Two different photos halifax ( 3 colour scheme ?) and defiant '54'

[brewerjerry]

hi

Two photos i found on the net that might be of interest

Halifax in a three colour scheme ?

or is it ?

Defiant coded 54 ( captioned east fortune june '41 )

https://www.flickr.com/photos/129042181@N07/24490426934/in/dateposted-public/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/129042181@N07/24494249803/in/dateposted-public/

Cheers

Jerry

Edited February 19, 2016 by brewerjerry

[Ed Russell]

It's not really possible to pick the Halifax scheme but it's probably the standard Transport scheme.

Looks like PP233 which served with 301 (Polish) Sqn... ..which links it maybe to the first post in this link...............

http://www.britmodeller.com/forums/index.php?/topic/234997618-odd-coloured-halifax-cviiis/

Later G-AKBJ Air Ambassador written off at Tegel in Berlin Airlift 1 June 1949

http://halifax346et347.canalblog.com/archives/2014/12/26/31206409.html

[Graham Boak]

Re the Halifax. there looks to be some kind of fault on the print, looking at the way the underside colour changes at the same time as that unusual upper-surface curved demarcation.

Nice to see an OTU Defiant - photos of any aircraft in OTU service are fairly rare.

[modelldoc]

Halifax is a C VII, onl< used with the polish squadrons in this camouflage, another pic is the book "Combat codes".

modelldoc

Edited February 19, 2016 by modelldoc

[brewerjerry]

Hi

I didnt notice earlier when i started the thread, but the halifax serial is under the wing, PP233

more photos here

http://www.polishairforce.pl/dyw301zdj.html

but the camo seems odd even the other halifax photos

cheers

jerry

Edited February 19, 2016 by brewerjerry

[Graham Boak]

Thanks Jerry: thanks to that airborne photo I can now say why they look so odd. The photo was taken on ortho film, making the red of the roundel and fin flash looks so dark, the yellow dark, and the blue very light. The blue in EDSG makes the colour come out very light, as in the well-discussed Skua on Ark Royal.