1-300 RAF Type C Fin Flash Decals

RAF Type C Fin Flash — 1-300 Scale Decals
This 1-300 scale decal sheet provides RAF Type C Fin Flash markings for aircraft miniatures representing the nation, service and period associated with the marking.
 
Decal Information
The sheet includes RAF Type C 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: 1942-1945
Primary Marking: Type C Fin Flash
Typical Aircraft: Period-appropriate RAF and Commonwealth aircraft
Primary Theater: European and overseas theaters
Conflict / Era: World War II
 
Historical Information
The Type C family of markings was introduced in July 1942 as the RAF refined its wartime identification system. The reduced white area lowered visual contrast while still retaining all three British national colors.
 
From 1942 through the end of the war, the Type C fin flash became a standard companion to Type C and C.1 fuselage markings on many RAF aircraft. It appeared across Fighter Command, Bomber Command, Coastal Command, Tactical Air Force, transport, reconnaissance, and other roles.
 
Representative aircraft include the Supermarine Spitfire, Hawker Typhoon, Hawker Tempest, de Havilland Mosquito, Avro Lancaster, Handley Page Halifax, Bristol Beaufighter, North American Mustang, and Douglas Dakota.
 
As with roundels, exact fin-flash dimensions could differ by aircraft type. The narrow-white Type C appearance, however, is one of the most characteristic features of mid- and late-war RAF aircraft.