Aeronavale Neptunes

[Fris B. Fairing]

Can anyone please identify these unit emblems that appeared on Aeronavale Neptunes?


https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/216x176/146433_h238_crop_a085edaf3de19fc7f81262a0c447670653701d00.jp g
Neptune 146433 Feb 1975


https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/216x196/148330_x291_crop_8c487fab8e30f86381cbb859842992bf84592f20.jp g
Neptune 148330 Feb 1984

Any help will be much appreciated.

[Self loading bear]

The second looks like Flottille 9S
Flottilles (https://syhartdecal.fr/references.php?lang=FR&page=galerie&ref=Syhart%20911&numero_ref=911&nom_fichier=plan01&extension=jpg)

[Self loading bear]

The first looks like flotilla 1S/2S
Flottille 1S (https://picclick.fr/Insigne-Aeronavale-Escadrille-Flotille-1-S-2S-352676468488.html)


https://cimg0.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/555x644/080e4d51_c843_487e_abc7_a0781cea50d3_9f9e5f54a68f5c1615bac8b a8d99eb03a06f1cfe.jpeg

[Fris B. Fairing]

SLB
Thanks for that. I agree that the second emblem is 9S.
The Neptune carrying the first emblem (on the fin) has Aeronavale roundels but it doesn't have MARINE on the fuselage. Might that make a difference?
Rgds


https://cimg4.ibsrv.net/gimg/pprune.org-vbulletin/750x500/146433_01_d75fe971e6aa790bbe7b1f35e5a3eceda25745ad.jpg

[treadigraph]

Is that a Drover in the background Fris?

[DaveReidUK]

Just what I was thinking. Presumably at Papeete ?

[Fris B. Fairing]

The photo was taken at Eagle Farm, Brisbane on 8 March 1975. The Drover is VH-AZS.

[Fris B. Fairing]

Folks I finally got to the bottom of this emblem but I had to form a committee to do it.

The emblem on the fin of Lockheed SP-2H 146433 of Escadrille 12S was applied in 1974 when the aircraft was based at Tontouta in New Caledonia. The emblem represents the Cagou, a bird found in the forests of New Caledonia. The same emblem was applied to Neptune 147570 of Flotille 25F which 146433 replaced at Tontouta. So it's not a unit badge but something specific to New Caledonia.

Thanks to Alain Bourret, Dominique Masset and Tim Kalina.
The emblem on the fin of Lockheed SP-2H 146433of Escadrille 12S was applied in 1974 when the aircraft was based at Tontouta in New Caledonia. The emblem represents the Cagou, a bird found in the forests of New Caledonia. The same emblem was applied to Neptune 147570 of Flotille 25F which 146433 replaced at Tontouta. Before the application of this emblem, Neptune 146433 supported the nuclear tests at Muroroa from June to September 1974 from a support base on Hao atoll.

The emblem on the fin of Lockheed SP-2H 146433of Escadrille 12S was applied in 1974 when the aircraft was based at Tontouta in New Caledonia. The emblem represents the Cagou, a bird found in the forests of New Caledonia. The same emblem was applied to Neptune 147570 of Flotille 25F which 146433 replaced at Tontouta. Before the application of this emblem, Neptune 146433 supported the nuclear tests at Muroroa from June to September 1974 from a support base on Hao atoll.
The emblem on the fin of Lockheed SP-2H 146433of Escadrille 12S was applied in 1974 when the aircraft was based at Tontouta in New Caledonia. The emblem represents the Cagou, a bird found in the forests of New Caledonia. The same emblem was applied to Neptune 147570 of Flotille 25F which 146433 replaced at Tontouta. Before the application of this emblem, Neptune 146433 supported the nuclear tests at Muroroa from June to September 1974 from a support base on Hao atoll.
The emblem on the fin of Lockheed SP-2H 146433of Escadrille 12S was applied in 1974 when the aircraft was based at Tontouta in New Caledonia. The emblem represents the Cagou, a bird found in the forests of New Caledonia. The same emblem was applied to Neptune 147570 of Flotille 25F which 146433 replaced at Tontouta. Before the application of this emblem, Neptune 146433 supported the nuclear tests at Muroroa from June to September 1974 from a support base on Hao atoll.