I am looking for details of the Squadron codes carried by this aircraft on its last mission in February 1944,
In the painting featured on this month’s Britain-at-war-magazine it shows them to be Red is this correct?and if so were they standard size?
http://www.britain-at-war-magazine.com/central/images/covers/large/3076.jpg
By: Wokka Bob - 23rd September 2011 at 20:00
Confirmation of Code size
Just to confirm 149 Sqn codes were 48in. Photo’s in the 1995 book ‘Stirling Wings’ by Jonathan Falconer (ISBN 1-84015-004-1) show both the MkI & III (1941-1944) with standard codes.
By: Wokka Bob - 22nd September 2011 at 20:24
As far as I can find from ‘Air Britain – The Stirling File’, Ray Sturtivant & Bryce Gomersall believe the code was OJ:C.
The standard colour of code letters were ‘Dull Red’. Standard size was 48 inch high and made up of strokes 6in. wide.
What the actual size on your subject aircraft or other 149 Sqn ac were, would probably only be confirmed by a photo.
Hope this helps.
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September 22, 2011 at 8:58 am