Originally Posted by
rcsa
The Pilot on the far right is Peter Robinson, who joined 56 Sqn in late July 1940, and was killed on 17 June 1941. The picture belongs to a great friend, F/Sgt Robinson's nephew. I'm intrigued by the black/white underwing camo, which I thought was replaced by duck-egg blue straight after the Battle of France. I wondered if any of you wise wizards could confirm that this is 56 Sqn, and hazard a guess at when the photo was taken.
Photo likely taken Dec 1940- March 1941, as the black/white undersides returned briefly for the winter of 40/41 (specifically between the dates of Nov 27th 1940 to April 7th 1941)
Perhaps the most famous aircraft to be seen back in the return of the black/white undersides during this time was Bob Stanford-Tuck's Hurricane DT-A of 257 Sqn.