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    Planes Thread, WW2 German bomb colours in Aircraft; Hi everyone, does anyone know the colour of German bombs used in WW2? Thanks...
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      WW2 German bomb colours

      Hi everyone,
      does anyone know the colour of German bombs used in WW2?
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      That is a proper can 'o worms you've opened! Have a look here:
      www.warbirdsresourcegroup.org - Luftwaffe Resource Center - Bomb Annex
      It gives some pretty good information. Sky Blue is generally taken as RLM65.
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      Edit: the can of worms....the current internet wisdom is that most ordnance was a dark grey,maybe RLM66,but that doesn't tally with contemporary evidence. I have,somewhere,a photo of a Ju88 being bombed up for a night mission. The visible bombs are clearly a light colour(like rlm65) on top and have had the lower half very crudely painted in a dark (presumably black) colour to match the lower surface night camouflage on the aircraft.
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