Three Typhoons (DN323, R8925, R8889) went to the Middle East, but were only trials a/c, not used for combat. Note, too, that these were the early "car-door" type. According to Francis K. Mason, they were painted green/sand/azure blue, but that can't be verified. There was one radar-equipped trials nightfighter, R7881 (also a car-door type,) which had one fuel tank occupied by some of the radar equipment, so it always carried two Hurricane-type underwing tanks. According to Mason this was painted desert sand/extra dark sea green, at some time, but the same caveat applies. Others believe that it was painted MSG overall, with DG on top, like nightfighter Mosquitoes, and that is probably the apparently white/green Typhoon on that series of illustrations. Post-war another car-door type was converted to a T.T.1 target tug, with green/grey topsides, and yellow/black stripes underneath. Also post-war, MN666 (a bubble canopy version) was stripped of paint (except for the rudder,) and flown by the CO of an OTU, the smoother/lighter finish enabling him to "bounce" student pilots. Note that early Typhoons sported "Typhoon stripes" under the wings, which, though resembling the D-day stripes, consisted of three broad white bands, and five narrow black, not the constant-width types in June 1944.
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