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US Navy & USMC aircraft colors around WW2

The following has been compiled from research carried out and published by William Reece, Dana Bell, John Snyder et al. It is stated by all who carry out this research that nothing is certain and reference to photographs is always advised. Nevertheless, from pouring through documents, inspecting photographs, viewing recovered wrecks and unrestored examples where these exist the following is offered as a good guide for the colors used in different US Navy and US Marine Corps aircraft during the Second World War and shortly after. Readers will note that color use tends towards uniformity later in the war and with later types.

N.B. Early Grumman aircraft had extensive use of "Grumman Gray", a light gray primer of their own formula. Where used, we have recommended the use of Light Gull Gray as a close-enough substitute.

Douglas TBD Devastator

Cockpit Interior – Pre-war up to Battle of Coral Sea - Lacquered Aluminium

Cockpit Interior – Battle of Coral Sea to Midway - Bronze Green #9 (ACUS30)

Douglas SBD Dauntless

Cockpit – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Stainless Steel Firewall – Unpainted, often bright

Outer Flaps / Divebrakes Interior – Insignia Red (ACUS26)

Central Flap / Divebrake Interior - Lower Exterior Color

Wing Structure & Divebrake linkage – Lower exterior Color

Grumman TBF Avenger

Forward from bulkhead with the window – ACUS30 Bronze Green #9 (ACUS30)

Rear Crew areas – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Inside Engine Cowling & Accessories area – Light Gull Gray (ACUS01)

Stainless steel firewall – Unpainted, often bright

Torpedo Bay – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

General Motors TBM Avenger

Cockpit including crew areas & fuselage interior– Interior Green ANA611(ACUS09)

Early TBM1’s & 1cs Cowling Interiors – Light Gull Gray (ACUS01)

Later TBM1 Cowling Interior – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Grumman F4F-3/4 Wildcat

Cockpit – Bronze Green #9 (ACUS30)

Structure under floor – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Fuel tank under floor – Light Gray (ACUS01) or Black (C02)

Inside engine cowling & wheel bay (for 2 color aircraft) – Light Gray (ACUS01)

Wheel bay (tri-color aircraft) – ANA601 Insignia White (ACUS37)

Fuselage behind cockpit all the way to tail – Light Gray (ACUS01)

General Motors FM-1/2 Wildcat

Cockpit Interior – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Wheel bay cut out – exterior color

Engine Accessory area behind firewall – Light Gull Gray (ACUS01)

Inside engine cowling & rear fuselage (for tri-color aircraft) – Light Gray (ACUS01)

Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat

Cockpit (First 100 aircraft) back to armor bulkhead behind seat – Bronze Green #9 (ACUS30)

Cockpit (rest of production) back to armor bulkhead behind seat – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Engine Cowling, Fuselage Interior behind cockpit – Light Gray (ACUS01)

Wheel Bays ahead of rear spar – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09) with exterior color overspray

Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat

Cockpit – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Later aircraft with BuNo’s higher than around 80000 interior above consoles – Black (C02)

Rear Fuselage with rear windows – Light Gray (ACUS01)

Rear fuselage without rear windows – Usually Zinc Chromate Yellow (ACUS23)

Fuselage Interior (very late build numbers over 94000) – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Inside of engine cowling – Possibly light gray (ACUS01) interior green ANA611 (ACUS09) or Zine Chromate Yellow (ACUS23)

Grumman F7F Tigercat

Cockpit – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Both cockpits upper areas above consoles – Black (C02)

All other interior areas including rear cockpit – Zinc Chromate Yellow (ACUS23)

Engine Cowlings – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09) or Zinc Chromate Yellow (ACUS23)

Wheel Bays – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Landing Gear, Struts & Wheels – Glossy Sea Blue ANA623 (ACUS34)

Grumman F8F Bearcat

Cockpit – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Cockpit upper area above consoles & Seat – Black (C02)

Inside of Engine Cowling – Zinc Chromate Yellow (ACUS23) or Interior Green (ACUS09) or Black (C02)

Curtiss SB2C Helldiver

Cockpit, wheel bays & landing gear struts – Curtiss cockpit Green (ACLW12 RLM Grau RLM02 may be close)

Vought SB2U Vindicator

Cockpit – Dull Dark Green (ACUS24)

Vought F4U-1 Corsair Birdcage

Cockpit – Very dark color possibly Black (C02). The F4U-1 E & M manual calls for Dull Dark Green (ACUS24). Photos & some wrecks show flat black.

All other interior areas – normally salmon – pale pinkish brown primer made by mixing red with zinc chromate yellow. This was applied overall before the final camouflage finish.

Inside of main gear doors – Light Gray (ACUS01)

Vought F4U-1A Corsair

Cockpit – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

All other interior areas – Zinc Chromate Yellow (ACUS23)

Landing Gear – Light Gray (ACUS01) or Aluminum Lacquer (possibly insignia white after overhaul or repaint)

Vought F4U-1D Corsair

Cockpit – Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

All other interior areas – Zinc Chromate Yellow (ACUS23)

Cockpit upper area above consoles – Black (C02)

Inside of Wheel bays & engine cowling – may have been Interior Green ANA611 (ACUS09)

Landing Gear – Light Gray (ACUS01) or Aluminum Lacquer (possibly Glossy Sea Blue ANA623 (ACUS34) after overhaul or repaint)

Vought F4U-4 Corsair