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  SEPTEMBER 2022

  CONTENTS

  EDITORIAL

  KITS

  BRASSIN

  PHOTO

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  ETCHED SETS

  BIG ED

  BUILT

  ON APROACH

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  October 2022

  TAIL END CHARLIE

  HISTORY

  BOXART STORY

  Avia S-199 ERLA canopy ProfiPACK 1/72

  Fw 190A-3 light fighter ProfiPACK 1/48

  The Ultimate Tempest Limited 1/72

  Bf 110E Weekend edition 1/72

  Spitfire F Mk.IX ProfiPACK 1/72

  F4F-3 Wildcat ProfiPACK 1/48

  SPITFIRE STORY: Per Aspera ad Astra 1/48

  F4F-3 Wildcat 1/48

  GRUMMAN F4F-3 Wildcat - second part

  Mission: Impossible Ukrainian style

  Blue outline, white outline...

  Sample from book „THE ULTIMATE TEMPEST“

  First blood

  Fourth of July over the Netherlands

  Sharks over Crete

  For a free France

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  Dear fellow modelers,

  After a two-year hiatus, forced by the pan-

  demic and lockdowns that came with it, this

  year the E-day is returning to the calendar

  of the top scale modeling events. It will

  take place on October 1 in the new exibiti-

  on hall at the Milovice Tank Training Area.

  The doors will already open on Friday af-

  ternoon, same as in the previous event in

  2019. Besides the possibility of the advance

  shopping at the vendors booths the Frida-

  y’s prelude will also offer the opportunity

  to meet some interesting guests. First one

  will be Jiří Šilhánek, the founder and owner

  of Special Hobby company who will share

  with us the insider’s view of our industry.

  Those of you who attended Jiri’s show in

  2019 know that they will experience ano-

  ther suggestive narrative and incredible

  stories. Another guest on Friday evening

  will be Jaroslav Velc, well known aviation

  artist and another legend of the industry

  who will present his book “In the Clouds”.

  This book contains all his artwork applied

  as the boxart for the plastic scale mo-

  dels and its presentation and sales will be

  launched during the main program on Sa-

  turday. Since we anticipate that the majori-

  ty of attendants of the Friday’s chat with the

  author will want to purchase the book and

  have it signed by him we will arrange the

  sales on Friday. The book will be offered at

  special price of 1,700 Kč, discounted from

  the regular retail price of 2,200 Kč. The thi-

  rd Friday’s guest will be Milan Mikulecký.

  On Saturday he will fly over the Milovice

  Tank Training Areain Zlin Z-326MTrener

  Master registered OK

  -

  OTP and carrying the

  military fuselage number 0612 and at least

  part of the chat with him will be focused

  on this particular airplane. Its livery will

  be included in our Trener Master LIMITED

  Edition kit which sales will be launched at

  E-day. Milan is not only a pilot. He is also

  getting quite a recognition as a military and

  political analyst commenting on the Ukrai-

  nian conflict, besides other topics. I will not

  conceal that I am one of his followers and

  that it was one of the reasons why I invited

  him to E-day. I am sure that interview with

  him will be anything but boring.

  On Saturday the program will be aligned

  with our traditions. Besides launching

  Mr.Velc’s book and the morning presenta-

  tion of the new Eduard projects two “Hot

  Spot“ debates (a.k.a. „boiling kettles“) will

  take place. The first one will be modera-

  ted by myself and will follow up on our new

  items‘ presentation, Eduard’s evolution du-

  ring the past three years, about our plans,

  projects, innovations and the future in ge-

  neral. The second “Hot Spot” will be mode-

  rated by Freddy Riedel from Special Hobby

  and will be focused on their plans, projects

  and company’s future. Further on the sche-

  dule there will be various workshops either

  organized by our company or other exhi-

  biting companies, like already mentioned

  Jaroslav Velc’s book kick off held together

  with its co-author Ondřej Neff. This will be

  followed by authors signing the book. We

  are also preparing the flight demonstra-

  tion. This year it will be all about Treners,

  mainly because our „Trener Master“ LIMI-

  TED Edition is one of our top new releases

  announced at E-day.

  In the light of the recent tragic Hurrica-

  ne crash in Cheb unfortunatelly I have to

  say that the plans for the air display has

  not been fully set yet and the cancellati-

  on is still possible. Should that happen we

  have arranged for the similarly attractive

  “ground option” which will be the part of our

  Saturday’s schedule. At the end of the day

  the traditional announcement of the mode-

  EDITORIAL

  Both subjects of this photo will be at this year's E-day. One in person, the other as a kit.

  JAROSLAV VELC

  V OBLACÍCH

  Ilustrač ní tvorba a box art

  Rozhovor vedl Ondř ej Neff

  Jaroslav Velc byl průkopníkem letec-

  kého výtvarnictví u nás a patří v tom-

  to oboru ke světové špičce. Jeho ilus-

  trace na obalech stavebnic modelů

  znají nadšenci letectví po celém světě.

  Mnohé z jeho ilustrací se mezi nimi staly

  kultovními a dodnes je tento výtvarník

  pro většinu autorů leteckých ilustrací

  velkým vzorem.

  Jeho kresby letadel se vyznačují maxi-

  mální věrností, dokáže dodat strojům

  trojrozměrnost, dynamiku pohybu a vy-

  tvořit dokonalou iluzi prostoru.

  Ve své době vytvářel boxarty nejen

  pro české výrobce leteckých mode-

  lů (Kovozávody Prostějov, Směr, OEZ

  Letohrad, …), ale i pro řadu zahranič-

  ních výrobců (Monogram, Matchbox,

  Revell). Kromě toho přispíval do časopi-

  sů ABC mladých techniků a přírodověd-

  ců, Letectví a kosmonautika a dalších.

