Colour wartime Spitfire photo

By: Bushell - 5th December 2012 at 17:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

DazDaMan

Your wasps quote is insulting to wasps. They can be irritating to some people, (the flappers), but they are certainly not pointless!

By: Robert Whitton - 5th December 2012 at 17:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

And what a good photograph it is too. Nice and sharp with a good colour.

By: slicer - 5th December 2012 at 18:56 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

I want to see a re-enactor at Legends dressed like the erk in the cockpit !
That's authenticity.

By: Biggles of 266 - 5th December 2012 at 19:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

There are two more in this series:

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By: Bushell - 5th December 2012 at 19:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

All the years I've had my quote as my signature, and nobody has ever come to their defence..... until now! ;)

Well overdue then.:) Much maligned creatures.

Plain Murder
I saw a wasp upon a wall
And did not like his face at all:
And so the creature had no time
To wonder whether he liked mine.

By: jeepman - 5th December 2012 at 20:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Interesting comparison photo of the Spitfire with the Albion refueller - showing how different the SCC2 colour of the refueller was from the standard RAF Dark Earth colour on the Spitfire

By: thedawnpatrol - 5th December 2012 at 20:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Interesting comparison photo of the Spitfire with the Albion refueller - showing how different the SCC2 colour of the refueller was from the standard RAF Dark Earth colour on the Spitfire

It looks much the same to me ? not really easy to tell. I'm about to spray my RAF Humber 4x4 and was going to use RAF Dark Earth and Green camo, so interested in this subject.

Jules

By: Smith - 5th December 2012 at 21:52 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Sounds daft, but I could not remember the squadron number for the life of me - yet could see "KL-T" from the picture! :o Cheers!

Better eyes than me ... where's the [K]?

By: jeepman - 5th December 2012 at 22:07 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

It looks much the same to me ? not really easy to tell. I'm about to spray my RAF Humber 4x4 and was going to use RAF Dark Earth and Green camo, so interested in this subject.

Jules

Vehicle colours and RAF aircraft colours are different

Have you got a copy of Mike Starmer's book on home/NW Europe vehicle colours - essential reading plus he gives you colour chips. The other source is Dick Taylor's 4 volume Warpaint series from MMP

Frank Burberry's paints seem well matched - I'm doing a 10cwt GS trailer in his SCC2 at the moment

By: Smith - 5th December 2012 at 22:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Well, it's under the cockpit door, but for some reason I couldn't see it being DL-T (91 Squadron) or anything else.

Good point ... I didn't think to apply the logic of likely squadron codes ... slow day

By: Tony at BH - 5th December 2012 at 22:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

I'm with you DazDaMan. I have a loft full of wasps. :(

By: spitfireman - 6th December 2012 at 00:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Get yourself some Hornets, the most chilled out insects in the world.

They hunt wasps. (day and night)

Baz

By: longshot - 6th December 2012 at 00:38 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Heres the link to the Google LIFE story 'Daylight Fighter Sweep' by William Vandivert
http://images.google.com/hosted/life/2c4034e8f6abbfa8.html

and to the earlier Key thread on same
http://forum.keypublishing.com/showthread.php?t=100703

By: SADSACK - 6th December 2012 at 13:30 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

re;

I have had a copy of the 1st one framed on my wall for a while. Good to see the others. Mine have LIFE logo on them.

By: brisfite41 - 6th December 2012 at 16:29 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00

Colour wartime Spitfire photo

Hi DazDaMan,

Yes nice colour pic of KL-T which was probably R6709 about that time. "Tommy" was passed on to 41, 452 and went missing with 313 Squadron on June 26 '41.

Kind regards brisfite41