Camouflage colours on a Ju 87A

[Clint Mitchell]

Hi Dénes,

For comparison, below is the same aircraft seen in the photo in your first post which initially started this discussion:

Attachment 12214

Below are two photos of Ju87As wearing the same scheme and colour distribution as the photo above (the upper forward nose segment is RLM 62 (Grün):

Attachment 12210 Attachment 12211

Below are two more photos of Ju87As wearing the other combination of colours (the upper forward nose segment is RLM 63 (Hellgrau):

Attachment 12212 Attachment 12213

[Primoz]

The a/c in your last photo is not simply "wearing the other combination of colours"; the segment on the nose is RLM 63, the large segment aft of it is RLM 61 etc., while the starboard spat is RLM 61 (forward) and RLM 62 (aft). The forward part of the spat shouldn't be the same color as the large segment in the engine/cockpit area. The simplest explanation would be that it got a replacement spat from another a/c.