  Jeho méně známou celoživotní zálibou

  je entomologie. I na toto téma nama-

  loval řadu krásných ilustrací, vlastní roz-

  sáhlou sbírku motýlů a brouků a dispo-

  nuje obdivuhodnými znalostmi z tohoto

  oboru.

  Kniha zahrnuje tvorbu Jaroslava Velce

  od počátků až k datu 31. července 2022.

  Při jejím sestavování jsme kladli důraz

  na použití originálů. Reprodukce z tisku

  uvádíme pouze u krabic na stavebnice

  a u několika časopiseckých a knižních

  obálek (viz např. obálky ABC). Obrazo-

  vá část je rozdělena do tří oddílů.

  První oddíl Obrazy na obaly stavebnic

  (Box art) je řazen dle výrobců. Vedle

  originálu uvádíme i vlastní box art, tedy

  krabici na plastikový model, na níž byl

  obraz použit. Je zajímavé porovnat ori-

  ginál s gra kou box artu včetně různých

  ořezů i změny barevnosti, aby motiv na

  krabici co nejlépe vynikl.

  Druhý oddíl Volná tvorba obsahuje

  chronologicky veškerou Velcovu tvorbu

  obrazů mimo obchodní zakázky.

  Třetí oddíl Knižní a časopisecká tvorba

  pak v chronologickém přehledu pre-

  zentuje dle výběru autora a redakce

  všechny druhy tvorby, kterým se Jaro-

  slav Velc během let věnoval, ať už jde

  o realizaci obálek, vystřihovánek, tech-

  nicky zaměřených monogra í, obtisků,

  ilustračních kreseb pro populárně na-

  učnou literaturu aj.

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  CZ 2 199 Kč / SK 87,90 €

  JAROSLAV VELC

  V OBLACÍCH

  Jaroslav Velc patří ke světové špičce v oblasti leteckých obrazů a box artu –

  ilustrací na obaly plastikových modelů letadel. Jeho tvorbu obdivují celé generace

  leteckých modelářů, ale i čtenáři časopisu ABC. Obsáhlá monogra e prezentuje

  téměř kompletní Velcovu tvorbu, ale najdete v ní ještě mnohem víc.

  Z rozhovoru s publicistou Ondřejem Neffem se dozvíte řadu perliček z Velcova života

  a díky zasvěceným doslovům ho poznáte i očima jeho kolegů.

  JEDINEČNÁ MONOGRAFIE MALÍŘE, KTERÝ VÝZNAMNĚ OVLIVNIL

  SVĚT PLASTIKOVÉHO MODELÁŘSTVÍ

  Obrazy Jaroslava Velce jsou mimořádně působivé. Jeho barevná škála je vynikající, malíř velmi

  dobře ví, jak důležité je na obraze využití světla a stínu. Pozadí zjevně pečlivě vybírá tak, aby ladilo

  s letadlem. Detaily jsou skvělé a jsem rád, že malíř i v pozdějším věku pokračuje v tvorbě kvalitních

  obrazů. Kéž tak pokračuje i nadále!

  – Keith Woodcock, jeden z nejlepších současných anglických malířů

  automobilového sportu a letecké techniky

  Jaroslav udržuje vynikající rovnováhu mezi obrazem letadla (s dechberoucí přesností a smyslem pro

  detail) a střídmým, ale autentickým pozadím. Ve skutečnosti jsou to pro mě právě pozadí, která jeho

  práci staví na tak vysokou úroveň. Výběr barev doplňuje téma, a zvláště si všímám jeho pečlivého

  malování letadel v pozadí; ze zkušenosti vím, jak je obtížné je přesvědčivě ztvárnit, ale jemu se to

  pokaždé podaří.

  – Chris Thomas, britský autor knih o letectví a specialista na stroje Typhoon/Tempest

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  ling contest winners will be made including

  the “Best of Show” winner for whom we

  prepared a newly designed award.

  The modelers who will exhibit their work

  will have the separate access to the buil-

  ding. Them as well as the vendors will be

  able to park their cars on the newly built

  parking space close to the hall. The visitors

  will be able to use the original parking lot,

  same as during our Mustang airshow in

  2019. There will be shuttle service between

  the parking lot and the exhibition hall, or

  the visitors can just simply walk over. For

  visitors arriving by train in the morning we

  will arrange a bus shuttle from Lysá nad

  Labem train station and the Tank Training

  Area and back to train station in the after-

  noon. The catering is important part of the

  whole event and this year the Tank Training

  Area itself will be mostly in charge. Three

  refreshment stalls are being planned plus

  a larger, restaurant-style catering. Alrea-

  dy traditional cafeteria “Air Café” from Brno

  will be present indoors.

  An integral part of every scale models exhi-

  bition and competition are the vendors and

  manufacturers booths selling kits, acce-

  ssories, paint, tools and other equipment.

  I cannot speak for other manufacturers

  and vendors, but I can reveal the new items

  you will find at our tables. Despite the fact

  we did not manage to finish 1/48 Mi-24V

  kit which we were planning and preparing

  specifically for this year‘s E-day our offer

  of the new releases will be attractive re-

  gardless. In the lieu of absent Hind the top

  product targeting domestic market wil be

  1/48 scale TRENER MASTER in the LIMITED

  series. Zlin Z-326/C-305, the first Trener

  version featuring the retractable landing

  gear will be offered in ten color schemes.

