R.A.F. Ground Equipment Blue - paint specification

[Mike Starmer]

BS 69 Traffic Blue in the1930 edn. was withdrawn in 1948. There has been no match or equivalent since then. The wartime AMOs for vehicles colouring have BS 33 Blue-grey officially till 1941 but photographs show vehicles in France and south of England 1940 in two disruptive colours which at present are unknown. The basic colour in 1941 was Khaki Green 3. This was replaced by SCC 2 brown, it is called brown special in AMO. Special or P.F.U. indicates ready mixed for use. Dark Tarmac 4 is dark blue-grey shade which was not much used.