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[wayne556517]

How'd you go Moggy ??

IMG_20200723_145742 by Wayne 556517, on Flickr

Good Sir now where is Reilly ??







(26 hours later)

"Great bombing great bombing we got em sir"

pic1 by Wayne 556517, on Flickr




“Photo-Reconnaissance Unit”

 

[villagehorse]

Am I seeing Pink? or are my eyes going on me. Another out of the box thinking, becoming the norm for you Wayne. Robin.

 

[Horus]

Very imaginative Wayne. Well done !:salute::

Steve

 

[Guy]

I have heard about and seen a pink panther (Panther tank in the village of Grandmenil was painted pink in the 70's) but never about a pink spitfire . (What's the story behind this machine Wayne ?)
Guy

 

[nysoldiers]

Some American Army Air Force P40 airplanes were painted pink in the North Africa Campaign.
The desert sands reflected pink with the intense heat so it had something to do with camouflaging
the low flying ground support aircraft.
This information was obtained from my father's journal from the 79th Fighter Group USAAF 1942-1945.

 

[Guy]

Some American Army Air Force P40 airplanes were painted pink in the North Africa Campaign.
The desert sands reflected pink with the intense heat so it had something to do with camouflaging
the low flying ground support aircraft.
This information was obtained from my father's journal from the 79th Fighter Group USAAF 1942-1945.

I thought that in Europe eggshell blue/green, white and light blue were used for bombing reconnaissance purposes and that LIGHT pink was only used for low altitude tactical recon .
guy

 

[Terp152]

Novel idea, well done. CHris

 

[ccdc11]

I don't know about this... This has a whole Operation Petticoat 2 feel to it.I think Cary Grant is running around somewhere..

 

[ivanmoe]

Love the narrative and pics, Wayne:salute::

-Moe

 

[Obee]

Nice work on the aerial photo Wayne,

but think you need some photogrammetric training sometime

John

 

[wayne556517]

I have heard about and seen a pink panther (Panther tank in the village of Grandmenil was painted pink in the 70's) but never about a pink spitfire . (What's the story behind this machine Wayne ?)
Guy

During World War 2 a number of Spitfires were painted bright pink, letting them fly missions that would otherwise have been suicide runs.

Flying over enemy territory during the day and at low altitudes is dangerous at the best of times - and it was decided that painting some of the iconic fighters pink might just help pilots flying these dangerous missions survive.
The idea is that the pink hue makes the planes much harder to spot against clouds light up the low sun at dawn and dusk, and even makes them harder to spot when flying higher against light-blue or cloudy skies the rest of the time.
The colour was officially known as camoutint - but better known by many at the time as 'invisible pink'.
The fighters, mostly from 15 squadron, were key to some daring missions that involved flying low over Nazi defenses before D-Day to get good pictures of them.

Thanks for the comments I like my new Spitfire not many have pink one I'm sure.........................^&grin

 

[ccdc11]

During World War 2 a number of Spitfires were painted bright pink, letting them fly missions that would otherwise have been suicide runs.

Flying over enemy territory during the day and at low altitudes is dangerous at the best of times - and it was decided that painting some of the iconic fighters pink might just help pilots flying these dangerous missions survive.
The idea is that the pink hue makes the planes much harder to spot against clouds light up the low sun at dawn and dusk, and even makes them harder to spot when flying higher against light-blue or cloudy skies the rest of the time.
The colour was officially known as camoutint - but better known by many at the time as 'invisible pink'.
The fighters, mostly from 15 squadron, were key to some daring missions that involved flying low over Nazi defenses before D-Day to get good pictures of them.

Thanks for the comments I like my new Spitfire not many have pink one I'm sure.........................^&grin

Wayne I had never heard of that and it was neat to learn. I could see how it would work in the desert environment do to a old ford pickup I had, it was a strange gold paint that if the sun was just right it would change to what my wife called "4ittie pink". I wonder what the loss rate was vs normal camouflage.

 

[REVWARBUFF]

Well done Wayne! Quite ingenious too--the whole story, the photography and I love learning about history. I never knew about the pink coloring.

Mark