Small Scale Military Headquarters

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This was unit applied 'experimental' camo applied to many Hurricanes early in the desert war. I figured it was to make them blend into the background, from the front, during low level strafing runs. But that's not the reason for it.

Can you guess what it was for? Don't answer if you already know, let others take a shot at it.

I think we're stumped...every thought I had I dismissed after a moment of consideration, like:

Viewed in flight from above, the pattern on the leading edge of the wings looks like a river or wadi,

...or...viewed in flight from above, this pattern might make the profile seem smaller & the Hurricane seem a more distant target if bounced from above...

nah, I give up......

heh.....i'd forgotten about this thread.

the answer is: the camo resembled Italian 'sand and spinach' camo , so when approaching the enemy, from the front, the Hurricanes would look like Italian aircraft and cause some momentary confusion and hesitation.

Those sly devils! It probably quickly occurred to them that they could wind up confusing their fellow RAF pilots. Thanks for that interesting fun fact.