Gents,
I've been thinking about this a little more.
One more point supporting the white nose being a film anomaly.
The 357th D/K model mustangs were received from the states with a bare finish and painted by the group. They thought they may be going over to to continent or doing low alt work where the camo would be a benefit. There was some OD paint and some shade of local RAF green according to my books. The first D mustangs were received right around D-Day, several months after they standardized on the checkered noses.
When they painted them up they would have done the nose as well as the fuselage and wings etc.. It makes no sense for it to have a white nose when you look at the evidence.
The airframes in the background of the four ship picture are all known to have checkering, but they appear white as in the photo. I think we should take the work of group historian Merle Olmsted and count this up as washed out film.
S!
Fyv