  This aircraft was developed according to

  the Czechoslovak Air Force requirements

  for the basic pilot training and even though

  only ten of them ultimately flew in the

  Czechoslovak AF it was extensively ex-

  ported and its versions Z-326, Z-326M and

  Z-326MF are still flying in many countries

  around the world. Long lasting successfull

  flying career of the popular “threehundre-

  dandfives“ around the World is reflected

  in the choice of kit markings out of which

  you can build the French, British, Spanish,

  Swiss, German and even Icelandic aircraft.

  Four schemes are dedicated to the Czech

  aircraft, two of them in the military camouf-

  lage and markings. One is the authentic

  military aircraft painted in aluminum dope

  overall and carrying the fuselage number

  0572. Later it was swapped for Z-22 from

  Belgium. The second aircraft registred

  OK

  -

  OTP has been restored to the authentic

  appearance of the military version C-305

  with code 0612. That is the airplane Milan

  Mikulecký will fly over the Tank Training

  Areaon Saturday. The remaining two Czech

  airplanes are Z-326M OK

  -

  OTA based in

  Prostějov and Z-326M OK

  -

  OTF with which

  I have an emotional relationship since I had

  a privilege to take a ride in it in 2019. I have

  to admit that it was one of my nicest fly-

  ing experiences ever. We flew over Most as

  an escort to Lockheed Electra and it was

  just fabulous. This is the very first issue

  of Z-326 version and the kit will be sold in

  DUAL COMBO edition, it is with two comple-

  te sets of plastic parts.

  There is another first issue being released

  in October as a Limited Edition, 1/48 scale

  DUAL COMBO named MIDWAY. It is in fact

  a Wildcat in versions F4F-3 and F4F-4. The

  kit is a world premiere, specifically of the

  F4F-4 version which the modeling commu-

  nity is eagerly awaiting due to its combat

  record in the Battle of Midway. It is kind of

  double premiere so to speak. The kit provi-

  des decals for ten aircraft from the period

  starting 1940 until June 1942 and half of the

  markings feature F4F-3 type. There is one

  aircraft in the colorful pre-war scheme,

  other two are from the Wake Atoll defen-

  se period, escort of the Doolittle bombers

  upon their launch for the raid on Tokyo,

  another one is from the time of Battle of the

  Coral Sea and the last F4F-3, in this case

  the only F4F-3A version in this selection,

  is from the time of the raid on Marshall and

  Gilbert Archipelagos. The remaining five

  aircraft are F4F-4 versions coming altoge-

  ther from the initial production blocks (so

  called Early version). They appear as they

  fought in the Battle of Midway as well as

  in the preceding engagements. Two of the

  markings are even presented in two vari-

  ations. The choice of camouflage and mar-

  kings is very diverse because during this

  period the changes of orders were made

  rather frequently. The introduction in the

  kit instruction sheet was writted by a well-

  -known aviation historian Tom Cleaver and

  even though I am aware the majority of mo-

  delers do not read it this text is highly reco-

  mmended. It is nicely written Wildcat story

  within the context of a challenging period of

  time. Same is true about the texts accom-

  panying the color instructions.

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  Ldg. Sea. Kenji Yanagiya, Kōkūtai 204, Rabaul

  base, New Britain, April 1943

  Type 32

  c/n 3018, Tainan Kōkūtai,

  Buna airfield, New Guinea,

  August 1942

  PO1c Kyoshi Itō, 3. Kōkūtai, Koepang airfield,

  Timor Island, September 1942

  Zuikaku Fighter Squadron,

  aircraft carrier Zuikaku,

  October 1942

  CPO Takeo Tanimizu, Tainan Kōkūtai (II),

  Tainan airbase, Taiwan, September 1944

  Jiří Šilhánek, owner of Special Hobby, one of the stars of the Friday evening meeting at E-day 2022.

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  The list of Eduard’s new products being re-

  leased at E-day is not over. There is a Zero,

  Hamp in fact because the Americans con-

  sidered the A6M3 Model 32 a new type of

  aircraft and therefore gave it an individual

  code name. A6M3 Zero kit will be sold as

  1/48 scale Profipack edition. Decals will fe-

  ature five aircraft representing the variety

  of camouflage and markings of this Zero

  version during the various stages of its

  combat career. Indeed, its career was very

  colorful when it comes to both the aircraft

  missions they flew and coloration they

  sported. The markings have been produced

  again in cooperation with the renowned re-

  searchers incorporating several new facts

  unearthed recently.

  The list of kits being prepared for E-day

  include 1/48 scale Fw 190A-8 in WEEKEND

  edition featuring four unusual schemes:

  Lt. Luck‘s aircraft from Il/JG 1 during the

  fighting over Germany in the spring of 1944,

  Uffz. Pape‘s aircraft from JGr. 10 featuring

  the snake artwork on the side of the fuse-

  lage, Uffz. Birk‘s aircraft from III./JG 5 from

  Norway in the spring of 1945 and the perso-

  nal aircraft of Major Kennel, commander of

  the II./SG 2 fighter-bomber unit. The last of

  the five new releases is the reissue of the

  1/72 scale Mig-21PFM in Profipack edition.

