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The wing roundel size was based on the Blue maximum diameter of 40in. Again, the Yellow outer ring was painted out with the normal camouflage colours. Grey Squadron code and machine letters, approximately 36m.

Machine letters were not painted on all the aircraft at this time, but when they were their position was on the opposite side of the roundel to the code letters. Spitfire Mk 1s of No. Interest is in the aircraft still being in their Night, White and Aluminium factory under side finish. The Night and White under surface scheme was subject to some variation on Spitfires until it eventually became a straight division between black and white.

This was applied to many of No. Other Spitfire Squadrons began to appear rapidly as existing biplane fighters were replaced during the last few months of peace in , and the majority of aircraft conformed to the standard upper surface colours. There were, of course, some anomalies to be seen, as might be expected during such a period of hasty preparation for war. Factory finish from Feb. To May Night, White and Aluminium under surfaces. The leading aircraft has had the Type A 35in.

The second aircraft has the standard 35in. The leading aircraft is unusual in having 30in. Most of these anomalies occurred on the under sides of Spitfires. Their port sides were hurriedly painted in Night, but the rest of the under surface remained in the original Aluminium finish—although they were eventually repainted in White on the starboard side.

But again, this was only a temporary measure, and all were correctly painted later. As it was imperative that pilots flew as many hours as possible with their new mounts, the new markings had to be applied when the aircraft became available, and it was quite a common sight to see aircraft only partially re-painted.

Above and below Spitfires of No. The aircraft above has 25in. Both aircraft have 7in. After initial batches of Spitfires had been delivered in the original camouflage scheme, new markings were introduced in keeping with the situation in international affairs.

The factory schemes differed from those used in Royal Air Force Squadrons in respect of the under surface colours. Why this was so is obscure, but it is likely that the reason was to differentiate between Squadron flying and ferry flights from factories to Maintenance Units. At this period it was usual for fighters to be re-painted in the Service under surface standard scheme when delivered to a Squadron. Spitfires leaving the production lines at the end of and during had A and B scheme Dark Green and Dark Earth camouflage, with Type B roundels on their upper surfaces.

But underneath the fuselage forward of the wing, the fuselage aft of the wing, the tailplane and the elevators, were finished in Aluminium.

The wings only were painted Night and White divided down the centre line of the aeroplane. No underwing roundels were applied. At one period during the standard Type B roundels on the wings and fuselage were of exceptionally small diameter, which must have been almost invisible to the eye from all but the shortest distance. On the fuselage the diameter of the Blue ring was 15in. These minute roundels were painted on production Spitfires until 16th September, They were apparently re-introduced, albeit in different colours, on Spitfires during the Burma Campaign—but markings in that theatre of war are outside the scope of this particular volume.

Spitfire Is of No. Both aircraft have Tin. Tile leading Spitfire has 40in. After 16th September, the fuselage roundel was enlarged, the Blue ring to 35in. The wing roundel reverted to 56m. Red centre spot. On factory-finished Spitfires 8in. During the serial numbers on Squadron aircraft were painted out for security reasons, but this was not a rigid rule.

Some aircraft, such as RB-V of No. Other aircraft had very small serials stencilled on the fin, and in some instances only the last two numbers of the serial were used. During the last months of peace Spitfires in their new, dull markings were to be seen in ever-increasing numbers, at such occasions as the last Empire Air Day, when large numbers of old, well-known and newly-opened, recently-built Royal Air Force stations were open to the public, and the annual Air Defence Exercises.

But one Spitfire during this period did not conform to the standard camouflage pattern. Spitfire IIA, P Dark Green and Dark Earth upper surfaces, Sky under surfaces, 7in. Type AJ fuselage roundels, with correct proportion Red centre spot. Although it has been quoted as being painted in Royal Blue and Gold, this is almost certainly not correct.

The entire upper surfaces were painted in high gloss Royal Blue, with a Silver lightning flash over the whole rear fuselage. All the lower surfaces of the wings and part of the under fuselage aft of the wing, were painted silver. When war came at last on 3rd September, , British fighters continued to retain their existing markings.

During the first months of the war the expected massive enemy bombing raids on major cities and towns in the United Kingdom did not materialise. Instead, for the most part, enemy activity was confined to reconnaissance or mine laying. Thus there was little to test the effectiveness of the Royal Air Force camouflage and markings under combat conditions.

Local changes had been made to aircraft operating over France, but these did not apply to Home-based fighters. P, LZ-Z of No. The port wing is Night with remainder of under surfaces Sky. Roundel on port wing outlined yellow. In October , a tragic recognition mistake resulted in the shooting down of a coastal reconnaissance aircraft of the R.

Aircraft recognition was still in its infancy, and R. National markings had proved to be insufficiently visible during combat. As a result of this unfortunate incident, a telegram A. This message was sent on 30th October, and was followed by two further telegrams on the 5th and 10th of November ordering all British aircraft, except fighters and night bombers, to carry Type A roundels under their wings. The issue of the telegrams was a hurried action which caused some doubts as to which types of aircraft were affected by the order.

General reconnaissance aircraft certainly carried Type A upper surface roundels, but there is little evidence that many other types had the new roundels. Fighters, from available evidence, seem to have been excluded from the order, with the possible exception of twin-engined types. The under wing roundels were certainly carried by many aircraft, except the two types to which reference was made.

In order to clarify the situation, Commands were notified on 21st November in advance of an amendment to A. It was directed that the Type A roundel would only be painted on the upper surfaces of the wings of general reconnaissance aircraft, the rest having the Type B as previously. But a major change was that Type A roundels would be painted on the fuselage sides of all aircraft. The order regarding the underwing roundels still stood. An interesting item included in these new orders was the first specified application of the colour Sky, which was to eventually become such an important under surface shade.

The only aircraft authorised to use the new colour at this period were Blenheim bombers. Another amendment to the original A. These had by this time largely disappeared from use at the outbreak of war. The only item included in this notification which caused a markings change on Spitfires concerned the introduction of the Type A roundel in place of the Type B on the fuselage.

On service Spitfires the change was made by merely adding a White ring on the existing roundel, resulting in five ring widths of 5in. New production Spitfires built after 23rd February, , had the revised roundels. These were larger than those already in use in squadrons, being based on the existing roundel size of 35in. The new roundels had five ring widths of 7in.

All the other existing camouflage scheme was unchanged, and Spitfires with these larger roundels were delivered to Maintenance Units for eventual dispatch to squadrons. No photographs seem to exist which show these larger roundels in Squadron use in their Type A form. As the replacement rate in the squadrons was not high during this period, it is likely that the majority were stored at M. This occurred on 1st May, , and was the result of increased combat experience, which proved that the existing National markings were still inadequate.

On this date, the Air Ministry sent a signal, X. Red, White and Blue stripes of the same width were to be painted on the fin, or fins. In the instances of slim fuselaged aircraft the roundels could be repainted in a smaller size to accommodate the Yellow ring, or, as a temporary measure, a narrower Yellow ring could be used.

These new markings were painted on squadron aircraft soon after the signal was received. As the standard Type A roundel used on Spitfires was 25in. But it should be remembered that large numbers of Spitfires had been delivered to Maintenance Units with 35in. Two sizes of roundels could therefore be seen when the latter Spitfires started to be delivered to squadrons, some with normal size and others very large.

Photograph was taken after 22nd April, , when all Sky under surface was re-instated. The foreground aircraft has 35in. Feedback for Spitfire: Leave a Comment johnfox. Add a Comment. Hacked Free Games on Facebook. Like us! You may also like I agree with everything anthony Inglis has said in his commentary. Details Edit. Release date September 14, United Kingdom.

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