Tempest mk II Sqn 33 question on letter color

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good afternoon

 I have this decals sheet   in my stash and I am surprised by the red color of the Tempest Mk II can someone confirm that or is it a mistake ?

Best regards

 

Patrice

 

 

[Chris Thomas]

There is a black and white photograph of 5R-V PR533 which seems to show code letters the same shade as the spinner and red or blue of the roundel.  The squadron ORB of the time records that spinners were painted in flight colours, no mention of the codes which would normally have been black.  Traditionally A Flight used red and B Flight used blue so it seems unlikely that the spinner on PR-V (a B Flight aircraft) would have been red, the codes even less so.  There are photos of other Tempests which seem to confirm the codes were usually black.

 

So it seems unlikely that codes/spinner were red on this aircraft. Black and blue (respectively), or possibly blue for both, look better bets.

CT

 

 

[TEMPESTMK5]

Good morning Chris

 Thank you very much for your answer ..

Best regards

Patrice