Just curious about the No.44 (HD) squadron.
Can anyone point me to a reference photo for the machine with blue/white knight helmet marking? I searched thru few of the books I own, as well as online, but did not manage to stumble upon any.
Is B2402 marking in right colors, specifically the two white stripes? This is a scheme I have seen in an old(er) Windstock magazine. The newer Osprey's book on Camel has the stripes blue. The latter makes more sense - the original B flight markings was blue/white/blue stripes. I am aware of the photo of this machine showing the two stripes in "white(ish)" shade, but blue would show as such on both common and orthochromatic photographic plate unless a yellow filter was applied. The left stripe of the tail tricolor also shows as "white" where I would assume blue.
Hi Galwitz,
I have one photograph of a Comic of 'C' Flight, No.44 Squadron with the Viking helmet.
No.44 Squadron received their Camels in August 1917.
Later that year they introduce Flight markings on the sides of the fuselage.
A flight used a white cartoon Terrier dog.
B flight used a white crescent moon.
C flight used a Viking helmet with plume (colour not white) marking.
These markings didn't last long and were changed to:
A flight used numbers behind the fuselage roundels
B flight used a wide white band with blue edges behind the fuselage roundels
C flight used a wide white band with red edges behind the fuselage roundels.
Bear in mind that not all of No.44 Squadron aircraft were converted to Comics.
Some remained as Camels and some aircraft had individual markings, such as B2402,
Mike
