Malta's Hurricanes camo scheme (1941)

[Graham Boak]

There is a colour photo showing Temperate Land Scheme with black/white undersides, although by Feb 1941 then they should have been wearing the sky/black scheme. Photographs of Hurricanes over Cyprus do show this scheme (although is the lighter colour Sky or Sky Blue?).

Hurricanes on Malta appear to have worn a mix of TLS and desert, depending on the delivery, although one view of Furious (early 1941?)appears to show Hurricanes carrying the tropical Land Scheme of Dark Green and Mid Stone. I know of no attempt to sort the deliveries by camouflage scheme. Try Brian Cull's Hurricanes Over Malta, and Shores/Cull/Malizia's Malta: The Hurricane Years.