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US Export Colors of WWII
 

US Export Colors of WWII

Aviation Color Primers No. 1
By Dana Bell
Meteor Productions, ©2004
Softbound, 20 Pages

Reviewed by Chris Banyai-Riepl

This new reprint of Dana Bell's Aviation Color Primer is a very welcome reprint, as it represents probably the most complete reference on export colors. With the Lend Lease program sending many US aircraft to England during World War Two, some sort of cross reference is essential in establishing color differences between British and American aircraft. This book provides just that, and in great detail. The aircraft covered in this primer include a wide variety of planes, including the Hudson, Goose, and Wildcat, and include painting diagrams for several.

In addition to the history of export camouflage colors, Dana Bell provides a detailed analysis of the ANA colors and their uses. The author does this by taking the original government documents and annotating them, clearing up many of the uncertainties surrounding the ANA color system. This will be an invaluable reference tool for the modeler and historian alike.

I hope that Meteor Productions and Dana Bell continues to produce these Aviation Color Primers, as it is definitely a subject that needs to be covered. If you are at all interested in building exported US aircraft, this is a publication you should definitely pick up. My thanks to Meteor Productions for the review sample.