  The decal sheet will offer markings for five

  airplanes, two Czechoslovak, one Egyp-

  tian, one Vietnamese and one from German

  Bundesluftwaffe from the period of Germa-

  ny unification. Besides the model kits there

  will be a plethora of the aftermarket items

  presented at E-day, obviously for the new

  upcoming kits in the first place. Among

  them there will be a wheel well for Wildcat

  or the tailwheel for Zero model 32 with the

  complete installation enabling a modeler

  to show this detail on the opened fuselage

  tail cone. There will be Brassin and PE sets

  including the nozzles for Meng F/A-18E/F,

  sets for 1/48 scale Tamiya P-38J Lightning

  including the rivets from Eddie the Riveter

  series, new Look and Space sets and also

  the set for 1/72 scale Fore Hobby German

  Schnellboot. There will be a “ton” of these

  accessories, but they will be covered in the

  October INFO to be released shortly before

  E-day, on Thursday, September 29.

  September new releases-model kits

  1/48 scale Tempest Mk.II in The Ultima-

  te Tempest boxing will be reissued in the

  LIMITED series. The kit includes the pho-

  to book by Chris Thomas covering the

  Tempest Mk.II service in RAF, in the Royal

  Indian Air Force (RIAF) and the Royal Pa-

  kistani Air Force (RPAF) complemented by

  the decal sheet for ten aircraft both in pro-

  duction version without a tropical filter and

  with a tropical filter and the cockpit water

  tank. You can find the excerpt from the book

  in today’s INFO. In ProfiPACK edition we will

  release the 1/48 scale Fw 190A-3 kit fea-

  turing the reduced armament of two wing

  cannons and decals for two aircraft from

  France, one of which is Josef Priller’s per-

  sonal mount, another one Holland based

  JG 1 aircraft, Norway based JG 5 aircraft

  retrieved from the sea many decades after

  the war and the JG 51 aircraft from the Eas-

  tern Front sporting green camouflage.

  The time has arrived to reissue our Bf 110

  line of kits. It took a long time but all good

  comes to those who wait. In the Weekend

  edition we are reissuing Bf 110E with four

  markings, one from the Mediterranean

  theatre, one from the Norther Europe and

  two aircraft are from the Eastern Front.

  At the same time two other items are be-

  ing returned to our catalog: 2132 Adlertag

  in the LIMITED series and Profipack 7081

  Bf 110C/D.

  1/72 scale kits dominate our line of new

  releases, rather unusual occurrence. Besi-

  des Bf 110E in Profipack series we will re-

  lease Avia S-199 with the older type of ca-

  nopy (Erla haube). It contains six markings,

  three Israeli and two Czechoslovak. These

  two model kits are complemented by 1/72

  scale Spitfire F.Mk. IX reissue in the Profi-

  pack series. The decals feature the aircraft

  of S/Ldr. Bernard Duperier from No. 340

  Squadron RAF and S/Ldr. Stanislaw Skal-

  ski from Polish Cobat Team in North Afri-

  ca, then No. 611 Squadron RAF aircraft and

  a USAAF 52nd FG Spitfire flown by Lt. Leo-

  nard V. Helton from the fighting in Tunisia.

  BRASSIN

  The majority of our October new releases

  in Brassin series is again 3D printed.

  Among them are sets for our 1/48 sca-

  le F4F-3 Wildcat, for example the cockpit

  for the early F4F-3 with telescopic gunsi-

  ght, standalone seat and a dinghy (inclu-

  ding the opened storage on the fuselage

  spine). The dinghy is offered both stored

  and inflated and includes the paddles. For

  our 1/48 scale A6M2 Zero we offer the tail

  wheel set. At the first glance it may seem

  unnecessary even strange. On the second

  thought you will realize it is not about the

  tail wheel itself but its complete interior

  design including the rear fuselage tail cone

  cover. Using this set you can build the mo-

  del either with the uncovered tail cone and

  expose the tail wheel installation or build it

  with covers on. We are also releasing the

  set of wing weapons wells for our Zero kit.

  We believe we are the first manufacturer

  who created these wing weapons wells for

  both Zero models 21 and 11. The references

  are extremely difficult to come by and we

  would not have succeeded without the in-

  valuable help of researchers from Japan,

  Europe and North America.

  The sets for the new 1/48 Tamiya P-38J

  kit are in high demand as well. In October

  we will release three sets for this model.

  Besides 3D printed items for this important

  kit, we will also release dedicated PE sets,

  bronze landing gear legs, Space set and

  a decal sheet in the Eduard Decals series

  for the aircraft from PTO. We will continue

  with the preparation of the further sets and

  decals. For the 1/72 scale Arma Hobby kit

  of the Nakajima Ki-84 Frank Japanese fi-

  ghter we are releasing the seat, landing

  gear wheels and engine exhausts. And we

  will work on more accessories for this kit

  in the upcoming months. Currently offered

  is the set for our 1/48 scale Sopwith Camel

  kit (Bentley engine) where the majority of

  the parts are 3D printed.

  Space and Löök

  In the Space series we offer the sets for

  P-38J (1/48, Tamiya), F4F-3 early (1/48,

  Eduard), Yak-9T (1/32, ICM), Spitfire F

  Mk.XVIII (1/48, Airfix) and F-86F-40 (1/48,

  Airfix). In the Look series which purpose is

  an easy replacement of the kit parts, we are

  offering two sets for F4F-3 Wildcat (1/48,

  Eduard) and one set for EA-18G by Meng

  (1/48). In the larger sets from LooKplus we

  sell the products for Su-25 (1/48, Zvezda)

  and for both AH-1H and AH-1J (1/48, Tamiya).

  Photoetched sets and masks

  The new items in our PE product section

  are dedicated to some really nice model

  Alfred Riedel, CEO of Special Hobby, will present the company's production and plans in presentation at E-day 2022

  on Saturday afternoon.

