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By: - 4th April 2017 at 00:08 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Dutch 'roundels ' in use from 1939-1942
By: - 4th April 2017 at 09:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Didn't/don't one or more of the Arab countries have a triangular insignia? Iraq springs to mind.
Beautiful pics, Duggy.
Anon.
By: - 4th April 2017 at 10:10 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
It's Dutch. Colours are a bit distorted, but it's orange.
By: - 4th April 2017 at 10:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
hi,
thank you Duggy, for finding and showing them they are grand pictures crystal clear...
regards,
jack...
By: - 4th April 2017 at 12:42 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Dutch 'roundels ' in use from 1939-1942
Officialy used to 1945. But in Europe, after the German invasion, only been used in a small version on RAF aircraft flown by Dutch crews.
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And after the war used by this aircraft on flights from the Netherlands to the Dutch East Indies.
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By: - 4th April 2017 at 12:46 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Didn't/don't one or more of the Arab countries have a triangular insignia? Iraq springs to mind.Beautiful pics, Duggy.
Anon.
All these use(d) triangle shaped roundels
Estonia
Mexico
Myanmar
Botswana
South Yemen
Iraq
See my webside for more information.
By: - 4th April 2017 at 21:59 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks everyone , so it is probably a STM-S2 variant of STM-2 with interchangeable wheel landing gear or floats for Netherlands East Indies Navy; 13 built.
According to "WIKKI" :)
By: - 5th April 2017 at 07:32 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
More information here;
http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/ryan-stm/ryan-stm.htm
Cheers,
Matt
By: - 5th April 2017 at 08:51 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
For a period in the early 1970's Spitfire Mk XI PL965 was so marked when on display at the Overloon museum in Holland.
Mark
Image by Harry van der Meer.
By: - 5th April 2017 at 11:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
More information here;http://www.goodall.com.au/australian-aviation/ryan-stm/ryan-stm.htm
Cheers,
Matt
thnk you for the link, very interesting!
By: - 5th April 2017 at 11:57 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
We're fortunate to have an airworthy example in The Netherlands (sans floats though).
DSC_1144_resize by Jelle Hieminga, on Flickr
By: - 6th April 2017 at 00:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks, one more question .
Is it true that Dutch Hurricanes in the East Indies that served briefly.
That there is no photographic history, of these aircraft with the orange triangle??
Or is this an internet myth?
By: - 6th April 2017 at 02:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Several still fly in Australia and NZ - only on wheels!
ArdmoreSMA14_8983flr by Errol Cavit, on Flickr
Added: Another example, currently without insignia (but nice potted history attached).
http://rnzaf.proboards.com/post/249610/thread
By: - 6th April 2017 at 12:06 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
Thanks, one more question .
Is it true that Dutch Hurricanes in the East Indies that served briefly.
That there is no photographic history, of these aircraft with the orange triangle??
Or is this an internet myth?
Nope it is not an internet myth...
I have this '60's book on Military Aviation in the Dutch East Indies. And there is a question to the reader if there are any photo's around of the Dutch Hurricanes....
They served so briefly that there was no time to take a picture.....
By: - 6th April 2017 at 13:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I remember that there is one photo somewhere that shows a Hurricane being moved (without wings) towards an aerodrome (or being assembled), somewhere in the Dutch East Indies. As it is a head-on shot the markings cannot be seen. That is supposed to be the only photo of a Dutch Hurricane.
By: - 6th April 2017 at 16:15 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
I'm no markings expert, but that is one insignia I do know.
When I was a child there was plastic model kit of a Dutch Ryan on floats.. complete with molded "water" base. It was a 1/48th scale kit by HAWK. I always used to see it at the model shop.
Anyone else recall that?
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By: Duggy - 3rd April 2017 at 23:53
Came across these amazing photo's from the SDASM archives.
My question being what insignia are these inverted triangles ??
According to "WIKKI" these aircraft did serve with the Dutch in the East Indies.
But they do not look very orange to me.
Thanks in advance Duggy.