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My opinion
As this was very early in the war, and the Luftwaffe already had a dedicated maritime colour scheme of Greens 72/73, it would seem (to me) odd that these aircraft would have been overpainted grey. Perhaps later in the war, when experience might have suggested shortcomings in 72/72 as a scheme, this would be more reasonable. However, the Luftwaffe does seem to have retained 72/73 for many years, suggesting that it was considered at least adequate.
For two different types from two different units to have the same (or very similar) oddball scheme is also very curious.
However, this is only an opinion, and I await further analysis of the relics with great interest.
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9th February 2005, 15:33
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