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So, thanks for the replies so far. I have searched and contacted the UK National Archives, RAFM, AHB and the IWM. So far I have been able to get limited information. Below is the information/research that I have got so far. D-Day invasion stripes were painted on for June 6th around the whole fuselage and top and bottom wings. The stripes on top of the wings were removed and the stripes from the waterline (Basically the floor) up were painted over post D-Day. The code YS-J was painted on the aircraft. YS in red and J in white. The RAF serial FZ668 was painted in red The colour scheme was Olive Drab on top, and Medium sea grey on the lower fuselage The propeller domes depending on the flight were red or blue (A or B Flight) There are next to no images/Video of 271 SQN or 46 group for that matter anywhere that anyone has been able to find in their collections. Any additional comments etc would be welcome as the aircraft is only 2 weeks away from flying.

I managed to get a reply from the RAFM. The aircraft SQN code is YS-J

Ossington, as I live in Perth Australia I have no idea how to get in touch with any of the folk you have suggested. Are you able to assist at all please?

Hi all, I am after some help if possible please. I am trying to track down some WW2 images of a Dakota C-47 from RAF 271 SQN FZ668 I have attempted to search the UK National Archives and the usual spots on google but nothing has come up. Any leads would be welcome.

Thanks for the reply Tony

Top job painting by brush that is for sure. I would be interested in a video on how you did it, as I just don't have the spare $$ for an airbrush kit.

Great job.

I deleted my PB account, stuff them to be honest.

You are more than welcome

Fantastic Job Tony

Dennis https://goo.gl/images/5h24fr https://goo.gl/images/VSHThi http://www.clubhyper.com/reference/foliagegreenrefgb_1.htm Clem, you can't take flammable paints, but water based model paint should be fine to take up onto the aircraft. Best to pack it into your checked luggage though.

Run some images through this website to give you a bit of an idea on colours http://demos.algorithmia.com/colorize-photos/

Fantastic link, thank you for sharing

Spewing, looks like I will miss it when I come there in Feb/March next year

Great models mate

Top effort there mate

Great job, only problem is the oil on the ground and the engine is clean as

FYI Magpie 22 is no random internet person.

SQN LDR Creswell was never one for photos, so there are not too many that are around that you can go off. Below is one that I found somewhere on the web and the other is from the AWM where I have attempted to get the colours right. I know they are wrong as there has been more information come to light since I did this image. from the adf serials website

Wow thanks for the images and information. It truly amazes me the amount of different paint schemes there were on the Spitfires and P-40's in RAAF Service.

Thanks Grant

1/72 Scale, however my experience with Decal sheets is that they can be wrong. So I would like to confirm the correct colour scheme's. As there is limited photos out there I thought I would ask here to see if anyone had any.

These are the colour charts that I have obtained over the years. Edited Non edited

Hi everyone, I would love to try and do a 76SQN kittyhawk with the lightning flash, however there is no decent photos that I can find on the internet. Is anyone able to assist at all? Below is an image that I have cropped off another image.