African vehicles

[Tony Wheeler]

Originally Posted by motto

That's what was needed Lang, more information and it all comes into focus. The red, white and blue flash represents the tricolour not an RAF connection. I did wonder about the narrow white bar.

Not so fast David! The narrow white bar is what makes it RAF. The French tricolor has equal width colour bands. Also it was painted along the full length of the rudder, not as a miniature on the fin.

I agree the RAF fin flash on this 57 FG P40 is unusual, in that the top corner isn't cropped by the leading edge of the fin, however I put that down to Americans trying to paint British insignia!