No. 74 Squadron RAF, the "Tiger Squadron"..

[rochie]

Nice stuff Jan

Mmmm cricket can I smell the Ashes burning? No wait thats the wickets after the Aussie pace attack has ripped out middle stump for 10th time.

yep it was pity it was for 600 runs though...................(i wish )

 

[Heinz]

 

[Lucky13]

I bet ANY money, that the RAF was thinking when they came up with idea to these blasted underwing codes, "let us make life a misery for future modellers chaps!"

 

[Wayne Little]

looking good mate!8)

 

[Lucky13]

Cheers O' Clever One....

 

[Airframes]

Very nice old chap! Yep, those codes over yhe U/C doors are a real t*** aren't they !

 

[Lucky13]

A real (beep) (beep) in the (beep) (beep) to say the (beep) least old boy! Next time I'll try another method, for now, I'll blame wear and tear....

Hmmm.....maybe blutack?

 

[Lucky13]

Some more No. 74 Squadron pics.... :: Welcome To The RAF74 Squadron Homepage::.....

Is this Spitfire Mk. ?'s just coded L*D and L*T?

 

[Airframes]

Well old chap, they're Spitfire MkIIA's, and judging by the colour schemes and the weather, I'd think it would be circa summer, 1941. The problem is, 74 Sqn used ZP as the Squadron codes during that period and, far as I'm aware, never used any codes with a 'L' configuration. So, the aircraft are either from a different squadron, with the second code letter obliterated under the orders of the censor (possibly 'LO', 602 Sqn, Aux AF, or 'KL', 54 Sqn.), or a temporary marking for whatever reason. Might even be a OTU or OCU, and the Life magazine people have used the pics, thinking, or having been told, that it's 74 Sqn?

 

[Lucky13]

They had some Hurricanes there as well, MX- I think they were coded....highly confusing!

 

[lesofprimus]

Great stuff Jan, real fast on the build time, and I love the tigers head emblem....

 

[Wayne Little]

Great finds on the colour Spitty's, Jan.

 

[Airframes]

Sounds like 'Life' magazine used what they were allowed, or told, to use, and built their story around that. The photographs were probably taken at a OCU/OTU, and they actually look partly posed. You know the sort of thing "Our reporter brings you the story from the front line, with the RAF's seventy fourth squadron, and here they are preparing for yet another mission during the Battle...." and all that b*ll*cks!!
Great pics though, and full of useful detail - the ammo cans, trolley Ac etc etc.

 

[Lucky13]

Just saw that the 74 Squadron had a few well known aces....

WWI,

Edward "Mick" Mannock
James Ira "Taffy" Jones
Keith "Grid" Caldwell


WWII,

Adolph "Sailor" Malan
John Colin Mungo-Park
Harbourne Mackay Stephen
Wilfred Malcolm Skinner
John Connell Freeborn
Bryan Vincent Draper
Henry Collingham Baker
Willian Henry Nelson
John King "Jock" Norwell


Makes you want to do Mannock's S.E.5a and Malan's Spitfire....

 

[Airframes]

Well you'll have to include those two in your build, won't you?

 

[Lucky13]

Most definetly old boy!

 

[Lucky13]

I hope that they'll do this one in 1/48! 8) RAF 74 (Tiger) Sqn 1918 to 1992 (10)

Edit: Just checked again at Hannants, the 1/48 scale, it's on "Future Releases", double sheet! Happy times!

 

[Airframes]

I could have sworn I sent you a text message about that! Must have meant to and forgotten!

 

[Lucky13]

Lack of beer or any other strong liquids can do that to you old boy....