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Okay, now that I have been discredited for being naughty and foolish in my honest attempts at a discussion, I must withdraw from it.

An image from "Eyes of the Phoenix" clearly shows full chord white Stripes on LD903 of 10 Sqn RIAF at Kyaupkyu in April 1945.

Thanx a ton Ger

Is there any way I can get plans for the 44 Gal tanks on the Hurricane Mk IIc for my 1/24 Trumpy kit. I want to them in balsa, none of that 3D printing for me!! Thanx LS

Yes, what I meant was that 1 Sqn operated over Unkrul. it saw a lot of action there.

I stand corrected. He last flew (Sqn Ldr Arjan Singh, CO 1 Sqn IAF, later Marshal of the Air Force) JS 403 on 14 Jun 44 and then took a liking to LE 164. There is no record of an accident on JS 403 in the ORB either. 403 last flew on 15 Jul 44 with Plt Offr Guptha. So, it must have been sent back to an MU or such in October 44 .

Strangely, there's no SOC description of the aircraft JS403, just a date.

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Thanx Peter🙏

Can anyone help me with Hurricane IIB JS403, pls?? Provenance, etc, Log card, SOC?? Flew with ACSEA, No 1 Sqn IAF from Imphal main and Ukhrul 1944-45

With the rapid expansion of the war in the CBI, it was decided to shorten pilot training by replacing the Tigermoth with the Canadian PT-26 Cornell monoplane. The first Cornells were trialled at the SFTS (I) Ambala in June 44 and then issued in increasing numbers to Nos.1 (Begumpet) & 2 EFTS (Jodhpur) for familiarisation of Instructors. Reports were favourable but the type was criticised as considerably underpowered. The general opinion was that the new type should enable the school to turn out better pilots in a shorter time. A shortage of Glider pilots in the South East Asia theatre possibly meant that the training program in India remained under pressure longer. training continued in fits and starts due to defects in the Ranger engine exhausts, spar shrinkage and cracks in the front and rear spars of the Centre Section and Mainplanes. As a result, the replacement by Tiger Moths began immediately in Nov 46 and was completed by December 46, by which time all 30 of the remaining Cornell's were unserviceable. Ironically, the Cornell was replaced by the Tiger Moth, an aircraft it was meant to replace!! This is the 1/72 Special Hobby version, I think, also the only game in town. A straightforward build except that it didn't mention anything about the Pitot head. I painted it in Vallejo colours and in the markings of the ACSEA Mar 46 scheme of high-speed silver dope and India Blue roundels. I've also posed it in front of HH the Maharaja of Jodhpur's hangar at Jodhpur. Serials are from the Tally Ho series, with each numeral separately attached.

Fantabulous!!

A.F.O. (I) Tech 1/48 AIR FORCE ORDERS AIR VICE-MARSHAL S. MUKERJEE, O.B.E., CHIEF OF THE AIR STAFF AND AIR VICE-MARSHAL COMMANDING, ROYAL INDIAN AIR FORCE. No. 1 Air Headquarters New Delhi, the 30th April 1948 1. National Markings for Aircraft Aircraft Indication Markings:- As specified in A.F.O. (I) 357/43 are cancelled and the superseded the new markings detailed below. The National Markings for R.I.A.F. Aircraft are to be shown in roundels consisting of ‘Asoka Chakras’ on wings and the fuselage and tricolor flashes on the fin. 2. Asoka Chakra is to be made in navy blue color and drawn from a dimension in relation to hub diameter:- Diameter of outer circle of the Chakra will be eight times the diameter of the hub. Width of the rim will be half the diameter of the hub. The hub and the rim will be connected by twenty-four spokes. The width of the spokes at the rim-end and the hub-end to be one eighteenth of the diameter of the hub. At one third of the length of the spokes, from the hub-end, the width of the spokes will be three times the width of the spokes at the ends. Thus the spokes will be uniformly reducing in width from the maximum width at one third the length to both the ends. On the inner sides of the distance and between the spokes, stiffeners are shown which are to be drawn of semicircular areas of diameter equal to half the distance between the spokes in that the straight side of the semicircular area to coincide the inner sides of the rim. 3. The tricolour flash will consist of a rectangular area divided into to vertical rectangles in different colours and is to be constructed as:- The width (taken as base) is to be divided into three parts such that middle part is one fourth of the total width and the outer two parts of equal length i.e., the outer pairs are each one and a half times the length and middle part. Vertical lines are to be drawn from the dividing points and width such that entire area is divided into three vertical rectangular areas. The leading rectangle is to be coloured in Saffron, the middle in white and the rear in dark green. Height of the flash to be 24 inches, which may be lesser if the fin area does not allow this. 4(i) Chakras are to be painted on the upper and the lower sides of the wings in case of monoplane aircraft. (ii) In case of biplane aircraft the Chakras are to be painted on the upper side of upper wings and lower side of lower wings. (iii) Chakras to be painted on both sides of the fuselage at appropriate place just behind the trailing edge of the wings such that sufficient place is left available to write aircraft Code letters and paint the International Ambulance Red Cross if required in case of Ambulance aircraft. (iv) Flash to be painted on the fin in vertical direction such that the Saffron colour is towards the leading side and green on the trailing side aircraft. Note:- In Dakota Aircraft Chakras to be painted directly above the junction of Tail Unit and Fuselage, and the code letters painted on top of the flash on the fin. 5. Dimension of National Markings. - The sizes of Chakras and the flashes to shown in the following table. The sizes for single seater fighter are those shown for medium sized Aircraft and the large size for transport and bomber Aircraft. The sizes may be selected according to the space available on the fin, fuselage and the wings. Indent Markings Type of Aircraft Width of flash in inches Height of flash Outer diameter of Chakra Green White Saffron Roundel Small medium Large - - - - 16” 36” 48” Flash Small Medium Large 6” 9” 13” 4” 6” 13” 6” 9” 13” 24” 24” 24” 1. PAINTS:- Roundels:- i. For metal surface. Stores Reference 33B/813, colour identification. Blue specification No. D.T.D. 752. ii. For Fabric surfaces. Stores Reference 33B/392 colour identification. Blue specification No. D.T.D. 83A. Note:- Where the roundel is not distinctly visible on camouflage paint a yellow base is to be given from colour identification on yellow stores ref. 33B/179. The circular yellow base should be of 3 inches bigger diameter than the diameter of Chakras Flash:- Green Colour: For Metal surface:- Colour identification green Stores Ref. 33B/716. For fabric Surface:- Dope Green Stores Ref 33B/625 White Colour- For Metal surface Colour White identification Stores Ref 33B/698 For fabric surface Dope Tautening aluminum Stores Ref 33B/791 Saffron Colour- Colour saffron equivalent to Halfords paints specification 5-4 colour Orange (saffron) is to be adopted. Standard RIAF stores in this colour will be announced in due course. S Mukerjee Chief of the Air staff

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