Tailhook Topics Drafts: Miscellaneous Paint and Markings Notes

This is a work in progress and to paraphrase Captain Barbossa, specifications are more what you'd call "guidelines" than actual "rules". For example: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/06/markings-cautionary-example.html and https://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2019/05/grumman-f9f-8-upper-control-surface.html

Summary, 1940 to Gray/White:

https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/12/early-world-war-ii-usn-paint-and.html

https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2011/06/brief-f4u-corsair-oriented-history-of.html

https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2009/12/changing-from-blue-to-graywhite.html

F4U-2: https://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2013/06/f4u-2-color-scheme.html

Blue Angels: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2011/04/blue-angel-blue-and-gold-draft.html

Bombs (WW II): https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2010/01/us-navy-bombs-up-through-wwii.html

Bomb bays:

As of 5 February 1951, bomb bays are to finished with zinc chromate tinted to match nonspecular interior green (before then, a color wasn't specified).

As of 7 July 1955, the interior of bomb bays was to be glossy insignia white.

See https://www.flickr.com/photos/wbaiv/29623364988/in/photostream/ for pictures of the interior of a KA-3B that appears to be unchanged from when it was in service. Note that there is a rubber fuel bag in the upper part of the bomb bay resting on tinted zinc chromate support structure.

Cockpits:

General: http://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2015/04/cockpits.html

F9F Panther: https://tailhooktopics.blogspot.com/2012/12/f9f-panther-cockpit-color.html

Corogard:

Overview: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/01/corogard.html

A4D/A-4: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2017/01/corogard-on-a4d-4.html

Red Edges and Interior Surfaces: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/10/painting-crush-points-red.html

Rescue Arrow: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2014/04/a-brief-history-of-rescue-arrow.html

Sea Blue vs. Insignia Blue: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2012/06/sea-blue-vs-insignia-blue.html

Wheel Wells:

Note: wheel well color was NOT specifically specified before 23 February 1955

General: https://tailspintopics.blogspot.com/2018/07/what-color-are-wheel-wells-on-insert.html