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CrashandBern


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Hi, would anyone know what colour the American Red Cross painted their ambulances in Italy? 

Looking at the attached images they're clearly a very different colour to the green uniforms, maybe grey or beige/tan? 

Also the perennial black and white photo question, would the markings be black or red? If anyone knows I'd really like to hear from you.

 

Thanks

Bernie  



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JamesAPrattIII


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I would say the ambulances were most likely painted grey. This was the French army color. Some vehicles did leave the US for Europe painted grey

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According to Ernest Hemingway (eye witness! It's him in the picture) in A Farewell to Arms, they were grey. In the case of the Fiat ambulances, I would expect them to be a greenish grey.



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CrashandBern


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Thank you gentlemen, that's a great help, grey it is then.
Sorry it's taken so long for the reply I haven't been on here for a while... over a year it would appear!

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