I have a query, regarding BBMF fighters, was there a reason their prop spinners were changed from red to black, or vice versa on certain colour schemes ?
The images below are just examples of the red spinners on PZ865 and PM631.
(Images from slides/ photographers unknown)
By: Graham Boak - 22nd September 2013 at 23:11
Sometimes, in the earlier days, it was just what looked good. More recently, they have been painted as appropriate for the historic aircraft markings they are carrying, so the only correct red spinner was on desert camouflaged examples, red spinners being a theatre recognition feature. (OK, there have been a few other historical examples, but not carried by the BBMF. Yet – to my knowledge.) For other examples, Fighter Command began WW2 with black noses, changing to Sky (or initially Sky Blue) in 1940. At the end of 1944 fighters on the Continent changed back to black.
By: Beaufighter VI - 22nd September 2013 at 23:00
Wrong Roobarb, Tunes didn’t work, the Engineering Officer drank to much and ended up with a red nose.
By: DragonRapide - 22nd September 2013 at 22:35
Like…..
By: Roobarb - 22nd September 2013 at 22:23
I believe it was all sorted out after Beaufighter VI administered a packet of “Tunes” to both aircraft…
(Other red nose eliminating cough sweets for vintage aircraft are available, terms and conditions apply, always read the label, wear safety glasses and hi viz laces when working with foil sweet wrappings, excessive intake may have a laxative affect leaving puddles beneath aircraft…)
By: snafu - 22nd September 2013 at 21:31
Acknowledging my complete ignorance in many things, wouldn’t this relate to the original colour scheme rather than the availability of a spare tin of Dulux?
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September 22, 2013 at 9:24 pm