What is it you need to paint? Wartime colours can get quite confusing. Pre-war/ Early war the common RAF Grey/Blue was used then Mid war onwards Army green was adopted then back to the normal Grey/Blue after the war until the early 1950’s when the horrible light blue colour became common on GSE.

My hunch is a Maintenance tower inspection light judging by the cable hook. Any chance of a picture of the lower portion please AM? The shade of blue looks like that awful 1950’s RAF Colour but the style of the light seems much earlier to me when compared with the more complicated anglepoise style lamps shown in the AP’s.

Work on the actual tower hasn’t started yet but the first building on the site, the restored Fire tender shelter is now complete. The airfield Signal square has been reinstated and windsock erected. It’s a big project and several hundred tons worth of airfield rubble has been removed to allow the project to progress.

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I believe it was fitted to late war aircraft to be used in conjunction with H2S and blind bombing techniques to allow the Navigator to control the release of bombs. without further reasearch I don’t think it was widely used and may even be a postwar addition. Hopefully Air Ministry might be able to add more info.

We have a nice H2S set on display at our museum at Metheringham Airfield, if any are surplus to requirements then we would certainly be interested to make the fit more complete and purchase one please.

The obvious question is, if the EU is so great then why are we now at this stage of having a referendum? At least when we leave then everyone else will follow.