Regarding colors after August 1944 there are many misinterpretations because during a transition period some "assembly" of colors were authorized to eliminate too very important stocks of paints (That's described in
Sammemitteilung Nr. 1 of (1st ?) July 1944. Uppersurfaces of planes (
except fighters which remained in RLM 74, 75 and 76 until 15th August 1944 the date of suppression of RLM 74) were allowed to be painted RLM 70 and RLM 82 or RLM 71 and RLM 81. But after 15th August 1944, fighters were allowed to be painted RLM 81, 75 or 82, 75 with undersurfaces in RLM 76 in both cases. So that some Fw 190 D-9 could have been painted RLM 81, 75 or 82, 75... until about October-November 1944. In November 1944 new colors of 81, 82 and 76 are applied by Fw on the Fw 190 D-9. There is evidently a missing "
Sammelmitteilung Nr. 3" dated October or November 1944...
Have a good day,
Jicéhem
