1-300 RAF Type A Fin Flash Decals

RAF Type A Fin Flash — 1-300 Scale Decals
This 1-300 scale decal sheet provides RAF Type A Fin Flash markings for aircraft miniatures representing the nation, service and period associated with the marking.
 
Decal Information
The sheet includes RAF Type A Fin Flash markings suitable for use on 1-300 scale aircraft miniatures.
They are printed on clear-background waterslide decal paper. They need to be individually cut out. Apply over a properly prepared and gloss-coated model surface using normal waterslide-decal techniques.
 
Key Historical Details
Nation: United Kingdom / Commonwealth
Service: Royal Air Force and Commonwealth Air Forces
Time Period: Early World War II
Primary Marking: Type A Fin Flash
Typical Aircraft: Period-appropriate RAF and Commonwealth aircraft
Primary Theater: European and overseas theaters
Conflict / Era: World War II
 
Historical Information
Although British aircraft had used colored rudder stripes in earlier periods, the wartime fin flash was formally adopted in 1940. Early applications varied considerably in size and proportion before the RAF moved toward more standardized red-white-blue flashes later that year.
 
The Type A fin flash was associated with the period when Type A-1 fuselage roundels and Type B upper-wing markings were common. It became a familiar feature of aircraft during the Battle of Britain, early Bomber Command operations, and the opening years of the war in the Mediterranean and Middle East.
 
Type A fin flashes appeared on aircraft such as the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Hurricane, Bristol Blenheim, Vickers Wellington, Handley Page Hampden, Armstrong Whitworth Whitley, Westland Lysander, and Fairey Swordfish.
 
Fin-flash dimensions could differ by aircraft type and period, and early-war examples sometimes occupied a large portion of the fin. Period photographs are therefore useful when selecting size and position.