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Individual codes for 16 Squadron FR IX Spitfires


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All I have:

Spitfire PR.XI (Sept 43-Sept 45)

EN654

EN684

MB902

MB954:K

MB958

PA838

PA853

PA902

PL765

PL823

PL850

PL903

PL970:E

PM125

 

Spitfire L.F. IX (Jun44-Nov44)

EN387:V

MK322

MK716

MK918

ML206

ML302

ML374

Nothing on FR's, individual codes or colours, sorry.

Source: Janes, Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and their aircraft, JDR Rawlings, p.36. They also had PR XIX's and FR.XIV's very late on, but I've omitted them 

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Thanks that's really great.

 

The "pink" Spitfires  were standard armed LF Mk IXs modified with a single port facing oblique F24 camera ?

 

On the colour photograph from the RAF Museum web " Spitfire FR IXc of 16 Squadron at Melsbroek in 1944" there are 4 a/c, the single a/c on the left having a code number in white - maybe an E ?  I cannot get a descent large image to see it .

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Yes - I know the "off white / pinkish" colour debate etc has ben covered extensively on a number of sites over the years 

It's purely I want to make a 1/48 model which isn't either "Red X" or "White V" and I have seen a couple of bad images of a/c which wore different code letters but I cannot make them out because of the quality of the image.

 

Thanks 

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For the pink paint, best to do your own mix as all the ones supplied are way too pink when it should be a very pale pink that's really an off white.  My mix is one full bottle Xtracrylix white to which I added 5-6 DROPS of Xtracrylix Red Arrows Red.

 

Here's a whiffed FRXII in said paint.

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The photos of their aircraft seem to all have five spoke hubs.

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