When looking through one of my older notebooks recently, I found a note dating from 1968, in my then youthful hand, which says:
“a WWII Mustang in IAF insignia being painted red in the hangars at Shoreham”
As far as I am aware, the only red Mustang at Shoreham at about this time was N6356T but the photos of that give no support to the IAF (whatever that may have meant) insignia comment. Would the Mustang seen have been N6356T? If so I must put the IAF insignia note down to youthful imagination! If it was not, can anyone identify the aircraft in question?
By: T J Johansen - 26th March 2008 at 21:06
They were supposed to be Katangese roundels, used for the movie “Dark of the sun” starring Rod Taylor. In the film the a/c attacks the train which the mercenaries use to travel up- country.
T J
By: David Legg - 26th March 2008 at 20:24
I too was a youthful sprog in 1968 and recall this Mustang which has been the subject of extensive posts on this forum in the past. It was indeed N6356T and the roundels it had on it before it was painted in the lovely red and white scheme later in 1968 were rather faded and appeared to be green, white and red. They therefore looked rather like Iranian Air Force roundels and I do remember the rumour going around at the time that this is what they were, hence your IAF reference.
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March 26, 2008 at 6:59 pm