Individual letter on F/Lt. Frederick Hilley Bradford's P-51 Mustang MK.IV?

[Franek Grabowski]

It is my understanding that the first 30 Mustang IVs were delivered with camouflage, the remaining Mustang IVAs being in NM/silver finish. Camouflage was gradually removed during the service.
Red spinners were applied to 306 Sqn Mustangs, so I doubt if any other Squadron had such markings as well. I am wondering, was not 19 Sqn supposed to have white-blue spinners instead? Ah, 316 Sqn (white-red) was never at Peterhead!

[SMF144]

Franek,

All I am going to say is that more research is required on your part.

Stephen

[Franek Grabowski]

But which part?

[SMF144]

The WHOLE part...

Stephen

[Franek Grabowski]

306 Sqn definetelly had red spinners and 316 definetelly was not at Peterhead, so what part?

[Alex Smart]

Hello,

Just to add a little to Franek's remark on those Mk IV's and the camoflage.

Taken from the Camoflage and Markings RAF Fighter Command Northern Europe 1936 to 1945 series issue on the N.A. Mustang.

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Mustang IV's entered Squadron service during March/April 1945 and althougyh a small number were already camoflaged in accordance with Drawing Pattern E (page 35) (these went mainly to Italy and North African and Indian bases) those operating in the European Theatre were generaly finished aluminium overall.
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So only the first few Mk IV's as Franek suggests would be camoflaged.
Franek, where did you get the number from of the first 30 please. As the serial numbers KH685 and KH 695 fall outside of the first 30 which were KH641 to KH670.
All for now
Alex

[Stein Meum]

Originally Posted by Franek Grabowski

It is my understanding that the first 30 Mustang IVs were delivered with camouflage, the remaining Mustang IVAs being in NM/silver finish. Camouflage was gradually removed during the service.
Red spinners were applied to 306 Sqn Mustangs, so I doubt if any other Squadron had such markings as well. I am wondering, was not 19 Sqn supposed to have white-blue spinners instead? Ah, 316 Sqn (white-red) was never at Peterhead!

No,the light blue and white colours were peacetime colours for 19 Sqn.They were in fact applied when the squadron moved to Molesworth post-war.Colours used at Peterhead were Wingbased markings.

Stein

[atckyrre]

I don't have very much to add but can confirm the 234 sqn darker spinner with these two pictures, taken from some website I can't find again at the moment. I believe this is the 234 Sqn Mustang that came down in Denmark towards the end of the war, in late April or early May 1945.

[Mikkel Plannthin]

The phptos have been showed at this site before. The origin is
http://www.zone-redningskorpset.dk/h...4!OpenDocument

The "Zone-Redningskorpset" that the website is about was a Danish rescue company that merged with another company to become Falck http://www.falck.com/about-forside-uk

More information on this incident at Søren Flensted's Airwar over Denmark:
http://www.flensted.eu.com/1945050.shtml

Mikkel