Luftwaffe fighter seatbelt colours

[von hahn]

Hello. I was wondering what colour the seatbelts in Fw 190A-8s (mid-1944 production) and Bf 109G-14AS/ G-10 (mid to late 1944 production) would be?

I've seen it mentioned that a canvas/tan colour would be accurate for mid-late 1944 production but then was also told olive green?

 

[mjfur]

Bf-109G-6 163824,

http://109lair.hobbyvista.com/walkaround/163824/07.jpg

Messerschmitt Me109G-6 W.Nr. 163824

Bf-109G-6 NASM

Messerschmitt Bf 109 G-6/R3

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Fw-190F-8 NASM

Focke-Wulf Fw 190 F-8 Cockpit | National Air and Space Museum

In 1937 the Reichsluftfahrtministerium (German Air Ministry) issued a contract to the Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau (Focke-Wulf Airplane Company) for a single-engined fighter to supplement the Messerschmitt Bf 109 then entering service as the standard Luftwaffe day fighter. A team led by Professor Kurt...

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http://aircraft-cockpits.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/190panel_pic5.jpg

 

[von hahn]

Thanks mjfur.

From my subsequent research it seems that olive green belts were used on Bf109G-10s and after (so very late 1944 onwards).

 

[mjfur]

I'm going to go out on a limb and say "seat belt color probably wasn't much of a concern during the war". Different factories used different suppliers, various shades of color were probably the norm.

NASM Ta-152

https://www.ta-152.de/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Ta_152_H-0_Cockpit_1.jpg

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/89/1e/59/891e59ee1606fa673eb0a42c4045b319--historical-photos.jpg

NASM Ju-3388

https://ww2aircraft.net/forum/attachments/ju-388-cockpit-jpg.468095/

 

[special ed]

Those in the Ju 388 cockpit are USAF belts. Those in the photo above appear to be USAF also.