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  kits, for example the aforementioned 1/48

  scale Tamiya P-38J Lightning. The others

  are Spitfire Mk.XVIII and F-86-F-40 Sabre,

  both produced by Airfix in 1/48 scale. The

  Ukrainian company ICM issued the brand

  new 1/32 scale kit of Yak-9T. For it we offer

  the classic set of accessories: steel seat

  belts, Zoom set, the extensive PE set and

  the classic PE landing flaps set. The Russi-

  an company Zvezda has released 1/48 sca-

  le Yak-9, specifically its long-range version

  Yak-9D. Besides two supplementary sets

  and steel seat belts from Steelbelts edi-

  tion we will also offer the mask sets both

  in standard and two-sided TFace versions.

  Fairly rare are 1/35 scale airplane kits by

  Border Models company which has re-

  leased two kits so far while others are in

  preparation. We are currently launching the

  sale of Messerschmitt Bf 109G-6 sets and

  in October we will follow up with a set for

  Ju-87 Stuka. I got to admit that I don’t have

  much faith in the sales success of these

  kits. There had been several attempts in

  introducing them to the market in the past

  and I don’t recall that any of them was su-

  ccessful. It may be different this time and

  we may witness the market breakthrough.

  More likely not, but you never can tell, can

  you?

  I would like to point out that in September

  we are adding to our new items portfolio

  the unusually large number of sets for the

  armor kits. There will be two sets for new

  Jagdtiger by Hobby Boss in 1/35 scale. One

  contains the general parts and the other

  one the mud guards. Another new 1/35 sca-

  le model by Hobby Boss is Coyote TSV de-

  rived from Jackal vehicle deployed in com-

  bat in Afghanistan. Previously we released

  sets for Jackal 1 and 2. The last September

  new PE release in 1/35 scale is the set for

  the kit of the Soviet T-70B tank by Zvezda.

  The aforementioned new releases do not

  represent the complete list of all new acce-

  ssories sets. I hope you pay close attention

  to this information and do not read the his-

  toric articles only. Well, I am an optimist,

  I guess? Nevertheless, I am aware that we

  release a lot of sets in a growing number of

  various series. If you cannot get oriented in

  them do not despair. In the upcoming Info

  issues, we plan to publish the description

  of each set, for what and whom it is inten-

  ded and its other benefits. And if you are

  still uncertain after that feel free to ask. We

  will gladly give you a piece of advice. And

  E-day is the right place to be where you can

  see samples of our production and our de-

  signers and product managers will answer

  any question you may have.

  Historic articles

  They are, of course more interesting to

  read, I agree. So, I will not hold you any lon-

  ger just quickly mention what you can read

  today. There is the second part of F4F-3

  Wildcat story by Tom Cleaver and also ano-

  ther part of S-199 article by Michal Ovčá-

  čík. Also the sixth part of the series „The

  Air War over Ukraine“ by Miro Baric is here.

  This story covers the evacuation flights of

  the Ukrainian helicopters to Mariupol du-

  ring its heroic defense. We are also adding

  a sample of the book by Christopher Tho-

  mas, which is part of our LIMITED edition

  kit of Mk.II Tempest. And to keep you rea-

  ding there is a Boxart story, slowly making

  tradition. One of our readers wrote to me

  recently saying they are the great articles

  for a breakfast, even better as bedtime

  stories. They are short and he manages to

  finish reading them before he falls asle-

  ep. One at a time of course so today’s crop

  should last a week.

  Plastic Modeling Championship

  of the Czech Republic

  I have one more topic to discuss so please

  stick around and do not move on the histo-

  ric articles yet. Next Saturday, September

  19 the traditional Plastic Modeling Champi-

  onship will take place in the Prague‘s hotel

  Olympic. Eduard is one of the sponsors and

  also a media partner of the event. It means

  we will write about the event in the upco-

  ming Info issues. So far, we have not been

  a media partner of any similar event, so

  I am proud to join hands with the event

  organizers, Plastic Modelling Section of

  the Czech Republic Association of Model

  Builders. Besides, the main award of the

  Championship is the “Ear Cup” donated by

  our company. I will be the one to present

  this award and I am looking forward to it.

  And before that I will give the presentation

  of our new items, plans, innovations, future

  and so on. Similar presentation I will give

  three weeks later at E-day.

  And now, let’s move on to those historic ar-

  ticles.

  Let’s have a kit!

  Vladimir Sulc

  Z-326M, OK

  -

  OTP will fly over the Milovice Saturday afternoon. Its pilot, Milan Mikulecký, will be one

  of the participants in the Friday evening discussion.

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  September 2022

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  GRUMMAN F4F-3 WILDCAT PART TWO

  By: Thomas McKelvey Cleaver

  „Butch“ O‘Hare

  Saves USS Lexington

  Edward H. „Butch“ O‘Hare graduated from

  the U.S. Naval Academy in 1937. After two

  years of sea duty aboard the U.S.S. New

  Mexico, he was sent to Pensacola in 1939,

  becoming a Naval Aviator in May, 1940.

  He was assigned to VF-3, which was then

  aboard Saratoga, where Lt John Thach,

  Executive Officer of VF -3, took O‘Hare

  as his wingman. Thach emphasized gu-

  nnery training (as did every USN Fighter

  Squadron XO unlike their Army Air Corps

  compatriots). At the fleet gunnery com-

  petition in November 1940, eight of 16 VF-3

  pilots qualified for the covered „Gunnery

  E“, and O‘Hare won the fleet trophy for

  best gunnery.

  On February 20, 1942, Lexington approa-

  ched New Ireland from the north to strike

  Rabaul, recently taken by the Japanese.

