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Phantom FGR.2, 1/72 Fujimi, 23. Squadron, RAF Stanley


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12 minutes ago, Selwyn said:

As the man who ran the Missile bay  I can assure you that Every Skyflash and Sidewinder missile at RAF Leeming had US style RBF flags on the arming keys.  The only exception was when the flag was terminally damaged when a RAF striped type  was used to replace it.  The changes usually were  more related to the yellow  noddy cap as the flags on these seemed to have a short working life.

 

Selwyn

Were you at Wildenrath MSF? (I seem to remember a Selwyn there).

The missiles from there had a mixture of US and Brit RBF flags, noddy caps were all striped (AFAIK) maybe as you say due to their short working life. Certainly not enough of one or the other to define a standard, like I said (and relevant to the OP's post) the only ones that were always US style were AOTD covers.

Not directly missile related, but if we ever got a brand new Lau 7A detent wrench/safety pin out from its packaging it had US style pennant that we cut off and replaced with a striped one.

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