#29SQN86 Typhoon to Typhoon 30 Embroidered Tribute Patch
Description
Typhoon to Typhoon 30 Embroidered Tribute Patch with hook and loop backing.
The Royal Air Force revealed a newly painted display aircraft for the 2024 Display Season at RAF Coningsby. With 2024 being the 80th Anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy, the aircraft paint scheme includes features which commemorate D-Day. The Eurofighter Typhoon is painted in a 1944-era “Day Fighter” scheme which commemorates a Hawker Typhoon of No.257 Squadron, coded FM-G. On D-Day itself, this particular aircraft was flown by Pilot Officer Denzel Jenkins. Beginning the war as an airman, Jenkins was commissioned as an officer in January 1944. Later, he became Officer Commanding (OC) No.257 Squadron and was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross. Bold features, including the RAF Tactical Recognition Flash and the D-Day invasion stripes, offer a degree of heritage by the display team this year. 2024 is also the 30th Anniversary of the first flight of the Typhoon. The display aircraft, serial ZJ913, will be a regular at airshows around the UK, and is nicknamed “Moggy” – no relation to our lovely Moggy.
And what of No.257 Squadron’s historical significance to Squadron Prints? Well, the Squadron was formed in Dundee, our closet city, just a short distance from our headquarters, so we believe this a fitting connection to us. Although not one of Britain’s more documented former marine flying stations, Dundee (also known as Stannergate) saw a longer existence in the 20th Century than any other seaplane base in Scotland. It dated back to shortly before World War I, developing as the war progressed, but only saw any real organised prominence and recording during 1918 when various Flights formed as part of Nos.249 and 257 Squadrons. Felixstowe F.2a flying boats and Short Admiralty 184 seaplanes mounted patrols and anti-submarine operations from here until both units disbanded in the second half of 1919. Dundee closed the following year but re-opened in July 1940 when it was commissioned as HMS Condor II as a satellite station for Arbroath, where we are based. These days, when there are operations at Arbroath (Condor), we can see Typhoons regularly in the overhead and rotary visitors in the circuit from our office. Lest we forget.