A weird request/info about a book.

[LNG15]

Hello custom skinners. I need some help with something, and it is kind of odd but you will understand where I am coming from. I am currently drawing in a coloring book called "Airplanes Of The Second World War" by Carlo Demand. The situation as follows, I believe he has some information wrong about some of the aircraft especially the paint as described for each aircraft for example, there is a FW-190A-2 you color in that depicts 9/JG2 and you must color it a light blue with dark green spots and the wings had a dark green and regular green pattern and a white area around the black cross and the rudder is supposed to be red and the numbers yellow. This might sound crazy from me but I think the author of the book needs to look more in depth of the paint schemes of aircraft instead of guessing which groups they are with. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks.

[Devil 505]

Yes, that description is very wrong. The only bits that are right is the light blue(very pale) undersides and yellow numbers.

The plane should look like this, based on the unit cited - with or without the large eagle emblem.


If you're looking for a true scheme of light and dark greens, then you'd be looking at 190's from JG 51 from late 1942-1943 or JG 54, and briefly I/JG 26 in early-mid 1943. But these were all A-3 through A-6 models.

[LNG15]

Yes, that description is very wrong. The only bits that are right is the light blue(very pale) undersides and yellow numbers.

The plane should look like this, based on the unit cited - with or without the large eagle emblem.
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If you're looking for a true scheme of light and dark greens, then you'd be looking at 190's from JG 51 from late 1942-1943 or JG 54, and briefly I/JG 26 in early-mid 1943. But these were all A-3 through A-6 models.

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Thanks Devil. Some of the paint schemes that are described just make me question if he did his research correctly. I had a P-47 I finished that was a yellow nose cowling with the 1943 USAAF roundel surrounded by red outlines that apparently flew in Italy in 1943, and I know that started flying in early 44. It just scratches my head on where he got his information from lol!

[Devil 505]

Yeah, there's a ton of outdated info on these planes that still gets regurgitated 80 years later.

[LNG15]

Agreed Devil. Personally I may consider finding out if I can send him an email and see if he can make an updated one where the depicted aircraft are mentioned correctly.