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Re: 15th Air Force Camouflage
"CHUG-A-LUG" 41-11766 "V" ( 98BG) was one that lasted into the Fifteenth in original Sand / Neutral Gray finish; she was photographed at Manduria Italy in Dec. 1943 a few weeks after the 15th was formed.
There are other Sand ones from both Groups with post-Sept. 1943 insignia ( ie. blue bars added) which could well be Fifteenth.
2 others were 42-73076 / "D" ( 98BG) in Feb. 1944 and 41-11779 "41" (376BG) in Dec. 1943 both in Italy with the Fifteenth.
The original order for 98BG ( 27 May 1942) specified Sand 26 enamel , same colour as the pre-war one; to be painted over the existing Olive Drab with Neutral Gray remaining below. This only referred to N. Africa assignments , new deliveries to the Fifteenth AF in Italy to be Olive Drab 41. There were a few Olive Drab - Neutral Gray D-models on the Ploesti mission like 41-24294 / 36 Brewery Wagon ( 376BG).
Nick
Last edited by Buckeye30; 4th October 2019 at 17:29.
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