Ork Aeronautica
Grot Bomber Idea
I had watched a documentary on the battle of Midway over the summer. In the documentary there were several pictures and clips of film from the time. One of the film clips showed several planes on a US aircraft carrier. This one clip stood out as the planes where not the typical blue or grey of the time, but had bright yellow wings. A search of google yielded several pictures of US navy planes for the time. Below is a typical grey Wildcat with the original US navy markings; and some Dauntless aircraft with the yellow wings.
Early in the history of the US Navy, there was a belief that if the plane went down in the option, the yellow wings would make it easier to spot. Some time early in World War 2 this idea was abandoned.
The aircraft with the yellow wings would have the fuselage either light grey or unpainted aluminum.
Other planes had the tail painted with red and white stripes.
Also the marking at the beginning of the war, the US Navy planes sported a blue circle with a white star that had a red dot in the centre. After fighting with the Japanese, there was concern that the red dot might cause misidentification. The red dot was removed.
So the plan is to paint the Grot Bombers aluminum, stiple grey on the fuselage, paint the wings yellow, and the tail have red and with strips.
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