Short Sunderland

[Sall]

Splendid work! and very interesting plane!

[mattrcaf]

Love it! I especially like the discoloured hull from the sea water. Great work.

[No.1]

Thank you

[Paul Bradley]

Nice, though I would question the black on the underside of the hull and floats - I think this would have been shadow.

[Profa]

My oh my... I was so eager to find some unusual paint scheme, that I didn't look out for the plane I was posting... I could as well post some Fw 200
OK, this was ancestor of Sunderland, but nevertheless... sorry once again...

[No.1]

I am not sure, there was used black but more light is welcome about the bottom... On image it look like faded protective color

[Nico Braas]

Flying boat parts under water were treated with a coat of anti-fouling white. Must have been clearly more 'off-white' than the glossy white type 'C' as specified for flying boats!
Reference: British aviation colours of World War Two, RAF Museum books series Vol.3.
Book is an absolute must!!

[No.1]

If experts say white- this is white!

[Paul Bradley]

There we go - very nice, Srecko!

The shadows were pretty dark on that photo, so I can certainly see why you thought it might be black.

[No.1]

One more machine...

[Paul Bradley]

Looks great. One thing with this one (Isn't there ALWAYS one thing...! ) is that it had the single colour uppers - EDSG only - by this stage of the war.

[No.1]

Well- is this samples used in operations in Biscay?

[Paul Bradley]

I don't have my references with me at this time, but I had checked them before I left. As I recall, this squadron was part of a group that did BoB patrols during early 1945, from the airfield where this squadron was based.

[No.1]

Thank you mate

[No.1]

And correct colors...