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Sonderkommando Blaich, Tripoli, Libya, January 1942
France, May 1940
Germany, September 1939
Sonderkommando Blaich, named after its
Commander Hptm. Theo Blaich, was equipped
with He 111s and operated in Libya during 1942.
This Taifun KG+EM also belonged to the fleet and
was modified for service in tropical environment.
It also received a tropical camouflage of a sand
color with green spots on the upper surfaces.
The most interesting operation of this unit was
the successful bomb raid on the Allied fuel
storage facility in For Lamy on January 22, 1942,
in which this Bf 108 also played some role.
This Bf 108 was painted with RLM 24 on the
upper surfaces and RLM 65 on the lower ones.
The snake was sprayed by RLM 65 with the use
of a snake-shaped template over which the color
was sprayed. The code letters were in RLM 05
shade. Note the regular Taifun logo placed under
the canopy. The framing of canopy could be either
RLM 05 or natural metal.
The German pre-war colors were used to
camouflage this Taifun. Upper surfaces were
painted RLM 61, RLM, 62 and RLM 63 shades, the
undersides were RLM 65. The new camouflage
was painted over the original factory colors and
thus the stenciling was not visible.
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