[ARC5] Silly questions ? Again.

[J. Forster]

Ray Robinson wrote:

> BUT controls were often near the pilot so still needed to be black, or
> anodised as in the jack and filter boxes.

I suspect it might have more to do with reflections within the cockpit, so a
glint from the sun would not distract the pilot, but don't know.

> Refelctions may give away your position to an enemy aircraft, or dazzle the
> pilot. Right, wrong or maybe?
>
> To refute my own argument, why were Mustangs in the European theatre unpainted
> (the whole aircraft) and left as raw aluminium?
>
> Regards
> Ray
> vk2ilv
>
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