Indeed AA. No frills on the 1944 version and no printer’s name either. 

I gather, in spite of being at war, the day was celebrated well nevertheless.

I think that must have just been the first prototype, AA. The later Tesco balloons were much improved! 🙂

Credit to mjballooning.com –

There’s a mention in a 1984 Scottish Air News of G-BJDU, a Scruggs BL2B. Obviously not highly thought of as it is described as a “toy balloon (binliner or whatever!)”

Then in 1988 “G-BJDU has been cancelled from the UK register by the CAA in a blitz on toy balloons not confirmed extant”

As to the ones confirmed extant I have no idea! 

Hi Oracal,

I think I have found the photo you are referring to but not much info with it other than “Avro 504K H3073 in a sorry state after a flying accident in 1926”

The pic is in the book “Cranwell: RNAS and RAF Photographs” and viewable online here – 

https://online.flipbuilder.com/yciz/ejvr/mobile/index.html

I thought about RW388 too but looking into its history I came across a photo of it at Edinburgh Castle on the Stoke Museums website. It was camouflaged but had been converted to look like a Mk Vb. That’s not saying that it is not RW388 just not at that time. I looked at quite a few Mk XVIs as possibilities but the problem is that, thanks to the BoB movie, they were all on the move around then!

Yes, sorry, I should have made it clear that when I said NH238 I was referring to the 6,000 guinea Tasker museum Spitfire rather than the aircraft on the transporter which is most likely a Mk.XVI. My thoughts on that one (which may be totally wrong) is that it is a stock photo used by the original publication. As to it’s identity I’m afraid I have no idea!