I'm just wondering if there where any Hurricanes serving on Malta paintad in the same way as the Spitifires (with other words blue, perhaps, maybe, who knows...)

Would be nice to have a blue Hurricane to put next to my soon to be finished blue Spitfire.

Hi Thomas.
I dont think,(but may be wrong),that any Hurricanes were painted in the blue photo reconn scheme.
I do know that there were all black nightfighter Hurricanes based on Malta for a while so that could be an interesting scheme for you.
Nige

Hi Thomas,
There was one Hurricane that was painted blue for a certainty - this was a Hurricane I V7101 which had been converted to a photo-reconnaissance machine by 69 Sqn.

According to 'Malta the Hurricane Years' by Chris Shores, Brian Cull and Nicola Malizia (Grub Street 1987) V7101 was modified by removing the guns, adding extra fuel and oil tanks, two cameras in the fuselage behind the cockpit, with a perspex viewing panel in the floor of the cockpit, and replacing the windscreen with a one-piece unit made out of half a Blenheim astro-dome!

The Hurricane, apart from the tail unit, which remained in the Dark Earth/Light Earth/Sky camouflage, was in a locally mixed overall PR Blue. The only other markings were the serial No and standard roundels and fin flashes.

There were other, similar conversions made.

Jeff W.

PS; A note on those Blue Spitfire Vcs flown off the USS Wasp.
Personally I strongly believe that these Spitfires were quickly repainted in the standard USN Blue-Gray over the top of the Dark Earth/Light Earth/Sky scheme in which they were delivered; I don't believe that the USN Deck Blue or any other colour was used.
1) USS Wasp would have carried plentiful supplies of the Blue-Gray - this paint was formulated for aircraft use, so why use a paint manufactured to cover ship's decks?
2) A Squadron of F4Fs was also on Wasp for defence.
3) The black and white photos available of the repainted Spitfires on Wasp show a very similar appearance to aircraft painted in the standard USN Blue-Gray. Had they been painted in a Deck Blue, they would have looked much darker and the blue of the national markings would have shown less contrast.

The lack of a pattern on the upper surfaces strongly suggests that this Spitfire Vc was painted in the temporary Blue-Gray over sky.

Apart from the above mentioned details on the Hurricane in Malta, the only other single colour machine was BG 727 a Hurricane IIb in all Night Cammo.

This particular Hurricane IIb is a subject on theAeroMaster 48-598 sheet "Defenders of Malta".

Hope this helps a ittle.