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RNoAF submitted the following query "Hi guys. Can you help me with the colour and markings of 198 squadrons Hawker Typhoon MM 987 TP-Z? And did it have a 3- or 4-blade propeller?" I suspect that this originates from one of the profile drawings in Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 27, Typhoon and Tempest, which I wrote and Chris Davy illustrated. I was very keen to illustrate Sqn Ldr Johnnie Baldwin's Typhoon TP-Z which featured in press photos taken some time in late February of early March 1944 and carries his scoreboard with 13.5 kills. Unfortunately neither his logbook nor the squadron records enabled identification of the serial number of this aircraft. Knowing that there were few sliding hood Typhoon in service at this time I examined the records of all the unit's Typhoons at the time and MM987 seemed to be the most likely. The profile was duly completed and I noted the tentative identification in the extended caption in the Colour Plates section at the end of the book, also noting that the aircraft had been in an accident on 4 March 1944. Years go by ... and I am in touch with the pilot of MM987 when it had the accident and his log reveals it was actually coded TP-V! dammit. The recent postings re PR-Z took me into this territory once again so I will see if I can find another suspect. Meanwhile, a question for RNoAF. Are you interested in TP-Z (Baldwin's aircraft with the kill markings) or MM987, now known to be TP-V? Both, incidentally had 3-blade props and the small tailplane. Chris Thomas
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