen,
According to this von Hofe's film:
1. In June 1941 RLM 79 and 80 were in initial stage of using. In June 1941 first Bf 109E of I./JG 27 were repainted in Noth Africa in these colors, and probably it is even not proven that they at first used proper RLM 79 or any provisional paint.
2. In this film paint scheme is not similar to any known tropical factory scheme. At this time tropical scheme were not worked out and JG 54 aircraft were almost certainly field repainted. Using RLM 79 to that is ulikely.
As we see from our discussion we can agree that using RLM 79 on eastern front to repaint aircraft was unlikely to happen. In pictures of JG 54 Bf 109F and in one picture of FW 190A-5 (black 5, Max Stotz) I see brown color. It was not sand but evidently brown shade without any doubt. We can only speculate what was the source of this brown paint and all speculations are equally probable.
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