Hawaiian Air Depot (HAD) Camouflage Scheme
Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses

Background
Sometime after December 7, 1941 some B-17E Flying Fortresses were painted in a three-color camouflage scheme consisting of dark green, olive drab and tan upper surfaces with gray lower surfaces at the Hawaiian Air Depot (HAD) at Hickam Field on Oahu.

Afterwards, this B-17s served in the South West Pacific Area (SWPA) and South Pacific (SOPAC).

Known B-17s painted in the HAD three color scheme
B-17E B-17E "Joe Bftsplk" 41-2397  (11th BG) written off October 31, 1944.
B-17E "Old Maid" 41-2409  (11th BG) crashed November 25, 1942.
B-17E "San Antonio Rose" 41-2416  (7th BG) damaged February 22, 1942, stripped for parts, officially written off January 31, 1944.
B-17E "Monkey Bizz-Ness / Nancy" 41-2417  (7th BG, 19th BG, 6th PRG, 43rd BG, V Bomber Command) scrapped 1946.
B-17E "Bessie The Jap Basher" 41-2420 (11th BG, 42nd BS) pilot 1st Lt Charles E. Norton ditched September 24, 1942.
B-17E "Naughty But Nice" 41-2430  (7th BG, 19th BG, 43rd BG) pilot Sarsfield crashed June 26, 1943.
B-17E "Miss Fit" 41-2433  (7th BG, 11th BG, 5th BG) scrapped June 25, 1945 at Albuquerque, NM.
B-17E 41-2437  (11th BG) written off June 15, 1944.
B-17E "So Solly Plees" 41-2445  (11th BG) damaged December 9, 1942 stripped for parts and written off.

Contribute Information
Do you know more about this camouflage scheme? Were you or was your relative based at Hickam Field during early 1942? Do you have any documents or archival information about this scheme? Contact us, all information will be properly credited to the source.

References
The Battle of Midway (1942) by John Ford includes film footage of HAD painted B-17s at Midway Airfield
Ken’s Men Against The Empire Volume I (2016) pages 209 (stills from film Midway, profile B-17E 41-2409), 214 (artwork 41-2430 in HAD scheme), 333-336 (Hawaiian Air Depot and British Camouflage Schemes), 360 (photo 41-2430 in HAD scheme), 393 (index HAD)
Thanks to Steve Birdsall and Jack Fellows for additional information