azure blue over white pru spitfire?

[sjmacke]

They are photos of several airframes in the Desert with the scheme described by Graham. There is also some info on them in an OLD issue of the publication that was put out by IPMS South Afrika.

One of the machines which is known to have carried this scheme is BR416 (an interesting airframe as there are also photos taken at different times of it in the overall PRU Blue scheme and later all natural metal).

In my opinion the scheme in North Africa is Grey over White (i.e a standard coastal command scheme as used on a number of types) which would have been appropiate for use in anti shipping recce sorties in the Med.

And no the scheme is not a trick of the sun as several Spits have been photographed similarly painted in North Africa.

Steve Mackenzie