[Kutscha]

Chris if 'TP' is viewed through a dust cloud and changes the 'color', then why does the tail band also not change color?

In Mason's Typhoon-Tempest book there is a profile with the squadron codes red. Not that is any proof. On page 85 there is a pic of a 198 Typhoon (no dust) and and the squadron code is clearly a different color than the a/c ID letter.

In the Thomas/Shores book, pg174 the same pic pic (closer view) of the a/c shows the squadron code a different color than the a/c ID letter (V).

Both are very close to the roundel red.

Maybe it was only a few a/c that had a red squadron code as other pics looked at had sqd and ID letters the same color.