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Resposta to "Piper L-4 (1ª ELO) Pintura?"

Obrigado Gilson. Quanto a coloração não tenho mais dúvida, ele era em duas cores mesmo ou ainda alguns aviões podem até ser em três cores.

Um texto que um amigo no EUA me mandou:

" Liaison Aircraft  Colours, Camouflage and Markings

Basic Colour Scheme
In conformity with Air Corps Board Specification 24114 issued in October, 1940, light observation/liaison aircraft were painted Dark Olive Drab Shade No 41 on all upper and side surfaces (including wing struts and landing gear) and Neutral Gray Shade No 43 on wing, fuselage and horizontal stabilizer undersurftlces. A slight overspray softened the demarcation and no Neutral Gray was to be visible from above (displaced 30 degrees from the vertical).
In 1942 a Technical Order Revision (T/O 07-I-I) permitted the use under certain conditions of Medium Green 42 in lieu of Olive Drab 41, but it is doubtful if any liaison aircraft were so finished. Medium Green 42 was also specified for a Camouflage scheme, introduced in 1942 and intended to 'soften' the edges of OD-painted surfaces. This 'Camouflage', as it was officially termed, took the form of Medium Green 42 applied in an irregular pattern around the fin and rudder and on the upper edges of wing and tail surfaces. The pattern varied in width from 0 to 20 per cent of the appropriate chord and a slight overspray was specified. As this was introduced after L-I production had ceased, it was not a factory finish on this type and there is no evidence that liaison aircraft already in service were retroactively painted. Although Olive Drab with Medium Green 'edging' remained a standard finish on liaison aircraft until the end of the war, photographs show that it was discontinued on some L-5Bs and later variants.
In 1943 standardisation between the USAAF, AGF and US Navy led to the adoption of the universal ANA range of colours, including ANA 613 Olive Drab. The new colours were broadly similar to the old, but the new OD was more in line with that previously used by ground forces to a Corps of Engineers specification. The well known fading properties of Olive Drab 41 were only slightly improved with the introduction of the new ANA colour, which was inclined to fade to a lighter greenish-grey shade rather than the muddy- or brownish-green of the original OD. However, factory and air force stockpiling resulted in the continued use of the older finishes until well into 1944 and possiblylater.
In early 1945 an overall silver finish was
adopted on some L-Is, L-5s and L- 4s servingwith USAAF units in the UK, the repaint bingcarried out locally. Aircraft serving with ArmyGround Forces retained their ODlMediumGreenlNeutral Gray camouflage finish.

National Insignia

Before the first liaison aircraft arrived in Britain,the US National Insignia was simplifed toa five-point star in Insignia White 46 on a discof Insignia Blue 47. It was carried above theleft wing, below the right wing, and on bothsides of the fuselage. In 1942 some UK-basedUSAAF aircraft carried a yellow surround tothe fuselage insignia and this was alsoadopted by L-4s taking part in the North Africanlandings. Revision AN-I-9a of 28th June1943, introduced the horizontal white 'bar',the entire insignia having a red surround orborder, but this was short-lived for on 14thAugust 1943, the border was changed to InsigniaBlue 47 (a very dark colour, almost black)in accordance with AN-1-9b."

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