How they did it back then.

[rcafmad]

This picture was found in the "Canada at War" website. I had always wondered how they painted the Allied aircraft in D-Day stripes.

 

[Pat Pattle]

Great pic!

 

[remcoc]

How has this affected the aerodynamics I wonder ....

 

[B Bandy RFC]

I remember reading in Peter Townsend's BoB book how his squadrons' Gladiators (or was it Furies?) lost significant airspeed (like 5 to 10+ mph springs to memory) when they had to paint camo over the factory silver dope of the pre-war aircraft. They blamed the weight of the paint.

They also hated to loose the sleek silver look. Makes me wonder if it was just all subjective.

 

[swpierce]

Since paint weighs 10 lbs per gallon the additional weight was actually a significant factor.

 

[hairyspin]

Yes, very nice pic!! And that's a gyro gunsight in the pit, too!