blue & grey jugs?

[catdaddy]

There never were ANY blue in the camo pattern on ANY USAAF planes on active duty during WW II as shown on the P-47M's . The photos of the famous Lou IV P-51D showing blue upper surfaces was from a aged color photo that had faded. The P-47M's in the game should ALL be dark grey and olive drab, not blue.

[MiloMorai]

Sure looks blue to me.



Lt. Ernest H Treff, 61st Fighter Squadron. P-47M 44-21109 HV-K “Sue”. Sue is seen here being flown by Lt. Herbert J "Tex" Edwards.



A 3/4 view of "Teddy" a P-47M 44-21117 LM-J of the 62nd FS,56th FG.Flown by Maj. Michael J “Mike” Jackson of Plainfield, NJ.

[FLS]

I wouldn't trust the colors in old pictures.

According to Wiki quoting Freeman, Roger A. (1991). Mighty Eighth War Manual. . ISBN 0-87938-513-8. Page 291.

"When P-47M's appeared in January 1945, each squadron adopted an individual camouflage scheme on upper surfaces while lower surfaces of the fighters were left unpainted. The 61st used a matte black color that faded to a dark purple. The 62d continued the green-and-gray shadow-shading pattern, while the 63d went to a shadow-shading pattern of "deep Mediterranean blue" (indigo) applied over sky blue."

[Guppy35]

There is no doubt that the confusion on the 361st birds was due to the film.   But the 56th Ms are a different deal as at that point in the war they were much more flamboyant.  So the blue was part of the deal for them along with the polished silver leading edges