Kits-World KW172026 1:72 48" Code Letters (Dull Red)

Kits-World KW172026 1:72 48" Code Letters (Dull Red)

• Camouflage, Colourings and Markings of Aircraft - Jan 1941
  
• Code letters are carried by Service types in operational units and operational training units. The two code letters, and one letter to indicated the individual aircraft, are to be painted in the appropriate colourand placed before and behind the roundels on the fuselage.
  
• The letters are to be 48" high and are to be made up of strokes 6" wide - colour matt dull red. This RAF code letter sheet is suitable for the following aircraft, Lancaster Bomber, Halifax, Sterling, Wellingtons.
  
• The AM order (x.798) to repaint codes from medium sea grey to dull red was issued in Jan 1941 - not all aircraft were immediately repainted however.