Perhaps the aircraft are in the dark green/grey scheme and it is the intense sunlight which is making them look lighter. All the Squadrons mentioned above were UK based during that time period so perhaps that lends itself to the theory that it is in a European scheme and just looks lighter.

Kev, what do you mean by ‘European scheme’? UK-based transport aircraft would be finished in Temperate Land, I believe, which consisted of Dark Green and Dark Earth. I suspect the ‘dark green/grey scheme’ you refer to is Dark Green/Ocean Gray, but that was the Day Fighter scheme, which did not apply to transport aircraft.

Here’s another picture.

This looks more like a Halifax.

The official badge of the RAF No. 303 Squadron had “303” printed below the crossed “spears”. This does not mean, that they always used it on aircraft, but most 303 Hurricanes I have seen (just been browsing) has the “303” print.

That’s a very interesting piece of information. I can’t recall ever seeing the ‘303’ in any example of the badge applied on any type of aircraft. It was introduced for the sake of the metal unit badge worn on uniforms.

I Wonder if the seller bought this a while ago, and was “Duped” him/herself ??:rolleyes:

He has bought it very recently, indeed. A couple of weeks ago this thing was offered on a local Polish equivalent of ebay. It reached 1000 zlotys (approx. 250 quid), but the high bidder had meanwhile consulted some people who know what Hurricanes and Spitfires look like and eventually cancelled the deal as the thing was found to be a fake. It then re-appeared on the same web auction place and went for 152 zlotys (less than 40 pounds).

I am not big on badges and brevets, but a friend who is has provided this document. The badge is a memorial badge of the Polish Armed Forces’ Szkola Podchorazych Piechoty i Kawalerii Zmotoryzowanej or Infantry and Motorised Cavalry Cadet Officers’ School. As there was no Polish Air Force College in UK during WW2, PAF NCOs with cadet officer status underwent courses in that establishment before they could be commissioned, which is probably why the 300 Sqn man had it (was he and officer?). “SZKOCJA” is indeed “SCOTLAND”, because that’s where the shool was based (Dunfermline, I think).

Quick question was it normal to merge squadrons before they were de-mobbed?

What exactly do you mean by ‘merging squadrons’? All Polish AF personnel were assembled in the Polish Resettlement Corps (RAF) following disbandment of individual squadrons but before all the servicemen were demobilised.

Anyway what colour scheme has your Spitfire got 😀
Fluffy

Which one? I’ve got two…

Mervyn Aldridge – isn’t he the owner of that ex-Turkish Spitfire, ML411.
http://www.caa.co.uk/application.aspx?catid=60&pagetype=65&appid=1&mode=detail&dataindex=1&owner=aldridge&pageindex=2
That’s an ex-302 Sqn (and possible also ex-317) machine. Apparently recovered years ago but no image seems to have surfaced, yet. Or is it just another F5 case?

With Attacker wings it would have been the Seafang rather than the Spiteful…