Airfield building interior colours

Hi all,

Just a brief question to start with but is there a definitive list of colours used for the interiors of Wartime airfield buildings? This question is, in part, inspired by the work done by the guys of the 95th BG Heritage Association at Horham.

They have performed near miracles by restoring the former Officer's Mess on Communal Site No. 2, right down to the interior paint scheme. It's a sort of dark olive (NOT, I think ANA 163 Federal Standard 595 Color FS 34084 Olive Drab , as that's sort of the wrong shade and it's an aircraft colour anyway), for the lower part of the walls and for the upper walls and ceiling, a kind of dark cream. I'm not sure this was limited to the USAAF either, as traces of a very similar scheme can be found in the former Officer's Mess (Building No. 1), WAAF Communal Site, RAF Snaith and I've seen it elsewhere.

However, as a general query, does anyone know of an AP (or other directive) which might set out interior colours for airfield buildings of the period exists anywhere - RAFM perhaps? I've seen traces of a pale blue colour on the rendered lower portions of wall as well and others seem to have no paint traces whatsoever, leading me to believe they were just plain brick!

Cheers,

Chris

I've come across dark green lowers. I have also been told that different ranks living and social buildings had different colours, i e Sgts had blue walls. How trus this is maybe someone can confirm.

Thanks Jason, that's a start at least. Do you have a reference for that at all?

Chris

I know that some control towers (all maybe?) were only painted up to the waistline.
Would be good to know if there was a definative guide for interior finishes.
Me thinks Magnolia might feature quite heavily post-war!

Here are some interior photos, might be of interest.

Seething Operations:



Seething barrack hut:



Rivenhall Flight Office:



Halesworth Ops Block:

Dado height!

The cream over green does seem to be fairly common, although as I mentioned in my OP, there do seem to be variations and Karl's photos seem to illustrate the point. Which leads me to a further question.

Were the RAF buildings painted to the BS colour charts of the day and were the USAAF stations painted to the FC standards, or was it a "one colour fits all" approach?

Probably a badly worded question but thought I'd ask!

Chris

Blue and cream seems to be the order of the day for the Ops block and Norden store at Willingale.
Matchings Ops block was green and cream inside. Unable to get into the Norden store there as its overgrown