  The task force was 400 miles out when

  radar spotted a bogey 35 miles away.

  Squadron CO Thach led the first divisi-

  on to intercept, with Squadron XO Lt Cdr

  Don Lovelace’s four orbited the task force.

  Vectored in and out of clouds and squall

  lines, Thach finally found an H6K “Mavis”

  in a rain squall. Thach made a starboard

  overhead pass as his wingman closed

  with a portside high overhead pass. Under

  their combined fire the „Mavis“ spun into

  the ocean. A second was shot down 50

  minutes later; it was clear the task for-

  ce had been discovered. Lexington was

  about to find out if a carrier task force

  could stand up to a determined land ba-

  sed bombing attack.

  At 1630 hours, 17 G4M1s of the 4th Kōkūtai

  closed on the fleet in two formations: one

  nine-plane formation from starboard, one

  eight-plane formation from port. The nine

  were 25 miles distant when radar spotted

  them. Their timing could not have been

  worse, with Lovelace‘s division ready to

  land just after Lt Noel Gaylor’s relief CAP

  was launched. The bombers overflew the

  ships and turned to attack from astern.

  Lovelace‘s division broke off from landing

  and attacked, disrupting their bomb run.

  Gaylor‘s division lost two Wildcats to the

  bombers’ then-unknown 20mm tail stin-

  gers. Thach was launched with six F4Fs,

  including O’Hare, who was ordered to or-

  bit the ship with his wingman Lt.(jg) Ma-

  Lt. Cdr. John Thach (near airplane) and Lt.

  Edward “Butch” O’Hare of VF-3 in their F4F-3

  Wildcats.

  HISTORY

  rion Dufilho. Sixteen of VF-3‘s 18 Wildcats

  were now committed to the battle.

  At 1700 hours, Lexington’s radar picked

  up the second formation, only 12 miles

  out on the disengaged side of the task

  force, completely unopposed. O‘Hare and

  Dufilho were ordered to intercept and

  climbed as fast as the relatively-sluggish

  F4F-3 could. They were 1,500 feet above

  the attacking eight bombers only nine mi-

  les out when they rolled into a starboard

  high side pass as the G4Ms descended in

  a fast shallow dive toward Lexington.

  As O‘Hare lined up his first target, Dufilho

  dove away with jammed guns. The Fleet

  Gunnery Competition Champion was

  about to enter the only contest that coun-

  ted. Tracers streaked past as he closed

  to 100 yards and opened fire, hitting the

  starboard engine of the last plane with

  such concentrated fire it literally jumped

  out of its mountings. As the first bomber

  spun toward the ocean below, O‘Hare hit

  a second with another concentrated burst

  that sent it down on fire. As he pulled out,

  he fired at the last bomber on the far side

  of the formation and sent it down with its

  port engine on fire. Winging over into a se-

  cond pass, he hit a fourth bomber.

  Thach later reported that he saw

  three bombers falling in flames

  at the same time when his secti-

  on joined the fight. O‘Hare made

  a third high side pass, diving throu-

  gh flak bursts from Lexington‘s AA

  to blow up the formation leader as

  his guns rattled empty. The four

  surviving bombers dropped their

  bombs within 100 yards of Lexing-

  ton‘s stern just before Thach inter-

  vened and shot down two.

  The value of the Navy‘s empha-

  sis on gunnery training for fighter

  pilots had been fully demonstra-

  ted. When O‘Hare climbed out of

  his cockpit after landing, his first

  request was for a glass of water;

  he downed four before leaving the

  flight deck. Against the loss of two

  F4Fs and one pilot, VF-3 had dow-

  ned 15 of 17 attackers, including

  two that ditched on the way home.

  It was later determined O‘Hare only

  shot down four, though a fifth was

  one of the two that ditched, valida-

  ting his claim. He had used only 60

  rounds for each plane destroyed.

  Lt.Cdr. John S. Thach, CO of VF-3 (second from r) with pilots of VF-3 aboard USS Lexington (CV-2) in February 1942.

  Noel Gaylor’s 8 victories defending Lexington at the

  Rabaul strike in February and his combats during

  the Battle of the Coral Sea in May made him the lea-

  ding US Navy ace of the time.

  INFO Eduard8

  September 2022

• Page 9

  rion Dufilho. Sixteen of VF-3‘s 18 Wildcats

  were now committed to the battle.

  At 1700 hours, Lexington’s radar picked

  up the second formation, only 12 miles

  out on the disengaged side of the task

  force, completely unopposed. O‘Hare and

  Dufilho were ordered to intercept and

  climbed as fast as the relatively-sluggish

  F4F-3 could. They were 1,500 feet above

  the attacking eight bombers only nine mi-

  les out when they rolled into a starboard

  high side pass as the G4Ms descended in

  a fast shallow dive toward Lexington.

  As O‘Hare lined up his first target, Dufilho

  dove away with jammed guns. The Fleet

  Gunnery Competition Champion was

  about to enter the only contest that coun-

  ted. Tracers streaked past as he closed

  to 100 yards and opened fire, hitting the

  starboard engine of the last plane with

  such concentrated fire it literally jumped

  out of its mountings. As the first bomber

  spun toward the ocean below, O‘Hare hit

  a second with another concentrated burst

  that sent it down on fire. As he pulled out,

  he fired at the last bomber on the far side

  of the formation and sent it down with its

  port engine on fire. Winging over into a se-

  cond pass, he hit a fourth bomber.

