> Neat post. Regarding fabric damage its also worth noting that the French
> adopted silver dope (clear with suspended metal particles, aluminum I think)
> for its reflective properties, and by extension its ability to preserve
> fabric. One interesting question though - how does this apply to the night
> bomber lozenge scheme? Why not just use black fabric?
Pfalz Flugzeugwerke also used aluminium powder in suspension for their
DIII/IIIa series. Also worked very well for waterproofing.
Matt black was used in WW2, but was found to be too black for effect-
ive concealment at night.
> >adoption of greens and browns (*but*, check out the British red (PC10,
> >I think)
Sorry, PC10 was a green, varying from brownish to olive.
Cheers,
Mick.
>
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