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Posted by Jeff Sharp on June 20, 2025, 20:00:51, in reply to "USN seaplanes on BB’s"
Hi Rob,
In February, the Kingfishers on the BB's were still in pre-war colors. Yellow wings.
Also, Oklahoma was the 2nd ship of BatDiv 2 at that time, so her turret top colors were #1 White/#2 White/#4 White. More than likely her #3 turret top was deck gray.
That means her planes had white tails and white on the cowls. Full cowl white for plane 2-O-4, top half white for plane 2-O-5, bottom half white on plane 2-O-6.
The pre-war colors on the Kingfisher's remained on the BB's as late at April '41. 
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I know on Dec 7, 1941 they were blue-gray. Where they the same color in February 1941 ?
Also, were turret top colors painted in February 1941 ?
Going to do my Tom’s Modelworks Oklahoma in standard prewar light gray.
Rob
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