Help With I.D. of British Squadron

[FOKKERJ]

Originally Posted by RussGannon

What next? Are we going to hear the claim that the 'English' flew black & tan coloured aeroplanes????

"Black & Tan"....Isn't that a drink that you float GUINNESS STOUT on top of BASS PALE ALE?

Which came first?
The use of the "Red Triangle with the White border" on the BASS PALE ALE label or on the fuselage of a British Squadron as an insignia?

I believe it was the former, but have forgotten.

Also, what was the Squadron's number?

What kind of aircraft used this marking?

Thanks for any information.

Best Regards, FOKKERJ

[austin08]

Hello Fokker J,
The bass pale ale came first as evidenced by the painting of a bar & waitress By Edouard Manet in the 1870's depicting a couple of bottles of the said brew

[R Gannon]

Fokker J

It was a bit of a joke. The intent of Passat 54's Voss thread in my view is very Patrick Kennedyish. He wrote quite a number of diatrads to MID in OTF in the 90's in which he never tired of denigating the English. He could never separate Bloody Sunday from Bloody April. The Black & Tans were a police force sent into Ireland during the 1920's and are still universally hated in republican Ireland. He could not help bringing them into one of his Anglophobic tirades.

[FOKKERJ]

Originally Posted by austin08

Hello Fokker J,
The bass pale ale came first as evidenced by the painting of a bar & waitress By Edouard Manet in the 1870's depicting a couple of bottles of the said brew

Thank you austin08,

I don't know if my information is correct, I seem to remember now that the "BASS PALE ALE" RED & WHITE Triangle is England's oldest registered trademark.

Best Regards, FOKKERJ

[FOKKERJ]

Originally Posted by RussGannon

Fokker J

It was a bit of a joke. The intent of Passat 54's Voss thread in my view is very Patrick Kennedyish. He wrote quite a number of diatrads to MID in OTF in the 90's in which he never tired of denigating the English. He could never separate Bloody Sunday from Bloody April. The Black & Tans were a police force sent into Ireland during the 1920's and are still universally hated in republican Ireland. He could not help bringing them into one of his Anglophobic tirades.

Hi RussGannon,

Thanks for sharing this information. I knew a little about the Black & Tans as a police force in the Republic of Ireland. It reminded me of a drink that you fill half of your pint glass with "BASS PALE ALE", then fill the last half by pouring "GUINNESS STOUT" onto a spoon, held over the Ale and or by resting on the rim of the glass, the effect is that the Stout floats on top of the Pale Ale. Now you have a "BLACK & TAN" using a beverage each from England and Ireland.

Best Regards, FOKKERJ

[FOKKERJ]

I am looking for information on the use of the "Red Triangle with the White border" on the BASS PALE ALE label and on the fuselage of a British Squadron as an insignia.

What was the Squadron's number?

What kind of aircraft used this marking?

Thanks for any information.

Best Regards, FOKKERJ

[Froggy]

Hello jay

I never heard that squadron RFC used a red triangle with white border as Official marking-The only official markings was for some squadron, a large white triingle-May be a personnal marking ? .
Cordialement
Bruno

[Cliff]

During the war the British 43rd & 4th Naval and U.S. 148th Aero used a large white triangle as sqn. markings for a while on their Sop. Camels.
The British only used white markings as red would have been much too flamboyant.

Cliff

[FOKKERJ]

Maybe it was a pipe dream.
I swear that....Oh never mind!

Thanks any way, FOKKERJ