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Old 06-11-2010, 07:46 PM
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Originally Posted by Friendly_flyer View Post
The markings on the Spitfire is a bit off though. Squadron codes on RAF planes was usually sky (the same light green-blue-gray colour they used on the underside), or sometimes medium sea gray (a somewhat darker, less saturated hue). The serial numbers were always in black, and in 1940 always a single letter followed by four numbers, with no spacing or hyphen.
There's an interesting discussion in last month's Fly Past magazine (Battle of Britain Special Edition) on the colors and paint schemes for different time periods and squadrons. I hope someone on Oleg's team has seen this (for what it's worth).