2 TAF RAF Question

Your in luck with post war units. 121 Wing was reformed on 1st April this year at Coningsby, with funny old thing, Typhoons (the paraffin burning type) of 3 Squadron (and 11 Sqn when they reform with the type).

thats why I was asking… 😉 😀 Thanks for the help chaps..

Neil.

specifically am interested in 121 Wing (comprising of 174/175/245 Sqn) operating Typhoons under the control of 83 Group/ 2nd TAF… anyone know if they had any markings to denote that they ‘belonged’ to 121 Wing?? Also interested in the same for post war units operating as 121 Wing (have seen a reference to RAF Fassberg aircraft carrying a red ‘lightning strike’ but I presume that was all of the Wings operating from there – were there were more than one?)

Neil.

Your in luck with post war units. 121 Wing was reformed on 1st April this year at Coningsby, with funny old thing, Typhoons (the paraffin burning type) of 3 Squadron (and 11 Sqn when they reform with the type).

As far as I know none of the 2ndTAF squadrons wore ‘Wing’ markings during the war. It would have been a bit pointless as the Wings were host units and the squadrons were posted in and out. 121 Wing was more stable than most, with the squadrons you mention, plus 184 Sqn, for most of its existence. 174 Sqn was disbanded shortly before the end of the war but in the summer of 1945 the remaining three units all wore colourful markings, but these were specific to each squadron.

In 1953 when the Fassberg squadrons came under a reformed 121 Wing, all had lightning flashes on their Venoms – but a different colour for each squadron – white for 14, red for 98, black for 118.