He was put in the camouflage unit because of his artwork.
It was first given a general term of a "camouflage unit" in The Time Meddler (1965).
The seeking gear, proximity circuits, power source, drive, and what was apparently the camouflage unit were all packed into the hull.
Or suppose the Invader should send out a questing beam of a frequency which the camouflage unit could not handle.
The arctic camouflage units also have special snowshoe attachments.
Wilkinson was put in charge of a camouflage unit which used the technique on large groups of merchant ships.
After the intervention by well-placed friends, he was relieved of his more onerous duties and reassigned to a camouflage unit.
During World War II he used his artistic skills in a camouflage unit.
During 1941 the structure of the camouflage unit changed and grew rapidly, at first with little official recognition and constantly shifting names.
This camouflage unit set sail for France on New Year's Day in 1918.