Looking for Typhoon schemes.

[Kazaa]

Full invasion stripes and/or any unique schemes.

Kaz.

[Mus51]

After a quick search on google i found this:



Hawker Typhoon Mk.1B R8742
No.181 Sqn RAF
March 1943

Along with markings carried for various operations (D-Day for example), special markings were also carried for exercises. For 'Exercise Spartan' in March 1943 the enemy forces were represented by aircraft carrying a horizontal white stripe on the nose and the bottom of the port wing was painted black (not shown here).



Hawker Typhoon Mk.1B DN 323
No.451 Sqn RAAF
1943

Three Typhoons were sent to the Middle East for trials in mid-1943. All served with No.451 Sqn RAAF. The 19 pilots who flew them were most enthusiastic, but again operational needs elsewhere put an end to this. All three were finished in the usual Sand, Stone and Azure.


Hawker Typhoon Mk.IB R7679
No.56 Sqn RAF
November 1942

With its distinctive nose mounted radiator and thick wing, the Hawker Typhoon is instantly recognisable .. or so it seems to our modern eye. However a fleeting glimpse of an opposing aircraft is often all that is allowed for in combat. And in such a moment the new Hawker fighter was often mistaken for the equally new Focke-Wulf Fw190. Indeed, moments after the first Typhoon victory was claimed, the unfortunate pilot was himself shot down by a pair of Spitfires ... surely something was needed to prevent such from happening again . .

The first solution was the painting of the entire nose, as far back as the wing leading edge, white. Another was to add four one foot wide black stripes, each 24 inches apart, to the bottom of the wing. Although the white nose made them visible, many pilots now felt they were too visible and another solution was needed.


Hawker Typhoon Mk.1B NF R7881

One variant of the Typhoon that was not proceeded with was that of a radar equipped night-fighter. The radar was fitted into the leading edge of a standard Mk.IB. To make room for the associated electronics one fuel tank was removed. This was to be made up for by carrying two 44 gallon drop tanks. R7881 was finished in the standard NF camouflage of Medium sea Gray and Dark Green. At least two operational flights were made in mid-1943, however with the arrival of the Mosquito and Beaufighter, further development was dropped.

I couldn't find any pictures.

[jdbecks]

That bottom typhoon would make a great skin imho 

[Greebo]

There is a nice D Day stripe scheme on the cover of Squadron book on the Typhoon and Tempest. There is a photo of the cover at the site below. I could not find a photo of this plane to back it up, but I vaguely recall seeing it on a Typhoon newsreel somewhere on the web.

There is also a Typhoon profile on this page "MR-?" that has had some of the white part of the upper stripes painted out, but not the black stripes.

http://www.taringa.net/posts/ebooks-tutoriales/2716357/avion-Typhoon_Tempest---2GM.html

[Kazaa]

Thanks Greebo and Dutch.

I'm going to do the last two TYPH scheme's on the page which Greebo linked.

[Guppy35]

Thanks Greebo and Dutch.

I'm going to do the last two TYPH scheme's on the page which Greebo linked.

Note the bottom scheme is July 45 so it's postwar in the ETO

[Krusty]

Good choice Kazaa.

Mus, the first one is special training exercise colors. No-go on those unless they were actual combat (not friendly vs friendly as most were). The last one is an almost-never-used night fighter paint scheme. No-go on that either.

As for the others, it's always good to have a desert 2-tone, and we had the white nose before they were remodeled. I'd like to see it again (whenever anybody gets around to it).



Both good choices.

[lyric1]

Before squadron markings I guess.

[jocko-]

Hiya Kazaa,

Of the profiles above I'd say the white nosed Tiffie would be the only one accepted, all others were never in actual combat. I hit the 'Spartan' wall earlier, see this thread:

http://bbs.hitechcreations.com/smf/index.php/topic,279216.0.html

I never got around to submitting the white nosed Tiffie so please, have at it... I'm extremely busy with a skinning project for another sim right now and don't see myself getting back to AH2 skinning for a while anyway.


...unless they update the Hurri models that is... 

 

[Krusty]

Depends... Were the 3 sent to the mid east used in "combat trials" or just "training trials"? For example, the Luftwaffe tested the Fw190 in combat to work out all the kinks with logistics and support as well as maintenance. Was it like that?

Or were they just playing in the desert all by themselves, so that what they learned could be applied to the MTO?