Thursday, October 9, 2025

British aircraft paint schemes 1916-18

Bruce Robertson, Aircraft Camouflage and Markings, 1907-1954,  Harleyford Pub.

 In case you were painting that old Airfix model...

3 comments:

  1. What in the devil is that top thing? I never seen anything like it...but I do like it. Pusher prop.

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    1. The pusher-prop planes were a kind of solution to the absence of interruptor geared guns, I think. Slow and spindly, though. D.

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  2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Aircraft_Factory_R.E.8
    The Owls Head Transportation museum has a replica powered by a continental engine.

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