Colour wartime Spitfire photo

Hornets are rare now.

As a founder member of BWARS I must fly to their defence as well!
Jim

Yup, definetly 54 at Hornchurch. If you look closely you can even see the steeple of St. Andrews Church in the distance.

Well, it’s under the cockpit door, but for some reason I couldn’t see it being DL-T (91 Squadron) or anything else.

Funny you should say that, because 54 Squadron’s code was DL from April to September 1939!

Cracking photos though of my favorite Squadron at my favorite airfield!

Regards;
Steve

Cheers for the additional info. 🙂

Colour wartime Spitfire photo

Hi DazDaMan,

Yes nice colour pic of KL-T which was probably R6709 about that time. “Tommy” was passed on to 41, 452 and went missing with 313 Squadron on June 26 ’41.

Kind regards brisfite41

re;

I have had a copy of the 1st one framed on my wall for a while. Good to see the others. Mine have LIFE logo on them.

Heres the link to the Google LIFE story ‘Daylight Fighter Sweep’ by William Vandivert
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/2c4034e8f6abbfa8.html

and to the earlier Key thread on same
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=100703

Get yourself some Hornets, the most chilled out insects in the world.

They hunt wasps. (day and night)

Baz

I’m with you DazDaMan. I have a loft full of wasps. 🙁

Well, it’s under the cockpit door, but for some reason I couldn’t see it being DL-T (91 Squadron) or anything else.

Good point … I didn’t think to apply the logic of likely squadron codes … slow day

It looks much the same to me ? not really easy to tell. I’m about to spray my RAF Humber 4×4 and was going to use RAF Dark Earth and Green camo, so interested in this subject.

Jules

Vehicle colours and RAF aircraft colours are different

Have you got a copy of Mike Starmer’s book on home/NW Europe vehicle colours – essential reading plus he gives you colour chips. The other source is Dick Taylor’s 4 volume Warpaint series from MMP

Frank Burberry’s paints seem well matched – I’m doing a 10cwt GS trailer in his SCC2 at the moment

Well, it’s under the cockpit door, but for some reason I couldn’t see it being DL-T (91 Squadron) or anything else.

Sounds daft, but I could not remember the squadron number for the life of me – yet could see “KL-T” from the picture! 😮 Cheers!

Better eyes than me … where’s the [K]?

Interesting comparison photo of the Spitfire with the Albion refueller – showing how different the SCC2 colour of the refueller was from the standard RAF Dark Earth colour on the Spitfire

It looks much the same to me ? not really easy to tell. I’m about to spray my RAF Humber 4×4 and was going to use RAF Dark Earth and Green camo, so interested in this subject.

Jules

Interesting comparison photo of the Spitfire with the Albion refueller – showing how different the SCC2 colour of the refueller was from the standard RAF Dark Earth colour on the Spitfire

Yes, 54 Squadron at Hornchurch in May 1941. (KL-T)

Serial number unknown, unfortunately.

Sounds daft, but I could not remember the squadron number for the life of me – yet could see “KL-T” from the picture! 😮 Cheers!

Bushell – I’ve never been a fan of wasps, especially since being stung by one when I was a lot younger! 😉

All the years I’ve had my quote as my signature, and nobody has ever come to their defence….. until now! 😉

Well overdue then.:) Much maligned creatures.

Plain Murder
I saw a wasp upon a wall
And did not like his face at all:
And so the creature had no time
To wonder whether he liked mine.

There are two more in this series:

I want to see a re-enactor at Legends dressed like the erk in the cockpit !
That’s authenticity.