BF 109 colours

Hi, anybody knows something about this red band markings. They are captures of a video somewhere in Germany in 1945.


View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgpP9kI_FVs&ab_channel=WorldatWarIn the minute 28:01 there is the Bf-109 with the red band under and above the wing.

edgardo gil said:

Hi, anybody knows something about this red band markings. They are captures of a video somewhere in Germany in 1945.
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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgpP9kI_FVs&ab_channel=WorldatWarIn the minute 28:01 there is the Bf-109 with the red band under and above the wing.

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It's not a marking. It's a tape over the joint between the wing and the wingtip, applied in the field. It's possible the wingtip was from a different a/c (see differences in colours) and after attaching it to the wing the joint was over-taped. I have seen in a manual that this tape is to be applied top and bottom over the joint and painted in the camo-colour. Obviously there was no time for paint in some cases.
Below is a photo of the top side of a wingtip. The tape is not there anymore but one can see where it was, covering the joint.

And in this photo you can see the missing tape as well:

Hope this helps. Cheers!

I agree. Additionally I would say that's a paint that the tape strip was protected with against the moisture and dirt/dust. Also the tape made the surface more smooth at the join area. The tone of the band suggests a kind of a primer or just the anticorrosive paint for a metal surface we know as the red lead tody. Germans use a such one called the "OXIDROT" ( FS 31310 ) for protection both of the wooden parts and areas where the metal sheets of covering were joined.

On the Bf 109 G, the aircraft fabric strips were used in places where joints in the airframe needed closing for aerodynamic requirements. The fabric was cut to shape and length then, "doped" onto the aircraft with the red-oxide paint as a glue and sealer. Strips were used on the wingtip fitting gap, the tailplane front edge gap between the halves and the entry of the pitot tube to the wing had a circular patch to seal the gap.

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Many thanks to all for the answers.