Willys jeep and RAF deanland

[Larry]

Gav,

Please do not paint your Jeep blue - this was a pre and post war colour.

Although some RAF vehicles that were built pre-war and up to 1941, had an RAF blue coulour scheme in WW2, the RAF soon adopted matt camouflage colours from the Battle of Britain onwards for vehicles based in Southern England. In August 1941 the AMO order was finally issued to adopt Army matt colour schemes from then on (ignoring staff cars for the RAF senior top brass which were often polished).

Also as the Army got priority for 4x4 vehicles, the RAF got Jeeps at a slower rate and later in the war. A Jeep would have therefore stayed in US Olive drab or very occasionally been repainted in UK equivalent colours. Paint was at a premium so repainting US vehicles wasted resources. The only exception was painting matt black camouflage over the base coat, as was done by mobile units of 2nd TAF but not often in the UK.

So if your Jeep is to be marked as an RAF vehicle used in the UK US Olive drab with RAF markings is going to be the most accurate option.