Talk:No. 29 Squadron RAF

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The wording of the final para of the main section (beginning "When the squadron number...") seems a little cumbersome as it now comprises my original edit of the 28/30 Aug 2005 merged with the anon edits of the 26 July 2006, which I don't perceive as adding much information. However I'm hesitant to push my original wording if there's a perception that the anon addition adds something. Callum 18:50, 30 October 2006 (UTC)

Re the roman numerals XXX vs XXIX. When I was the Squadron's adjutant in the early 1980's, I was asked to research the question. I wrote to all surviving previous officers conmmanding and acheived nothing concrete. However, it was apparent that the number of X painted on 29 Sqn aircraft varied depending on the type of aircraft, (presumably somthing to do with the fuselage size (smaller aircraft had fewer Xs)) and other undetermined reasons - whatever, some aircraft types had 2 Xs each side of the fuselage roundel, others had 3. However, the situation stablised with the Squadron's use of the Mosquito Mk XXX - which, unsurprisingly, had three Xs on each side of the roundel - and remained so thereafter through the Javelin, Lightning, Phantom and Tornado.EWoc 15:05, 29 January 2007 (UTC)