Hi Oleg,
I am not questioning everything Nasilevets said. His memories are interesting and valuable evidence.
But, his memories are subjective: that?s how he saw colours and how he remembers them after 65+ years. He was a pilot, colours and paints were not his field of expertise.
Some 25 years ago I participated in an interview with a mechanic who worked on Il-2s at the end of war. When we asked him about Shturmovic?s colours, he said something like ?I cant?t remember? they were green? or maybe gray??
That?s all that I can remember from maybe 30 minutes interview. I even can?t remember his name!
I made a lot of interviews, and noticed some interesting thing - some old men can't remember where they live, but well recall how many steps were in their dug outs. In this current case I tend to believe S.I., because he keeps repeating the same thing over and over again, although there always is a room for mistake.