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Re: Strange Colours on Fw190 wreck...
JG54 went through a period of very distinctive colours of its own, and many theories have been proposed. The latest, and possibly best (being based on a study of a stored example in Russia), is that trials were being made of new paints using JG54, and that the red-brown is the prewar RLM 61 brown, which was later re-adopted as RLM 81 Braunviolett. I suggest you obtain/borrow a copy of Ken Merrick's recent 2-volume study from Classic.
However, if you read other works on Eastern Front camouflage you will easily find other suggestions, some more sensible than others.
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