If you have a graphics web browser, head over to my SDAM page:
http://www@weber.u.washington.edu/~xopowo/sdam.html
There's a picture (Alb.DV) of the area you're describing. I would think
that most of these metal panels left the factory in grey, or greyish-green,
depending on the manufacturer.
Erik
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"I should have thought that the introduction to the Front of the BE.2c was
a tremendous boon in the work of aerial observation-- one could easily
follow the trail of their wreckage straight back to any Hun aerodrome...."
A.T.Magnuson, M.P.
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