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10 JULY 1, 1926 itself by describing their beautiful and accurate evolutions, but may remark that they work in two wings, one wing con- sists of Nos. 41, 19 and 29, and the other of Nos. 56, 23 and 32 Fighter Squadrons. All these squadrons have fine records of desperate fighting in the Great War. It is gratifying to see a whole squadron of Gamecocks making an appearance, because at the Display last year a single Gamecock was in the parade of new machines. The re-equipment of .the Defence Force is really not standing still. The following are the devices painted on the sides and wings of the machines of each squadron, and by these the public •will be able to identify the squadrons. In the following dia- grams the heraldic custom of representing red by ver- miiiiiiiiitiiiiiiiiiiiiu i iiiiiiiii Illltlll! IIIIIHill xxxxxx 3 No. 41 Fighter Squadron (Siskins) : one broad red horizontal band. Fig. 1. No. 19 Fighter Squadron (Grebes) : one diced band of blue and white squares. Fig. 2. No. 29 Fighter Squadron (Grebes): one band of black trellis work on a white ground. Fig. 3. No. 56 Fighter Squadron (Grebes): one diced band of red and white squares. Fig. 4. No. 23 Fighter Squadron (Gamecocks) : one band of alternate red and blue squares. Fig. 5. No. 32 Fighter Squadron (Grebes) : one horizontal blue band with white diagonal bars across it. Fig. 6. [" I-'UGUT " Photograph AERIAL VISITORS FROM FRANCE : In the 1924 " Pageant " a French Escadrille of five Nieuport-Delage 29.C.I " avions de chasse " flew over from France^and took part in the programme. - ," .*" tical lines and blue by horizontal lines has been adopted. These six squadrons it should be pointed out will not carry wireless apparatus. The drill by radio telephony, already referred to, will be carried out by No. 25 Fighter Squadron, whose aeroplanes (Grebes) are marked with two horizontal thin black lines. L" FLIGHT " Photograph THE SIXTH R.A.F. " DISPLAY," 1925 : Eighteen machines performing evolutions in the air together was considered, in 1924, a wonderful display. When, in 1925, twice this number carried out simultaneous wing evolu- tions—well, one gasped for breath. Above we show these 36 machines (18 Fairey " Fawns," Bombing Squadrons Nos. 12 and 100, and 18 D.H.9a's, Bombing Squadrons Nos. 39 and 207) going through some of the evolutions. 382
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