Close-up of Tiffy bubble canopy and rear tail section, note braces along fuselage and tail section (budges underneath theater band) to shore up assembly for power dives. Individual aircraft letter Q located on fuselage and front engine mount for ease of identification. During WW2, RAF used 3-letter codes to readily identify aircrafts on ground and in the air. Typhoon code TP-Q indicates No. 198 Squadron and Aircraft Q in that unit. RAF Squadron Codes - www.btinternet.com/~lee_mail/rafcodes.html

RAF code TP was previously assigned to No. 73 Squadron operating Hurricane fighters in Sept. 1939, but was reformed to fly Typhoons with No. 198 Squadron at Digby-Lincolnshire on 7 Dec 1942, and operated ground-attack missions throughout western Europe until its disbandment on 15 September 1945 in Wunsdorf-Germany. RAF Fighter Command - www.rafcommands.currantbun.com/Fighter/indexF.html