RAF 100th ANNIVERSARY
52 Aviation News incorporating Jets January 2018TYPHOON SPECIALS
Above: Typhoon FGR4, ZK308, received invasion
stripes to mark the 70th anniversary of D-Day in- It also wears the code ‘TP-V’ which was
carried by Hawker Typhoon MN526 of 198 Sqn. The
tail of ZK343 features special tail markings worn
while it was flown by 29(R) Sqn’s display pilot in
the same year. AirTeamImages.com/Philippe Noret
Right: This colourful scheme was applied by
29(R) Sqn for its centenary celebrations in 2015.
AirTeamImages.com/Kieron
Left: In 2015, Typhoon ZK349 was painted in a Battle of Britain-
era scheme to commemorate the 75 years since the Luftwaffe’s
campaign and acknowledge the bravery and sacrifice of ‘The Few’.
The aircraft wore the markings of a 249 Sqn Hurricane flown by
Flt Lt James Brindley Nicolson who was the only pilot of Fighter
Command awarded a Victoria Cross during the battle. Niall Paterson
Below: No.6 Sqn celebrated its 100th anniversary in 2014 with
these special markings. The unit rose to fame in 1942 as the
‘Flying Tin Openers’, following its success in the North African
campaign using modified Hurricanes against the tanks of
the Axis powers. AirTeamImages.com/Philippe Noret52-53_raf_typhoonDC.indd 52 01/12/2017 13:53