[Milsurplus] [ARC5] Addenndum: TU-4 vs. B-29 Radio Sets

[Mike Morrow]

> There are stories of how even repair patches to cover battle damage on the
> impounded B-29s were copied... as well as the interior paint job.  Seems the
> factory had run out of green chromate primer, and painted part of the inside
> of one B-29 with white lead.  Supposedly the insides of Tu-4s were 
> green-and-white, as a result.
>
> My source is a book titled "Soviet Superfortress" which can be found on amazon.

Yes, those stories have been around forever.  I don't believe a bit of it.  The
Soviets were not stupid, regardless of the desire of many in the USA to believe
that mythology.

Mike / KK5F