  Thach later reported that he saw

  three bombers falling in flames

  at the same time when his secti-

  on joined the fight. O‘Hare made

  a third high side pass, diving throu-

  gh flak bursts from Lexington‘s AA

  to blow up the formation leader as

  his guns rattled empty. The four

  surviving bombers dropped their

  bombs within 100 yards of Lexing-

  ton‘s stern just before Thach inter-

  vened and shot down two.

  The value of the Navy‘s empha-

  sis on gunnery training for fighter

  pilots had been fully demonstra-

  ted. When O‘Hare climbed out of

  his cockpit after landing, his first

  request was for a glass of water;

  he downed four before leaving the

  flight deck. Against the loss of two

  F4Fs and one pilot, VF-3 had dow-

  ned 15 of 17 attackers, including

  two that ditched on the way home.

  It was later determined O‘Hare only

  shot down four, though a fifth was

  one of the two that ditched, valida-

  ting his claim. He had used only 60

  rounds for each plane destroyed.

  Lt.Cdr. John S. Thach, CO of VF-3 (second from r) with pilots of VF-3 aboard USS Lexington (CV-2) in February 1942.

  Noel Gaylor’s 8 victories defending Lexington at the

  Rabaul strike in February and his combats during

  the Battle of the Coral Sea in May made him the lea-

  ding US Navy ace of the time.

  HISTORY

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  September 2022

• Page 10

  Having saved Lexington, Edward H. „Bu-

  tch“ O‘Hare became the first Naval Avi-

  ator of the Second World War awarded

  the Medal of Honor, the only one of eight

  Wildcat pilots to win this honor who was

  carrier-based.

  Remsey’s Lambsies at the

  Battle of the Coral Sea

  Lexington’s VF-2, the famous “Flying

  Chiefs,” had been replaced aboard the ca-

  rrier by VF-3 when Saratoga was torpe-

  doed. When Sara arrived at the Bremerton

  Naval Yard for repairs, the highly-experi-

  enced Chief NAPs departed; several were

  commissioned, and others went to diffe-

  rent fighter squadrons. Fighting-Two was

  reconstituted under command of Lt Cdr

  Paul Ramsey with a few experienced pi-

  lots among the “nuggets” fresh out of flight

  school. F4F-3 Wildcats replaced the F2A-

  -3s that had proven themselves unsuited

  for carrier operations. The squadron, now

  “Ramsey’s Lambsies,” returned to Pearl

  Harbor in early April, in time to reconnect

  with Lexington when she returned from

  her South Pacific deployment.

  On April 13, 1942, the British intercepted

  and deciphered a message from the Im-

  perial Navy General Staff informing ove-

  rall theater commander Admiral Inoue

  that the Carrier Striking Force comman-

  ded by Vice Admiral Takeo Takagi with the

  Pearl Harbor veterans Zuikaku and her

  sister Shōkaku had been assigned to co-

  ver the Port Moresby invasion.

  Ramsey’s Lambsies returned to Lexing-

  ton on April 15. Since the squadron lacked

  pilots with combat experience, experien-

  ced pilots from VF-3 had been transferred

  on April 12. Lt Albert O. Vorse became se-

  cond division leader, with Ensign Edward

  L. Sellstrom as his wingman and Lieute-

  nant(jg) Robert J. Morgan as element lead

  with Ensign John H. Lacket as wingman.

  Lt (jg) Marion H. Dufilho, O’Hare’s wing-

  man in the epic battle off Rabaul, took

  over third division with Ensign Newton H.

  Mason as his wingman. Lt Noel A.M. Gay-

  lor, who had scored three victories in the

  battle off Rabaul, took fourth division with

  Lt(jg) Howard F. Clark as element lead

  and Ensign Richard H. Rowell as wingman.

  Ensigns Willard E. “Bill” Eder and Leon W.

  Haynes joined fifth division.

  Task Force 11 sortied from Pearl Harbor

  the evening of April 15, headed for the

  Coral Sea to join Admiral Fletcher’s York-

  town-based Task Force 17. During the voy-

  age south, “Ramsey’s Lambsies” trained

  hard. The VF-3 veterans knew how to use

  the new “Thach Weave” maneuver develo-

  ped by their former commander and the

  squadron worked hard to learn the mane-

  uver. Essentially, the “Thach Weave” utili-

  zed the basic formation of a section of two

  airplanes; when attacked, they would turn

  toward each other, placing each Wildcat

  in position to meet head-on a Zero that

  had commenced its attack from the rear,

  which threw off the opponent while giving

  either Wildcat the chance to shoot it down.

  By the time they got to the Coral Sea, eve-

  ryone knew the maneuver.

  The morning of May 1, Task Forces 17

  and 11 rendezvoused 300 nautical miles

  northwest of New Caledonia. The next day

  was spent with Admiral Fletcher’s com-

  pulsive refueling. On May 3, word came

  the Japanese had arrived at Tulagi in the

  Solomon Islands to establish a seaplane

  base. Yorktown was 100 miles south at

  dawn on May 4; she launched 60 aircraft

  in three consecutive strikes against Tula-

  gi, where they sank the destroyer Kiku-

  zuki and three minesweepers, damaged

  four other ships, and destroyed four H6Ks.

  The strikes cost Air Group Five one TBD-1

  and two F4F-3s; their crews became the

  first Americans to arrive on Guadalcanal,

  where they were rescued by Australian

  coastwatchers.

  Admiral Takagi’s Carrier Striking For-

  ce was fueling 350 miles north of Tulagi

  when they learned the Americans had

  attacked Tulagi. Knowing at least one

  enemy carrier was in the Coral Sea, they

  headed southeast while remaining north

  of the Solomons.

