The History of the RAF’s 3 Sqn. From it’s origins with the 2 Company Air Battalion Royal Engineers though the Royal Flying Corps in WWI to the Royal Air Force of today – these are the aircraft of 3 Sqn – the longest established “heavier than air” squadron in the RAF.
1:72 A-Model Nieuport IV G – B4, Air Battalion Royal Engineers (ABRE) , Larkhill 1911.
1:72 AZ Models Morane-Saulnier L #1848, 3sqn RFC – 5th February 1915, Merville -France
1:72 Airfix – Bristol Bulldog II – J9574 – Royal Air Force 3 Sqn, RAF Upavon 1929
1:72 Airfix Gloster Gladiator I – K6147 – Royal Air Force 3 Sqn – RAF Kenley 1937
1:72 Airfix Hawker Hurricane I – L1759 – Royal Air Force 3 Sqn – RAF Kenley 1938
1:72 Airfix Gloster Gladiator I – K7965 OP-A – Royal Air Force 3 Sqn – RAF Kenley 1938
1:72 Airfix hawker Hurricane I – L1932 – Royal Air Force 3 Sqn – RAF Biggin Hill mid-September 1939
1:72 Revell Hawker Hurricane IIc – Z3068/QO-F, Royal Air Force 3 Sqn – RAF Hunsdon Summer 1942
Academy Hawker Tempest V Series I (Early) – 3 Sqn Royal Air Force, RAF Newchurch, June 1944.
1945 1:72 Academy Hawker Tempest V – Royal Air Force 3 Sqn, RAF Germany. SN212, J5-T
1:72 A-Model deHavilland Vampire Mk.I – Royal Air Force 3 Sqn, RAF Gutersloh, April 1948
1:72 Airfix Hawker Siddley Harrier GR1 – probably Operation March Hare, Raf Wildenrath 1972/3
Harrier T2 XW272, 20 Sqn RAF operated by 3 Sqn, 1970s
1:72 Airfix BAe Harrier GR7 ZD322 – 3 Sqn 90th anniversary livery – RAF Cottesmore 2002
1:72 Hasegawa Typhoon – 3 Sqn centenary livery – RAF Coningsby 2012
