Not enough Night Fighter Warbirds flying around today ...

[Mark Allen M]

Squadron Leader AE 'Ted' Berry sitting in the cockpit of Hurricane night fighter BN185, of No. 3 Squadron probably taken at RAF Station Hunsdon.


Four ground crew wearing gas masks and gas capes servicing a Hurricane night fighter, probably No. 3 Squadron taken at RAF Station Hunsdon.

[Duggy009]

From the same shoot.

[Michel Lemieux]

Weeeee....a black Hurry!

We all complain about glossy schemes.....

But a flat black Hurry would take the fighting lead!

Tks again Mr. Mark!

[blurrkup]

One of the BBMF Hurricanes is currently in a matt black nightfighter scheme.

https://twitter.com/RAFBBMF/status/1390242006341931012?s=20

[LysanderUK]

Nice selection of pics, not often you see pics of 3sqn Hurri's in night-fighter colours. They were a day fighter or ground attack squadron most of the war, the night-fighter/intruder role was a relatively short interlude.

Interesting to see the groundcrew in gas attack gear, too.

Edited to add: Having looked up 3sqn's commanders on good old Wiki, it appears that A.E. Berry was CO from April to August 1942. The style of RAF roundels and fin flash on BN185 came into use in May 1942, which helps narrow the timeframe down. There seems to be a Hurri in day camo with a mixture of late and early markings in the background, so perhaps the pics were taken around the time of the switch to the later style markings.

[sandiego89]

Neat, the exhaust flame suppressors/blockers to preserve night vison are noteworthy.

[Lon Moer]

Right now Platinum Fighters has two F4U-5N Corsairs available.

Australia

Germany

And there is another F4U-5N flying in France

[phil65]

And I complain about wearing a mask at work...

Phil

[Mark Allen M]

Here's the BBMF's Hurricane when in night fighter scheme. Not sure when either schemes were done. These two photos are from the BBMF's website.

[Duggy009]

The photos were taken between April 1941 until April 1942,when the Commanding Officer of No. 3 Squadron RAF,was Squadron Leader RF 'Digger' Aitken.
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Some more shots of No. 3 Squadron RAF, pilots and ground crew.