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Twosix Decals have just released decals for the two RAF Tucanos of the Tucano display team for 2010. Both aircraft are dressed in the colours of 92(F) Sqn and 66(F) Sqn, both of which fought in the Battle of Britain and were subsequently stationed at Linton during the 1950s when they operated Meteors.

The fact that 72 Sqn was commanded by two highly decorated WWII fighter pilots in Gp Capt Kingcombe DSO DFC(Bar) and Gp Capt Oxspring DFC(2 Bar) AFC, who served with 92(F) Sqn and 66(F)Sqn respectively, provides a further link with Linton today.

Gp Capt Brian Kingcombe DSO DFC(Bar) was a flight commander on 92 Sqn during the Battle of Britain gaining several kills including a Dornier 17 and two Heinkels. He was shot down by a Me109 but returned to service and commanded 72 Sqn from February 1942 to July 1942. During this time he led the 72 Sqn Spitfires during the initial Swordfish raid as part of the Channel Dash and later led 244 Wg in North Africa, finishing the war with 18 confirmed kills to his name. The aircraft chosen for the 2010 Tucano display scheme is R6908 which wore the designator QJ-F, a 92 Sqn aircraft flown by Kingcombe.

Gp Capt Bobby Oxspring DFC(2 Bars) AFC fought with 66 Sqn during the Battle of Britain. He was shot down in October 1940 but went on to serve with 41 Sqn and then command 91 Sqn before becoming CO of 72 Sqn in North Africa (July 1942 to April 1943). After the Sicily campaign he commanded 24 Wg before the Normandy invasion and remained with the RAF after the war with 14 confirmed kills to his name. He was later awarded the AFC for leading a team of Vampires to Canada - the first jet aircraft to cross the Atlantic. A painting of Gp Cpt Oxspring shows him destroying a Me109 in September 1940 while flying LZ-R of 66 Sqn, and it is this aircraft which has been chosen as the second 2010 display Tucano.

This year the Team will be raising money for the Queen Victoria Hospital NHS Foundation Trust and the Guinea Pig Club.

Ref no: 7219.
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