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Hawker Hurricane Mk.II 309 Sqdn. Trumpeter 1:24


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Something with a propeller this time.
Hawker Hurricane Mk.II, 309 Sqdn. Peterhead 1944.
Set: Trumpeter 1:24 scale, model made as always straight from the box.
Model quite simple to build, decals are a Techmod set.

 

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9 hours ago, Wojtek2 said:

Very nice, but why did they choose those toilet letters for the squadron back then ? :)

They weren’t chosen, they were allocated by the Air Ministry.

 

309 squadron was originally an army co-operation squadron and under direct command of the 1st Polish Corps and allocated the letters AR.

 

On 23 June 1942, a letter was sent from the Deputy Director of Air Tactics at the Air Ministry to Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Army Co-operation Command, headed 'Squadron Code letters on Aircraft’. The letter stated that the Deputy Director of Air Tactics had been directed to refer to the use of squadron code letters on aircraft and to inform the Commands that it was now considered that the application of such markings were defeating all efforts by W/T security to conceal the Order of Battle. Unless there were overriding reasons to the contrary, the squadron code letters were to be abandoned and the views of the Commands were therefore sought as a matter of urgency. Following consideration of all the replies received from the Operational Commands, on 26 September 1942 a letter was sent to all Operational Commands at home and overseas which stated that with the exception of Bomber and Fighter Commands it had been decided to dispense with the two-letter squadron codes as a means of identification on security grounds.

 

When it became clear that the 1st Polish Corps would not fight on the Continent in its entirety, and therefore there was no longer a need for a co-operation/tactical reconnaissance squadron, it was decided that 309 Squadron would become a fighter squadron and existing personnel left to become the nucleus of the newly forming 318 Squadron that would become the tactical reconnaissance squadron for 2nd Polish Corps. In theory, at least, 309 Squadron no longer had squadron codes so that when it transferred to Fighter Command they were allocated a new code, WC.   

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