Spitfire F Mk.22 - Syria - 1956

Łukasz Gliński
Interesting scans, thx for sharing.
I just started the Airfix kit to be finished in the same camo - what would be your colouring recommendation?

Marius
Hello Lukasz,
happy to help when I can. Btw, I thought this album was private since I normally don't post book scans, but anyway, you found it 👍.

So I personally didn't manage to find exact information about the colours on the Spitfires, but the following indirect information can be of help: the Syrian T-6 Harvards were already camouflaged during the Israeli Independence War (1948) and I strongly believe the Spitfires were painted in the same colours.
Check this link regarding the Harvards:
luftwaffeas.blogspot..merican-t-6.html?m=1
The author of that known blog is a Syrian passionate about the SyAAF history sharing so far pretty reliable and rare pieces of information. There are further black and white photographs of those Syrian Harvards, such as:
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In my opinion, judging by the black and white photographs of the Hardvards and based on the known information regarding early SyAAF colours, that color profile of the Harvard from the first link should be fairly close to reality. My objection is that brownish color, which is way too dark. Instead, only one such color was known to have been used by the SyAAF in that period: the Orange-Sand. For the orange sand check this extremely rare photograph of a Syrian MiG-17 from the early 70's.

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From the photo of the MiG-17 you can also use the underside colour as reference, but NOT the green. The green colour from the Spitfires and Harvards was an Olive Drab-Dark Green.
Overall, all colors on the Syrian Spitfires should be close to identical to this example of mine of an early Syrian MiG-21PFM from the War of Attrition:

MiG-21PFM - Syria - 1973 | Album by Redicus (1:72)

Be aware of the correct insignia for the Spitfires, the one with roundels having the green contour and 3 red stars.