Thanks for the information, Jim.
What amazes me is that many USAAF vehicles in wartime UK photos look like they've been in use for 10 years or more - their paint is appalling, their condition best described as 'rough', coupled with tyres worn down to the canvas....and all this in only a year or so.
I guess the original matt paint lasted only an odd season or two over here, given our wet / dry / hot / cold weather. So repaints must have been a regular job. Could explain the use of what looks like non- matt paint on one of these ambulances? (mind you I know enough not to be misled by old colour photos :cool2:).