Extended WWII FAA Colours

[NARSES2]

I've resumed work on the FAA aircraft for my extended WWII SE Asia/S China Sea scenario and I'm musing on the camouflage scheme for my latest builds.

Given that these builds are all of British built aircraft which were to late to see war service in the real world I want a "real" FAA camouflage scheme.

Now do I stick with the wartime "temperate sea scheme" ? probably not, or do I move to the EDSG over Sky scheme ? If so would the FAA still have moved to the high demarcation if WWII had continued into 1947/48 ?

Although my scenario is based on a "Pacific First" policy the Admiralty would have still been to parsimonious to come up with separate "Atlantic" and "Pacific" scheme, so one has to fit all, but which ?

Opinions more then wellcome although I reserve the right to reject any and all  Learnt that on various management courses 

[Thorvic]

Well the temperate scheme carried on into 46/47, if the war was extended then i doubt they would have gone back to the high demarcation scheme untill after the war.

As for Pacific Fleet, expect the Strike aircraft to be in the temperate scheme with the BPF markings and the fighter would have gone to the poilshed NMF as carried by the Seafires in 45 to give them as much speed as possible. US supplied aircraft would probably follow the same pattern as the war, withthe original UK spec scheme giving way to off the shelf USN schemes.

G

[NARSES2]

I follow the logic Geoff, but in my scenario the RN operates separately in the South China Sea area, invasion of Indo-China/Southern China and the US are just about to launch the invasion of the Philipines in 1947 so there's no need for the BPF roundel. I'll stick with either the SEAC one or the Indian Ocean blue/white version, both with white id markings.

I'll probably go for temperate scheme for things like Seafires and Firebrands but the EDSG with low demarcation (a cost cutting measure ?) for those aircraft like Seafangs and Spearfish which only came into service in my world in 1947.

Any US supplied aircrfat will, as you say, be in standard US colours.