143 Wing RCAF Typhoons – 1944 to Bodenplatte – Docs digital publication
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Features 12* individual Typhoon Mk.Ibs of Nos 438, 439, and 440 Squadrons, 143 (RCAF) Wing, in service with the 2nd Tactical Air Force during the Second World War. (*3 are bonus options requiring more research)
Mini-articles in this Docs edition a concise guide to each aircraft's various technical features ( propeller, tail plane, intake filter arrangement differences etc), and a range of reference photographs, in addition to scale illustrations of the usual range of under-wing ordnance used on 143 Wing's Typhoons (including the rarely seen Cluster Projectile No.24).
This Docs edition also includes the option to download the Typhoon Airframe Stencil Data Markings and Typhoon Mk.IB Early National Markings placement guides for free.
(Please note: any watermarks visible on the shop preview images are not present on the actual PDF pages)
Mini-articles in this Docs edition a concise guide to each aircraft's various technical features ( propeller, tail plane, intake filter arrangement differences etc), and a range of reference photographs, in addition to scale illustrations of the usual range of under-wing ordnance used on 143 Wing's Typhoons (including the rarely seen Cluster Projectile No.24).
This Docs edition also includes the option to download the Typhoon Airframe Stencil Data Markings and Typhoon Mk.IB Early National Markings placement guides for free.
(Please note: any watermarks visible on the shop preview images are not present on the actual PDF pages)
Aircraft covered in this Doc:
• JR249 as F3•P of 438 Sqn - a 'car door' Typhoon Ib with ‘Lita’ inscription on nose & chequer pattern on gear doors. Funtington, April 1944.
• JR500 as 5V•X of 439 Sqn - AEAF stripes on wing undersurfaces and lower rear fuselage and asymmetrical spinner colours. Flown by F/O R.A. Johns, B.9 Lantheuil, mid July 1944.
• MN345 as 5V•G of 439 Sqn - ‘Peace River’ inscription on R/H nose, mission markers, AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage, and asymmetrical spinner colours. Flown by F/O J.A. Brown, B.78 Eindhoven, Oct. thru 6 Nov. 1944.
• MN413 as I8•T of 440 Sqn - AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage - not confirmed on wing undersurfaces (see pg. 10 captions). Landing incident when flown by F/S N.L Gordon, B.9 Lantheuil, 1 Aug. 1944.
• MN518 as R•D of 143 Wing (a 438 Sqn a/c) - Victory ‘flags’ on R/H side. May have had command pennant markings after reference photo was taken in April 1944. Very clean finish - possibly waxed. Flown by W/C R.T.P. Davidson to 8 May 1944 and W/C M.T. Judd afterwards (Judd’s M•J markings are provided as a bonus option).
• MN957 as F3•N of 438 Sqn - typical pre-D-Day markings. Aircraft in which W/C Davidson made a forced landing in enemy territory on 8 May 1944. Avoiding capture, he joined the Maquis (French resistance), serving with them until 5 September 1944. Based on two photos of the crash-landed aircraft.
• MN716 as F3•A of 438 Sqn - ‘Diane’ inscription on L/H nose, mission markers and “Archer” inscription on R/H nose. ‘Dirtied’ AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage only. Flown by FS (later P/O) R.G. Fox, B.78 Eindhoven, circa fall & winter of 1944. Both pilot and aircraft survived the Luftwaffe Operation Bodenplatte (Base Plate) attack at B.78 Eindhoven on New Years Day 1945.
• MP149 as I8•P of 440 Sqn - ‘Pulverizer II’ inscription on both sides of nose, mission markers and ‘Vargas girl’ on R/H side, black spinner, AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage. Flown by F/O H.J. 'Harry' Hardy, B.78 Eindhoven, circa fall & winter of 1944.
• RB205 as FGG of 143 Wing (a 440 Sqn a/c) - Large W/C pennant on L/H side under windscreen, AEAF stripes on wing undersurfaces and lower rear fuselage. Destroyed by strafing 1 January 1945. W/C F.G. Grant’s personal aircraft from 26 October to 24 December 1944.
Additional Bonus Options (due to the 'more research required' aspects of each individual subject):
• MN311 as I8•P of 440 Sqn - The original ‘Pulverizer’ with inscription on both sides of nose and AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage. Flown by F/L H.J. Hardy mid August to 6 September 1944 (interestingly, prior to her 440 Sqn service, this had been a trials aircraft for the new four-bladed propeller and larger Tempest tail configuration.
