Lockheed Ventura Mk V in Coastal Command

[Graham Boak]

If you are talking about the drawing of the 521 Sq aircraft, then this is in the USN scheme of Sea Blue Gloss uppersurfaces, Intermediate Blue sides, and Insignia White (a very light grey, normally, at least in appearance) undersides.

If you are talking about the SAAF aircraft, rather than rely upon memory I will turn to Ron Belling, then official SAAF artist. According to his book "A protrait of Miitary Aviation in South Africa", in this period the aircraft had the same scheme as the Shackleton, namely Extra Dark Sea Grey over PRU Blue. PV-1 6472 has Dark Sea Grey not EDSG.

The previous scheme (Springbok roundels) was EDSG over Sky. Several aircraft had DSG, and some had a rather brownish shade of Sky.

His book has several other paintings of Venturas, the wartime camouflaged ones (standard roundels) being variations of the USN schemes of the wartime period.