Here are the three RCAF Tiffies I had planned on doing, Thought I'd get an objective look before sending them to HTC.
First up is "Nicky", Typhoon Ib RB281, coded 5V-X of No. 439 (City of Westmount) Sqn RCAF, Eindhoven (Airfield B.78), Netherlands, February 1945. Flown by F/O Hugh Fraser of Montreal, Quebec.
Fraser shot down 3 enemy aircraft while flying 'Nicky', 2 Fw190s and a Me-262, the jet victory being indicated by a german cross in
red.
Next is "Pulverizer IV", Typhoon Ib RB389, coded I8-P of No. 440 (City of Ottawa) Sqn RCAF, spring 1945. Flown by F/L. Harry James Hardy, D.F.C., of Virden, Manitoba.
Lastly, Typhoon Ib MP131, coded F3-J of No. 438 Sqn (Wildcats) RCAF, summer 1944. Flown by F/O Norm Dawber, D.F.C., of Toronto, Ontario. The Wildcat nose art was created for the squadron by the Disney corporation.
Too bad the beta doesn't allow outside skins yet or I'd have gotten some pics of these birds loaded for bear. A couple of thousand pounders under the wings would make the pics look more business like
RCAF Typhoons carried bombs and anti-personnel bombs against such targets as armour, bridges, enemy convoys and troop concentrations. Few RCAF Tiffies, if any, carried rocket projectiles and therefore were nicknamed 'Bomb-Phoons' vs the RAF's 'Rock-Phoons'.
