I have an enamel lapel badge with 9 black planes on it saying, aerobatic team RAF then eclat help !?

Does anyone know whch team this may be. I know its not the red arrows as their planes have always been red

Answers:
Probably the Black Arrows who flew Hawker Hunters and performed a formation loop and barrel role with 22 aircraft at the 1958 Farnborough air show. They, as part of 111 squadron, were the official RAF display team from 1956 to 1961. On their Wikipedia page there's a picture of a 16 aircraft formation.

Aha, the RAF page says they had 9 members from 1957.
Black Arrows
Read the first few paragraphs of this site about the history of the Red Arrows and you will see that the Red started out as the Black!

http://www.sky-flash.com/reds8.htm.
The BLACK ARROWS, flying Hawker Hunters,they were the display team, pre RED ARROWS, witch first flew ,Folland Gnats, and now fly Bae Hawks.
They were the predecessors to the Red arrows, caled the Black Arrows. look at the wikipedia article for the Red Arrows for more gen.

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