141sqn Defiants

[KennyK404]

Thankyou for the fast reply

Terrifying..... so few squadrons used the type and a guide to their markings misses one out!

I really have picked an awkward subject, haven't I?

[Larry]

Another reference though brief on 141 Sqn is the Scale Aircraft Monograph on Camouflage & Markings No 2 - The Battle for Britain May - Dec 1940 by Paul Lucas. This has a drawing of a 'green and brown' 141 Sqn Defiant with codes TW-H serial L7036 from June 1940. The fuselage roundel has a thin out yellow ring and also it says it had (possibly) sky blue under surfaces rather than the more usual duck egg green.

[bearoutwest]

Osprey Aircraft of the Aces 105 - Defiant, Blenheim & Havoc Aces, has a number of photos of 141 Sqn Defiants, including (from a quick look):
p.22 Defiant on ground with cluster of flight crews;
p.33 Defiant in flight.

Regards,
...geoff

[Graham Boak]

Not exactly to the point but close and rarer still, I suspect: Wings Of Fame 11 has a photo of a 2 Sq Defiant, N15762 KO.I.

[KennyK404]

I found that easy in comparison: http://www.wartime-airfields.com/raf...-stories1.html



(Thanks for the new replies & info, all!)

[Graham Boak]

Nice one, although I believe it was there for experimenting into its use for Army Cooperation work rather than as a hack, for which it would be most unsuitable.

This picture, and one of 141 Sq, are also in Phil Listemann's book on Defiant squadrons.

[KennyK404]

Given that the footage is ~75 years old, I might be a little late to the party but I found a Defiant gunners instructional video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIIqY81T67E

I know, not 141sqn-specific, but I found it really interesting!