Aircraft Painting Guide Vol.1.

Dana Bell, celebrated authority on American military aircraft colors, returns with his first book on
camouflage in more than twenty years. Aircraft Pictorial 9 covers the interwar development of
temporary camouflages, the creation of Dark Olive Drab and Neutral Gray paints, and the
combination and standardization of the two colors as the Army Air Forces’ basic camouflage
scheme of World War II. The book includes:
- 72 pages with 71 color images, 46 B&W images, and 8 contemporary drawings
- Manufacturing variations in standard paints
- Army-Navy camouflage agreements
- Desert camouflages
- Snow camouflages
- Anti-submarine camouflages
- Night camouflages
- Abandonment and reintroduction of camouflage
- Gray pathfinders and gray-bellied bombers
- Other forces’ colors