A German heavy fighter Messerschmitt Bf 110 ready for takeoff at an airfield in Italy (probably South Italy), 1942. For Luftwaffe aircraft stationed in Italy and Sicily, the standard European camouflage pattern of RLM 71/02/65 (or a grayer RLM 74/75/76) was retained. But when squadrons of III./ZG 26 were transferred to North Africa, this splinter scheme of dark greens and grays over light blue was completely unsuitable in the Libyan desert. Eventually, these forest-favored colors were replaced by RLM 79 Sandgelb (Sand Yellow) over RLM 78 Himmelblau (Sky Blue). A white tactical band (which varied in size and placement) for the Mediterranean theater of operations, in imitation of Italy's Regia Aeronautica markings, provided more immediate recognition in the air. (Until paint stocks of RLM 79 were readily available, Italian Giallo Mimetico 3, which was similarly sand colored, may have been used in the interim.). Photographer: Artur Grimm.
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http://losgrandesfotografos.blogspot.com/2018/02/arthur-grimm-1908-1990.html
http://penelope.uchicago.edu/~grout/encyclopaedia_romana/luftwaffe/aircraft/Bf-110/3U+GS.html
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