Dakota livery 1946-1948

[Ajw]

Hi all,

I am trying to find out what livery the Dakota would have worn for the RAF between April '46 - Jan '48. My grandfather flew them then and I want to paint my airfix model as it would have been when he flew it.

Any ideas?

He flew the following airframes during that period:



FZ 644 - Ĝ
FZ 697 - G
KG 360 - Ḇ
KG 442 - Ĥ
KG 601 - L
KG 643 - Q
KG 648 - Ā
KG 652 - X
KG 665 - Z
KJ 660
KJ 866
KJ 873
KJ 877
KJ 881
KK 128
KK 141
KN 128
KN 131
KN 197
KN 276
KN 279
KN 507
KN 523
KN 551
KN 552
KN 553
KN 577
KN 625
KN 873
NJ 285

KN 434
KN 446
KN 557
KN 608
KN 599

A 373
B 609
D 638
O 658
Q 626
R 662
S 543
U 669
Y 392
O 658
Q 626
R 662
S 543
U 669
Y 392
L 454
M 651
M 655
N 657
K 651

Many thanks

AJW

[Xplumberlives]

I suspect Dakotas of that period would have worn this scheme.