• MN426 as F3•H of 438 Sqn - Flown by then S/L F.G. Grant through July 1944 (his first tour on Typhoons which ended with him as 438 Sqn OC).
• MP131 (or was it MN579?) as F3•J of 438 Sqn - Sometimes flown by F/O N.E. Dawber from the crossing of the Channel in late June through to 18 Nov. 1944 when he had to bale out of 'J'. Reportedly carried a variation of ‘Fritz the Wildcat’ emblem & most probably AEAF stripes on wing undersurfaces and lower rear fuselage for a time. A second F3•J, MN579 is also provided for as a possible subject featuring the Squadron's Wildcat emblem. The brief article on page 6 features these aircraft within some related discussion on all three known variations of the emblem.
• JR249 as F3•P of 438 Sqn - a 'car door' Typhoon Ib with ‘Lita’ inscription on nose & chequer pattern on gear doors. Funtington, April 1944.
• JR500 as 5V•X of 439 Sqn - AEAF stripes on wing undersurfaces and lower rear fuselage and asymmetrical spinner colours. Flown by F/O R.A. Johns, B.9 Lantheuil, mid July 1944.
• MN345 as 5V•G of 439 Sqn - ‘Peace River’ inscription on R/H nose, mission markers, AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage, and asymmetrical spinner colours. Flown by F/O J.A. Brown, B.78 Eindhoven, Oct. thru 6 Nov. 1944.
• MN413 as I8•T of 440 Sqn - AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage - not confirmed on wing undersurfaces (see pg. 10 captions). Landing incident when flown by F/S N.L Gordon, B.9 Lantheuil, 1 Aug. 1944.
• MN518 as R•D of 143 Wing (a 438 Sqn a/c) - Victory ‘flags’ on R/H side. May have had command pennant markings after reference photo was taken in April 1944. Very clean finish - possibly waxed. Flown by W/C R.T.P. Davidson to 8 May 1944 and W/C M.T. Judd afterwards (Judd’s M•J markings are provided as a bonus option).
• MN957 as F3•N of 438 Sqn - typical pre-D-Day markings. Aircraft in which W/C Davidson made a forced landing in enemy territory on 8 May 1944. Avoiding capture, he joined the Maquis (French resistance), serving with them until 5 September 1944. Based on two photos of the crash-landed aircraft.
• MN716 as F3•A of 438 Sqn - ‘Diane’ inscription on L/H nose, mission markers and “Archer” inscription on R/H nose. ‘Dirtied’ AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage only. Flown by FS (later P/O) R.G. Fox, B.78 Eindhoven, circa fall & winter of 1944. Both pilot and aircraft survived the Luftwaffe Operation Bodenplatte (Base Plate) attack at B.78 Eindhoven on New Years Day 1945.
• MP149 as I8•P of 440 Sqn - ‘Pulverizer II’ inscription on both sides of nose, mission markers and ‘Vargas girl’ on R/H side, black spinner, AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage. Flown by F/O H.J. 'Harry' Hardy, B.78 Eindhoven, circa fall & winter of 1944.
• RB205 as FGG of 143 Wing (a 440 Sqn a/c) - Large W/C pennant on L/H side under windscreen, AEAF stripes on wing undersurfaces and lower rear fuselage. Destroyed by strafing 1 January 1945. W/C F.G. Grant’s personal aircraft from 26 October to 24 December 1944.
Additional Bonus Options (due to the 'more research required' aspects of each individual subject):
• MN311 as I8•P of 440 Sqn - The original ‘Pulverizer’ with inscription on both sides of nose and AEAF stripes on lower rear fuselage. Flown by F/L H.J. Hardy mid August to 6 September 1944 (interestingly, prior to her 440 Sqn service, this had been a trials aircraft for the new four-bladed propeller and larger Tempest tail configuration.
• MN426 as F3•H of 438 Sqn - Flown by then S/L F.G. Grant through July 1944 (his first tour on Typhoons which ended with him as 438 Sqn OC).
• MP131 (or was it MN579?) as F3•J of 438 Sqn - Sometimes flown by F/O N.E. Dawber from the crossing of the Channel in late June through to 18 Nov. 1944 when he had to bale out of 'J'. Reportedly carried a variation of ‘Fritz the Wildcat’ emblem & most probably AEAF stripes on wing undersurfaces and lower rear fuselage for a time. A second F3•J, MN579 is also provided for as a possible subject featuring the Squadron's Wildcat emblem. The brief article on page 6 features these aircraft within some related discussion on all three known variations of the emblem.