Squadron nicknames
'Shiny Ten'
I would dearly like to be able to pin down the first use with certainty but, equally back in time, the 'Shiny Ten' appellation may well have begun when the squadron re-equipped with the metal HP Hinaidi, circa 1930. The change from all-wooden aircraft certainly seems to have caught folks' attention, and I can see why such a name may have spread around a bit around that time.
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Flying Tinopeners
Don't let the real old boys of No 6 Squadron hear you call it " Canopeners", They get a right monk on.. It was the Tin Openers in 1942 out in Egypt when the Sqaudron ground crew came up with the idea for a marking up an emblem on their Hurricane IID's to match the Sharks teeth on the 112 Sqn Kittyhawks. One of the Sqn pilots had said ot one of the ground crew post a anti tank sortie with the 40 mm canon armed Hurri, " It was as easy as opening a tin of bully!" That was the inspiration for the Winged Tinopener mofit that then OC, Wing Commander Roger Porteous allowed to be painted to the aircraft..
Love Flight Golbal, wish this had existed when I was researching stuff for the 90th Aniversary..
hurricane | 1951 | 0021 | Flight Archive
Shiney Six comes from the days of flying Bristol F2B fighters in the middle east during the 20's..
Love Flight Golbal, wish this had existed when I was researching stuff for the 90th Aniversary..
hurricane | 1951 | 0021 | Flight Archive
Shiney Six comes from the days of flying Bristol F2B fighters in the middle east during the 20's..
Canopeners? Tinopeners? Shineysix?
it's:
****TY SIX
and we all know why!
it's:
****TY SIX
and we all know why!
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No 29(F) were known as Triplex. The probably apocryphal story is that in the early 1020s an erk was tasked to paint the CO's plane with a "29 in Roman numerals". On questioning what on earth that was, he was told "two X's and and one X". The aircraft in question duly had three X's painted on the wings.
I never knew what 30Sqn thought about that.
I say "probably apocryphal" because there is a picture of a 29Sqn aircraft in 1924 with four X's.
617Sqn, in my time, were always known as the "Dead Dog Club".
No7(B) Sqn were obviously known as "The Magnificent Seven". On dining in nights at St Mawgan this used to pi$$ off 42Sqn no end, as the tune played by the band was far more rousing than Elgar's "Nimrod".
Happy days.
I never knew what 30Sqn thought about that.
I say "probably apocryphal" because there is a picture of a 29Sqn aircraft in 1924 with four X's.
617Sqn, in my time, were always known as the "Dead Dog Club".
No7(B) Sqn were obviously known as "The Magnificent Seven". On dining in nights at St Mawgan this used to pi$$ off 42Sqn no end, as the tune played by the band was far more rousing than Elgar's "Nimrod".
Happy days.
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In the late seventies, I seem to remember one wag modified 43 Sqn motto emblazoned on the side of their hangar. FARTING COOKS. A lot of not happy faces 
Heads Down, look out for the flack
Heads Down, look out for the flack
When I was on 35, 617 were 'the dead dog mob'. 44(R) became 44 Zimbabwe, 50 were the '$hagging rats'....
On 56, the other squadron (23) was invariably known as 'the crows'....
All banter, of course!
On 56, the other squadron (23) was invariably known as 'the crows'....
All banter, of course!