phat trev Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 What RAF squadrons had flew non-camo (silver) Hawker Tempest II? Sorry if this has been covered well in previous posts.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Leader Posted April 29, 2020 Share Posted April 29, 2020 From the top of my head I’ll suggest No. 26 Squadron based at Gatow, West Germany and a few examples of No.33 Squadron whilst participating in anti CT strikes during Operation Firedog. A good and cheap-ish book to track down is Ospreys Tempest Squadrons of the RAF written by Chris Thomas. Excellent value, well written and beautifully illustrated. Cheers.. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phat trev Posted April 29, 2020 Author Share Posted April 29, 2020 Thanks Dave. Also just spotted hawkertempest.se. Amazing resource. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sabrejet Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 APS Sylt too? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted April 30, 2020 Share Posted April 30, 2020 (edited) 15 hours ago, Sabrejet said: APS Sylt too? Haven't seen any Tempest II's with them, TT.5's yes. I think 16 Sqn at Fassberg flew some silver finished examples. I did read somewhere that the silver paint was applied over the original camouflage paint and wore somewhat indifferently but I can't remember where the hell I read that. Edited April 30, 2020 by Wez 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wulfman Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 33 sqn. (Malaya) 5 sqn. (India) and possibly 20 sqn. (India). “ RAF Fighters Overseas based 1945-1950 “. by Paul Lucas Wulfman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wez Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 2 hours ago, Wulfman said: 33 sqn. (Malaya) 5 sqn. (India) and possibly 20 sqn. (India). “ RAF Fighters Overseas based 1945-1950 “. by Paul Lucas Wulfman Yes of course there was those two sqns For some reason (I don't know why), I thought the OP was only interested in BAFO sqns, I even looked in the same book as you! Whatever was I thinking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scimitar F1 Posted May 1, 2020 Share Posted May 1, 2020 There are some nice Xtradecal sheets with some examples. 3 Sqn or a Target towing machine - a nice choice to have! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Thomas Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 Thanks for the plug Dave! Just to summarise, no silver known in the UK squadrons (183/54, 247) but in BAFO 26 Sqn certainly had a small number, also 33 Sqn had at least 3 (as they are visible on deck in transit to Malaya in a couple of photos) but I've not found any 16 Sqn examples. Meanwhile in India 5 and 152 Sqns had examples but nothing known for 20 or 30 Sqns. In Malaya, most of 33's Tempest IIs were eventually painted silver but this was being replaced by the Long-range DFS shortly before they were replaced by Hornets. One other example was 135 Wing's WCF's aircraft PR674/FRC (for Frank Carey) also based in BAFO. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junchan Posted May 4, 2020 Share Posted May 4, 2020 The Typhoon and Tempest Story by Chris Thomas and Christopher Shores has several photos of silver Tempest II. Those are VE865 W2-Y of 80 Sqn., PR674 FR-C of 135 Wing, PR772 OQ-R of 5 Sqn. and PR533 5R-V of 33 Sqn. Jun in Tokyo https://www.flickr.com/photos/horaburo/albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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