Great Britain RAF - Day Fighter Scheme (August 1941 to end of 1940s)
Germany (Nazi) Luftwaffe - 1940 Fighter Scheme (Since May 1940)
Slovakia SVZ - Khaki Camouflage Scheme (1939 - 1944)
USA USAAF - OD Green Scheme (1940 - 1953)
Finland Ilmavoimat - 1940 Camouflage Scheme (1938-1942)
France Armee de l'Air/Aeronavale - Multicolour Scheme (1938-1942)
Yugoslavia VVKJ - 1938 Camouflage Scheme (1938-1941) VVKJ - 1939 Fighter Camouflage Scheme (1939-1940) VVKJ - Modified Three-tone Camouflage Schemes (1940-1941)
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YugoslaviaVVKJ - 1938 Camouflage Scheme1938-1941
By late 1937, officials of the Vazduhoplovstvo Vojske Kraljevine Jugoslavije - VVKJ,
began to show an interest to introduce new camouflage colour schemes better adapted to the
modern war combat tactics than the ones previously used. A three-tone scheme comprising wavy
segments of [Braon, Zelena and Oker] on the upper surfaces, and aluminium, grey or [British Sky]
undersides was chosen to be applied as a general replacement for all land-based aircraft.
The choice of this new scheme could have been due to the influence of foreign experts. The
first type to receive the three-tone camouflage scheme was the Dornier Do.17Ka-1, the first
samples of which arrived in Yugoslavia in October 1937. They wore an export camouflage
scheme originally developed by the Germans as a modification of the standard Luftwaffe
'Farbenanordnung A' pattern for the Do17E/F. The Yugoslav version, however, presented
different colours and had no geometrical shape.
The VVKJ official directives included only general instructions about the finishing of
aircraft, but failed to provide a standard chart of camouflage colours or to recommend a
particular paint producer. As a result, aircraft manufacturers continued to purchase their
painting material from abroad, namely from Germany and the UK. The use of so many different
camouflage colours was soon perceived to be a logistic problem, but an attempted effort to
standardize them in early 1941 was cut short by the outbreak of war in April.
German imported colours (DFA)
 Pompeianisch Braun |
 Zuggrun |
British imported colours (Zmaj, Ikarus and Rogozarski)
 Light Green Type 'S' |
 Red Brown Type 'S' |
 Mid Stone 'S' |
 Sky Type 'S' |
 Aluminium dope |
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Dornier Do 17Kb-1 (br.26?), 205. Eskadrila, 63. Grupa, 3. Bombarderski Puk
Petrovac, Yugoslavia (now Serbia & Montenegro), summer 1940. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Ikarus IK-2 (No.2104), 107. Eskadrila, 34. Grupa, 4. Lovacki Puk
Bosanski Alexandrovac, Yugoslavia (now Bosnia-Herzegovina), April 1941. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Hawker Fury Mk.II ('White 13'), 35. Grupa, 5. Lovacki Puk, Kosancic
Kosancic, Yugoslavia (now Serbia & Montenegro), April 1941. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Hawker Hurricane Mk.I (br.2347)
Yugoslavia, April 1941. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Ikarus Orkan (prototype), Vazduhoplovno-Opitna Grupa
Yugoslavia, March-April 1941. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Potez 631 (br.2072), 51. Grupa, 6. Lovacki Puk
Belgrade-Zemun, Yugoslavia (now Serbia & Montenegro), April 1941. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Messerschmitt Bf 108B-1 (S-07), 704. Escadrila, Vazdusna Mesovita Brigada
Zagreb, Yugoslavia (now Croatia), 1940. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Bristol Blenheim Mk.I ('89'), unit?
location?, Yugoslavia, 1939. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Rogozarski IK-3 (br.4/'2154'), 51. Grupa, 6. Lovacki Puk
Belgrade-Zemun, Yugoslavia (now Serbia & Montenegro), April 1941. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Rogozarski IK-3 (br.unknown), 51. Grupa, 6. Lovacki Puk
Belgrade-Zemun, Yugoslavia (now Serbia & Montenegro), April 1941. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
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Rogozarski IK-3 (br.9/'2158'), 51. Grupa, 6. Lovacki Puk
Belgrade-Zemun, Yugoslavia (now Serbia & Montenegro), April 1941. Artist: © Srecko Bradic |
by Stephen Sender
Last update: 05/08/2013
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