US Aircraft

Aircraft	Subtype	Cockpit	Wheel wells	Struts	Inner Gear Doors	Misc.	References

A-10 Warthog	All	Dark Gull Grey	white or ADC grey	White or ADC Grey	White	Wheels could be white or light grey
B-52	All, pre 1980	Dark Gull Grey	Yellow chromate	Aluminum	Yellow chromate	Wing flap interiors and outrigger wells yellow chr	B-52G Tech Order
B-52	G/H post 1980	Dark Gull Grey	ADC grey	White	ADC grey	Wing flap interiors and outrigger wells yellow chr	B-52H Tech Order
C-1 Trader	A	Dark Gull Grey	White	White	White		Personal Experience
F-100 Super Sabre	All	Black (?)	Aluminum	Aluminum	Aluminum	Interior could have been Dark Gull Grey
F-102 Delta Dagger	All	Black (?)	Interior Green	Aluminum	Aluminum	Interior could have been Dark Gull Grey
F-104 Starfighter	All	Dark Gull Grey	Aluminum	Aluminum	Aluminum
F-14 Tomcat	All	Dark Gull Grey	White	White	White
F-15 Eagle	All	Dark Gull Grey/ Midlife update Black	White	White	White	wheels: white or silver/some cockpits FS36270
F-16 Falcon	All	Dark Gull Grey/ Midlife update Black	White	White	White	wheels: white or silver/some cockpits FS36270
F-18 Hornet	All	Dark Gull Grey	White	White	White
F-4 Phantom	All	Dark Gull Grey	White	White	White
F4F Wildcat	All	Bronze green	White (or light grey)	White (or light grey) /black lower	White (or light grey)	Struts that protrude beyond well – black	WR, BW
F4F Wildcat	Yellow-Wing	Aluminum lacquer (except instrument panel/hood)	Aluminum lacquer	Aluminum lacquer	Aluminum lacquer		BW*
F4U Corsair	-1/-1A/-1D/-4	-1: Black or Dull Dark Green. Rest: Interior Green; -1D and –4 area above side consoles Flat Black	Underside color; -1 and –1A might have been Salmon ; -1D might have been Zinc chromate yellow	Underside color	Underside color	Wheels /struts could be aluminum or light grey; ‘Salmon’ color is pale pinkish /brown color mixing Indian red primer with zinc chromate	WR*
F6F Hellcat	-3/-5	Interior Green (1^st 100 Bronze green) Area under windows behind cockpit Light Grey -5 with BuNo’s above 80000 had interior area above consoles in Flat Black	Underside color	Underside color	Underside color	Wheels /struts could be aluminum	WR*
F7F Tigercat	All	Interior Green; area above side consoles Flat Black; rear cockpit on 2 seaters Zinc Chromate Yellow (with Flat Black above side consoles)	Interior Green	Glossy Sea Blue	Glossy Sea Blue		WR*
F-84	E/G	Interior Green	Yellow chromate	Aluminum	Yellow chromate
F-86	all variants	Black. D/L models Dark Gull Grey	Interior Green	Aluminum	Aluminum
F8F Bearcat	All	Interior Green; area above side consoles Flat Black; Black seat	Glossy Sea Blue	Glossy Sea Blue	Glossy Sea Blue		WR*
FM Wildcat	-1, -2	Interior Green	Undersurface color	Undersurface color	Undersurface color		WR*
P-3 Orion	A/B/C EP-3B/E	Dark Gull Grey	White	White	White		Personal experience
P-47 Thunderbolt	B/C/D	Dark Dull Green	Yellow chromate	Aluminum, OD, or Neutral Grey	Yellow chromate
P-51Mustang	D	Interior Green	Natural metal	Aluminum	Aluminum	Wing spar in well yellow zinc chromate
S-3 Viking	A/B ES-3A	Dark Gull Grey	White	White	White		Personal experience
SB2C Helldiver	-1,-3,-4	Curtiss Cockpit Green (similar to RLM 63 Green)	Curtiss cockpit green	Curtiss cockpit green	Curtiss cockpit green	Curtiss cockpit green had browner tint than other interior greens	WR*
SBD Dauntless	-1 thru –5	Interior Green; flap interiors insignia red	Undersurface color	Undersurface color	Undersurface color	Photos show that –1 interior is in Interior Green as well	WR*
T-39 Sabreliner	E/G	Dark Gull Grey	White	White	White	Blue carpeting/seats sometimes sidewalls	Personal experience
TBF Avenger	-1,-1C	Bronze Green forward of bulkhead in front of turret – rest in Interior Green	Undersurface color	Undersurface color	Undersurface color		WR*
TBM Avenger	-1, -1C, 3C,-3E	Interior Green	Undersurface color	Undersurface color	Undersurface color		WR*

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