Camouflaged Yellow 20

Updated on November 11, 2013

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Drawing by Tapani Tuomanen

This plane, supposedly yellow 20, appears in many photos taken by German occupants in 1941.

Its most interesting characteristic is its strange camouflage including at least four colors, one of which was supposed the dark green base, then black (or very dark brown), AII green and a further light color thought to be a light brown. The engine cowling panels, althoug absent in the photos, are thought to be similarly camouflaged (with the obvious exception of the older dark green). Allthe red stars on uppersurfaces have been deleted, while they were preserved on the undersurfaces, where two numbers 20 are painted with dark color (red or black). All other oddities that photos show on the wing undersurfaces are probably due to ripped off fabric skinning.

Note what seems the towing winch under the fuselage and the bombs racks under the wings.