Is that a camouflaged scheme, or the rather dull grey and white scheme that the RNHF seem to like putting on all their Sea Furies and Sea Hawk these days?

I like the dull grey and white scheme! Looks pleasantly different to the camo majority.

To the best of my knowledge the original is still in the sea, just off the West Sussex coast.

Shot down by a Stuka …

A taster. Now doubting it was a Defiant.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-24330897

It could well have been attacked by several aircraft.

That first photo just says ‘Boston’ to me …

That’s an interesting point. Was the effect so evident at the time or has it grown and the mythology attached to it grown in the war years following the BoB and subsequently of course post war?

I would hazard a guess that it was prevalent at the time, witness the number of Spitfire funds, were there any Hurricane funds?

Nice to have an update from the horses mouth so to speak, thank you.

Guess that the forum smart Alec’s will be inwardly cursing though 🙂

Is it SL721?