RAF 75 years special schemes

[capercaillie]

During the 1980s anniversary schemes had started to become popular on the continent with a proliferation through Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium especially.

The RAF never really caught on en masse until the late 1980s, when the 75th anniversary of many of the squadrons started a trend which has seen their squadron anniversaries regularly adopt special colours ever since. Here are some of the many 75th schemes i managed to see, if anyone has some of the missing ones, such as 15 sqn's lovely Tornado or 18 sqn's Chinook, or the elusive 78sqn Sea King please feel free to add. The less said about 14 sqn's Tornado the better!

Harrier GR3 XZ969/D 4 Squadron RAF Gutersloh by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Jaguar GR1A XX766/EA 6 Squadron RAF Coltishall by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Chinook HC1 ZA671/EO 7 Squadron RAF Odiham by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado GR1 ZA602/AZ 9 Squadron RAF Bruggen by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado F3 ZE764/DH 11 Squadron RAF Leeming by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Buccaneer S2B XX894 12 Squadron RAF Lossiemouth by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado GR1 ZA591 16 Squadron RAF Laarbruch by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado GR1 ZD742/CZ 17 Squadron RAF Bruggen by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Phantom FGR2 XT899/B 19 Squadron RAF Wildenrath by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado F3 ZE809/EZ 23 Squadron RAF Leeming by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado F3 ZE838 25 Squadron RAF Leeming by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado GR1 ZA564/JK 27 Squadron RAF Marham by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado GR1 ZA461/DK 31 Squadron RAF Bruggen by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado GR1 ZA606 45 Squadron/TWCU RAF Honington by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Nimrod R1 XW664 51 Squadron RAF Wyton by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Jaguar GR1 XZ112 54 Squadron RAF Coltishall by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Andover C1 XS637 60 Squadron RAF Wildenrath by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Tornado F3 ZE785/AO 229OCU/65 Squadron RAF Coningsby by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Phantom FGR2 XV408/Z 92 Squadron RAF Wildenrath by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Hawk T1A XX312 100 Squadron RAF Wyton by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Andover E3A XS605 115 Squadron RAF Benson by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Nimrod MR2 XV260 120 Squadron RAF Kinloss by Paul Downes, on Flickr

Hawk T1A XX318 234 Squadron RAF Brawdy by Paul Downes, on Flickr

This one would have been around the time of the 75th anniversary, but also for the end of the Phantoms with the squadron and there was some link to the 22 Hunter loop at Farnborough in 1958, so I'll include it for posterity.
Phantom FG1 XV582/M 111 Squadron RAF Leuchars by Paul Downes, on Flickr

[Alpha Delta 210]

Great images and such a proliferation of types compared to today! Thanks for sharing.

[Tommy]

Lovely stuff!

[xkekeith]

A dark slide of the 75th 14 Squadron Tornado at Boscombe Down in 1990, they didn't invest a lot of in paint:

ZD718 'BH' Tornado GR1 14 Sqn RAF 75 c/s by Keith Heywood, on Flickr

[capercaillie]

Cheers Keith, it was weird how the other three Bruggen squadrons all got a good paint budget and 14 came up with this?

Similarly at Laarbruch, 15 and 16 did alright, but never recall seeing a 20 sqn special?