By: hunterxf382 - 26th January 2012 at 14:26
Got me stumped too – never saw any plain yellow bars at Brawdy during the cammo era, and the only photos I can find of XX327 don’t help either, apart from clarifying that it is a Boscombe jet….
Edit: just been having a think after seeing comment about possible unfinished paintwork….. 234 Sqn markings had a different shade of yellow edge to them, could possibly have been applied as a block prior to back/red diamonds applied on top?
By: pagen01 - 26th January 2012 at 13:28
Funny old thing, I’m looking at a JFACTSU (currently 100 sqn Leeming) Hawk through my office window right now!
By: baloffski - 26th January 2012 at 13:18
JFACTSU had one or two Hawks when they were at Brawdy but I cannot think what they would have been marked up as.
By: pagen01 - 26th January 2012 at 13:18
Wasn’t ‘327 one of the IAM Hawks?
By: TomDocherty72 - 26th January 2012 at 13:13
YELLOW BARS
That is a possibility, though the only unit I know the aircraft – XX327 – served with for sure is 2 TWU 151 Sqn. Yellow bars are not 151 Sqn and the yellow is a much richer shade than that used on the yellow/black checks of 63 Sqn. Perhaps the serial will jog someone’s memory?
By: Phantom Phil - 26th January 2012 at 13:00
I’ve never heard of plain yellow bars on camouflaged RAF Hawks… The only thing I can think of is that maybe the aircraft you are referring to had not been finished in the paint shop.
Because of this it could have been 63 Sqn
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January 26, 2012 at 11:09 am