NC-123K/AC-123K camo scheme?

The one picture I saw of this plane used the standard SEA camo pattern. I hope that helps some.

Jim

The Squadron Signal Book "GUNSHIPS: A Pictorial History of Spooky" by Larry Davis has three pages on the AC/NC-123 Black Spot aircraft. To me, the camouflage looks much darker than the standard medium green/dark green/tan over gray scheme. At least on the upper surfaces. Since they flew at night, maybe the dark green was replaced with black?

HTH

Ed R.

The few times I saw one of these was in the SEA scheme...

The "Gunships" book doesn't show the tops of the wings & tail either. I still haven't found a ref to the colors. I know it's got gunship gray on it, but I'm not sure of the other colors. I haven't seen a color photo yet & no NC/ACs in stock SEA camo as well.

Back in 2000 there were some r.m.s. threads on the same subject. Copied from a posting:

I found two pictures of Black Spot NC-123K 54-0691 in MASDC/AMARC books. First one is shown in 'Desert Boneyard' by Philip Chinnery, a 1 1/2 page color picture. Very interesting colors: a mid green, a pale green, and coal black (right side view). The camo does not appear to be a complete wrap-around; I see a light grey underside at least forward of the props.

The second one is in 'MASDC' by Peter Blanchard, Philip Chinnery and Martyn Swann. It's a small b&w picture showing the left side. Again I see a light grey belly. This books lists two Black Spots: 54-0691 and

Rob

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