ahhh the ‘Bou…

Just an observation/comment…

You may not get an exact FS match to the ‘Bou green. If my memory serves me correctly, the RAAF ‘Bous were delivered in the same green as the US Army’s (ANA 504 – i think).

The real fun begins when trying to cross reference the colours.

Using David Klaus’ ‘IMPS Color Cross-Reference Guide’:

for Australia… BS 381C:639 Olive Drab … Caribou overall.
Note that the aircraft were not delivered in a matte finish but rather somewhere between semi-gloss and gloss.

Klaus’ guide put the colour in the FS _4098 area. However, he also quotes Ian Huntley (god in my books) as stating that there is NO FS equivalent. Alternately, one of Klaus’ references (from Western Aus) quotes the match as FS 34086… which to me is far too dark.

The FS _4098 still appears a little too yellow and a wee bit to light.

Just my observations…

JJ

Just to keep going…. at Ottawa International Airport (formerly CFB/CFSU Uplands)

Lindbergh Pvt
Avro Jetliner Pvt
Avro Arrow Pvt (CF-105)
Canadair Rd (formerly ‘Royal Route’)
Convair Pvt (CC-130)
Kiowa Pvt (CH-136)
Tracker Pvt. (CP-121)
Comet Pvt (formerly 5th Ave)
de Niverville Dr. (Joseph Lionel Elpahage Albert de Niverville
de Niverville, A/VM, C.O. No 3 Training Command 1941-43)
Croil St. (George Mitchell Croil A/VM, Canada’s first CAS –
succeeded by Leckie)
Leckie Pvt. (Robert Leckie A/M, Chief of Air Staff 1944-47 – introduced
air force day)
Breadner Blvd. (Lloyd Samuel Breadner, A/M 1940 – 45, promoted to Chief Air Marshall in 1945 – only Canadian to hold the rank)
Thad Johnston Rd – named for USAAC Lt. Thad Johnson pilot killed in a
crash during Lindbergh’s arrival in Ottawa for Canada’s Diamond Jubilee,
July 1927. Johnson received a state funeral on the orders of Prime Minister
William Lyon Mackenzie King – Lindbergh swooped low and dropped
flowers over Union Station as the funeral train departed Ottawa.
Alert Rd. – access to the former alert hangars (in the old CF-100 and CF-101 days… the hangars are still there)

Red Knight Tutors

Hey Peter,

the Red Knight(s) flew two Tutors in 1968 and 1969.

Capt. Dave Curran and Capt Joe Houlden were the Red Knights for 1968.

1969 was flown by Lt. Brian Alston and Capt. Bob Cran. (Capt. Joe Houlden worked with Alston during work up but had no desire to fly the show)

Funding for the Knight was axed in 1970 and the Knight was no more.

James

(source: ‘A Tradition of Excellence’ – D.V. Dempsey) – great pics in the book, but Dan would rip me for scanning and posting.

… and the Mustangs carrying the star and bar in 6 positions, and a Mae West stenciled with ‘U.S. Airforce’… but why did the Nazis march their robot all the way the Pearl Harbour??

that my wife would come home with a Spitfire 14 picture from an antique store in Minnesota? And even better what are the odds that it appears to be a Spit 14 from 41 Squadron, my favorite because of the Spit XII connection?

Anyone know of any Spit 14 units with B for the first letter in their codes? It sure looks like an E to me and I can’t think of any that had B for the first letter.

No clue where it was taken and it’s one of those tiny photos, 2 x 2 max but after 25 years my wife can recognize a Spitfire when she sees one 🙂

That she spotted it in a box of totally unrelated photos was amazing.

Dan

I’d say its a XIV and from 41 Sqn (EB)… the handfull of 41 Sqn XIVs that I’ve seen have the code exactly where it is in your pic.

JJ

I’m attaching a close up of the aircraft’s code letter, looks like an ‘O’ to me.

I seem to remember reading that the ‘Z’ equipment was to identify the aircraft as friendly to the AGLT ‘Village Inn’ rear turrets that were introduced in the summer/autumn of 44. I might be wrong though!

Mark Postlethwaite GAvA

http://www.posart.com

My first impression of this shot was to say “it’s a ‘D'”…

Note the differing radii of the lower corners of the letter – those radii would be nearly identical on the letter ‘O’ – even accepting distortion caused by the lateral reinforcing strip.

Not sure whether she was repaired and flew again, but attached is a page from ‘Lancater’ by Garbett & Goulding which illustrated QR-O (LM360) after a prang in ’43.

JJ

torn between a single language

it does sound so much more poetic to…

‘qeue for the loo at the match’

than to

‘line up for the pi$$er at the game’

😉