Typhoon gets Battle of Britain VC hero's colours to celebrate 'The Few'

The Telegraph ^ | 5:56PM BST 21 May 2015 | Ben Farmer

[OK Sun]

Flt Lt James Brindley Nicolson won Britain’s highest award for battlefield bravery for attacking and shooting down a German fighter even as he was being badly burned from a fire in his own cockpit

An RAF Typhoon fighter has been repainted in the Second World War colours of a Battle of Britain hero to mark the 75th anniversary of the crucial clash.

The Eurofighter jet which is usually coloured a drab grey has instead been painted with the camouflage and 249 Squadron identification number of the only Fighter Command pilot awarded a Victoria Cross during the battle.

Flt Lt James Brindley Nicolson won Britain’s highest award for battlefield bravery for attacking and shooting down a German fighter even though his own cockpit was on fire.

[OK Sun]

For those of us who follow aircraft.

[SkyDancer]

This is a Typhoon. The picture posted looks more like a Hurricane.

[PLMerite]

The jet is a Eurofighter Typhoon. The prop job is indeed a Hurricane.

[OK Sun]

Yes, the Typoon mentioned is the Eurofighter Typhoon.

[SkyDancer]

I’m aware of the modern day Typhoon; I was just commenting on the WW2 version.

[PotatoHeadMick]

The modern Typhoon has been painted in the colours of a Battle of Britain plane to commemorate Wing Commander Nicolson’s VC.

Nicolson flew in 249 Squadron, a squadron of Hurricanes, hence the inclusion of the Hurricane in the photo.

If I am not wrong the WWII Typhoon did not come into service until long after the Battle of Britain.

[SkyDancer]

All I was doing was pointing out that if they were going to show the two planes that instead of the Hurricane to use a WW2 Typhoon (some of which are still flying today)and all I did was post a picture of what the WW2 Typhoon looked like. I didn’t know this would turn into some sort of debate. The Battle of Britain notwithstanding.

[OK Sun]

Nice picture, by the way.

[PotatoHeadMick]

In two posts in separate threads you pointed out that the WWII plane in the picture was not a Hawker Typhoon, despite neither report claiming that it was a Typhoon, merely that the modern Typhoon was being repainted in the colours of Wing Commander Nicolson’s plane, which happened to be a Hurricane (and hence the inclusion of a WWII Hurricane for comparison).

It was you who insisted in bringing up the entirely irrelevant fact that there was a type of plane, in use much later in WWII, that also happened to go by the same name as the modern fighter.

If there is any confusion I am sorry to say it is you who has caused it.

[SkyDancer]

Oh good grief! All I did was point out that if someone is comparing two planes at least there should be both types, a WW2 Typhoon and the modern day one. That. Was. It.

Have a nice day.