NEUTRAL PLANES
NORTHERN SERVICES
TO BE PAINTED ORANGE
(British Official Wireless.)
RUGBY, November 11
The Air Ministry announces that approval has been given for neutral civil aircraft which are shortly to fly between Britain, Sweden, and Norway to be painted orange to distinguish them from military aircraft.
The service is to be operated by Swedish and Norwegian companies.
The proposal to paint neutral aircraft orange originally came from the Netherlands. The national Dutch colours are red, white, and blue, and it was felt that there was a danger of Netherlands aircraft being mistaken for British or French.
The Netherlands request was made through representatives, who were informed that there would be no objection, provided three days' prior notice was given of the-change.
Five days later a Nazi broadcast in Eiiglish from Zeesen declared that though Germany and France had consented to the Netherlands request, "Great Britain refused, because its Government hoped that the similar colouring might produce incidents for exploiting the Netherlands in war."
It is obvious that this story was a complete fabrication. .
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Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 116, 13 November 1939, Page 7
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174NEUTRAL PLANES Evening Post, Volume CXXVIII, Issue 116, 13 November 1939, Page 7
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