Enamel paint RLM 24 Dunkelblau (Dark Blue) Dark blue ARCUS 291 RLM 24 Dark Blue Color Guide:
-RLM 24 Dunkelblau was officially introduced in 1938 by Directive L.Dv. 521.
-RLM 24 Dark Blue was designated as the marking color for Luftwaffe oxygen systems, cylinders and aircraft lines.
-From 1938 RLM 24 Dunkelblau was also used as a tactical color marking for the aircraft of JG 233 (reformed to JG 51 in 1941).
-RLM 24 Dark blue was also used for tactical markings, emblems, prop spinners, etc.
-Along with RLM 25 Hellgrün , RLM 24 was used to paint the individual letters of bombers belonging to Stab/Gruppen and Stab/Geswader.
-RLM 24 Dark Blue was used as the identification color of Bombergeswader Group IV.
-RLM 24 Dark blue could be used as the identification color of the additional headquarters of the Luftwaffe fighter group.
-RLM 24 Dunkelblau was also used to paint the "Reichsverteidigung" (Defense of the Reich) tail stripes introduced in mid-1944. As a single color it was used to mark JG 54 aircraft. Along with the RLM 21 Weiß center stripe, RLM 24 was used to paint the fuselage stripes of JG 300 aircraft. A fuselage stripe consisting of RLM 24 and RLM 23 Rot indicated that the aircraft belonged to JG7 "Novotny". The KG(J) 54 "Totenkopf" had a checkered tail consisting of RLM 21 Weiß and RLM 24 Dunkelblau
