greatgonzo napisał(a):To akurat mogę Ci powiedzieć. Nowozelandzkie Korsarze na Solomonach zużywały się bardzo. Powłoki malarskie wymagały napraw, a w ostateczności remonty obejmowały kompleksowe malowanie. Nowozelandzkie SU w takich przypadkach stosowały uproszczony kamuflaż. Określa się około dziesięć możliwych schematów, z tym że zdecydowana większość z nich dotyczy malowania GSB.....
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Over the years there have been a number of 'Myths" about RNZAF aircraft, one being that the likes of the F4U/FG Corsair didn't have folding wings - we now know that they did all the time, especially with photographs surfacing showing they did.
The F4U-1's arriving at Espiritu Santo did not get a repaint, many serving their whole service life in the US 4 tone scheme or later overall Glossy Sea Blue. and so on.
BALM paints were not used on F4U-1 Corsairs assembled and flown in the Pacific forward areas.
The paints, the aircraft arrived in were of US manufacture (DuPont, Fullers etc) just the same as their US Navy/Marine Corps counterparts.
One thing to note is that the RNZAF was attached to the US Navy for the duration of the Pacific war.
The RNZAF SU's in the "Forward Operational Areas" had access to the same paints/equipment as their US Navy/Marine Corps maintenance units.
That some Corsairs ended up with less than "Spec" paint schemes, was more as a result of SU personell developing great scrounging/foraging techniques, hunting through US aircraft dumps/jungle areas for replacement parts/panels/wings etc. Consider also "New" parts differed greatly in hue to "used-worn" parts ans well as paint touch ups.
Did some F4U-1's receieve a new paint job, probably if it warrented it, after a major overhaul. But remember many F4U-1's stayed in the 4 tone scheme (though badly faded) till they flew home to New Zealand late in 1945.