There has been much debate about the colour of these aircraft, much based on the few, mostly bad, colour photographs available. Despite compelling evidence from surviving pilots and ground crew that the aircraft were "black" or "flat black" all sorts of theories (plum, matched to dinner jackets etc ) have gained credence.
P-47 researcher and friend Nigel Julian has always believed that they were black and has had a mounting suspicion that they were painted in British 'Night', like the undersides of our bombers. He recently posted a picture of artefacts from one of these P-47s and an RAF Lancaster bomber together. Here is the link, you can draw your own conclusions.
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235003212-56th-fighter-group-m-colour/
Cheers
Steve
P-47 researcher and friend Nigel Julian has always believed that they were black and has had a mounting suspicion that they were painted in British 'Night', like the undersides of our bombers. He recently posted a picture of artefacts from one of these P-47s and an RAF Lancaster bomber together. Here is the link, you can draw your own conclusions.
http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/235003212-56th-fighter-group-m-colour/
Cheers
Steve