  Task Forces 11 and 17 joined at 0816 hours

  on May 5, 320 miles south of Guadalcanal.

  A few minutes later, four Yorktown VF-42

  Wildcats found a Yokohama Kōkūtai H6K

  and shot it down 11 miles from Lexington.

  While the Mavis failed to before it went

  down, its failure to return alerted the Ja-

  panese that American carriers were in

  the Coral Sea.

  Later that day, Admiral Fletcher lear-

  ned intelligence had determined the Ja-

  panese planned to land at Port Moresby

  on May 10; their carriers would cover

  the invasion convoy. Ever concerned

  about fuel, Fletcher notified Admiral

  Fitch that once fueling was comple-

  ted on May 6 the fleet would head to-

  ward the Louisiades, with expectation of

  a fleet action on May 7.

  Throughout May 5, both fleets sent out

  scouts that failed to discover the enemy,

  since each was just out of range of the

  other. At 1000 hours on May 6, an H6K

  from Tulagi sighted the American carriers.

  When Admiral Takagi received the report,

  his fleet was 300 miles north of the repor-

  ted American position, maximum range

  for a strike. His belief that battle was

  imminent was confirmed when Admiral

  Gotō‘s Moresby invasion fleet was spo-

  tted and attacked by B-17s several times

  during the day, but without success. When

  Admiral Fletcher received the report that

  located “at least one carrier” (Shōhō) 489

  miles northwest of Task Force 17, he too

  was convinced action was imminent.

  Throughout May 6, the CAP protecting

  Lexington and Yorktown chased and fou-

  nd Japanese search planes. Four Wildcats

  of VF-42 led by Lt Cdr Jimmy Flatley, and

  four VF-2 Wildcats led by Lt Noel Gaylor

  were sent after one shadower. Flatley

  found the H6K and reported the discovery

  to Yorktown, which requested its position.

  He replied, “Wait a minute and I’ll show

  you,” and promptly shot down the Mavis,

  which blew up with pieces falling through

  the clouds, narrowly missing Gaylor, who

  radioed, “That almost hit me!” to which

  Lt Cdr Paul Ramsey, CO of VF-3 “Ramsey’s

  Lambsies” at the Battle of the Coral Sea, May

  1942.

  Flatley replied, “That’ll teach you not to fly

  underneath me.”

  Neither side was aware that at 2000

  hours, they passed within 70 miles of

  each other.

  The morning of May 7 dawned with Lexin-

  gton and Yorktown steaming under the

  low clouds of a warm tropical front. At

  0615 hours, Yorktown launched ten SBDs

  to search the Louisiades. At 0655 Zuika-

  ku and Shôkaku, 300 miles east of Task

  Force 17, launched 12 B5N2s to search for

  the enemy. They flew east of Task Force 17

  and failed to sight the enemy in the poor

  weather.

  At 0815 hours, VS-5‘s Ensign John L. Niel-

  sen sighted the Invasion Screening Force;

  minutes later he spotted Shōhō. Admiral

  Fletcher ordered both carriers to launch

  all aircraft. The 93 planes were on their

  way by 1013 hours: Lexington’s 40 planes

  included ten VF-2 Wildcats led by Paul

  Ramsey, who placed four F4Fs led by

  Lt Fred Borries as close escort to the 28

  SBDs from VB-2 and VS-2, two others

  as high cover for Air Group Commander,

  Cdr William B. Ault, while Ramsey’s four

  covered the 12 TBDs at low altitude. Unlike

  Yorktown’s strike which organized them-

  selves enroute, Lexington’s air group

  formed up into an organized unit before

  heading out.

  Shōhō was spotted at 1040 hours; Lexin-

  gton’s strike deployed to attack. Six A6M2

  Zeros and two A5M4 Type 96 Claude fi-

  ghters were airborne as fleet CAP; the

  rest of Shōhō’s air group was preparing

  to strike the Americans At 1045 hours,

  Cdr Ault deployed his dive and torpedo

  bombers for a classic coordinated attack.

  The Dauntlesses hit Shōhō with six 1,000-

  lb bombs; five minutes later the ship was

  a flaming wreck. When the TBDs bored

  in, the two A5M4s swooped on them, but

  Paul Baker’s two F4Fs went after them.

  Maintaining speed and refusing to engage

  the nimble A5Ms in dogfights, Baker clai-

  med both. Apparently, he only damaged

  them since two A5Ms were also claimed

  by VF-42, one by Jimmy Flatley.

  Air Group Five arrived shortly after Air

  Group Two and attacked Shōhō shortly

  after 1100 hours, scoring hits with 11 more

  1,000-lb bombs and two torpedoes. Torn

  apart, Shōhō slipped beneath the waves

  at 1135 hours, the first aircraft carrier lost

  in a carrier-vs-carrier battle.

  Shôkaku launched eight B5N2s at 1515

  hours to sweep west 200 miles. Shortly

  before 1615 hours, they reached the end of

  their search legs and turned back without

  spotting anything in the thick overcast.

  With the opportunity for a daylight attack

  narrowing, 12 D3A1s and 15 B5N2s were

  launched from Zuikaku at 1615 hours.

  At 1747 hours they were spotted on Lexin-

  gton’s radar. Paul Ramsey’s four F4F-3s

  turned toward the enemy while both ca-

  rriers launched 18 more Wildcats. Mi-

  nutes later, Ramsey spotted nine B3N2s.

  Ramsey and his wingman took one side

  of the formation while Lt(jg) Paul Baker

  and his wingman took the other. Ram-

  sey hit the first B5N2 from 700 yards and

  it exploded. He then hit a second from 300

  yards that burned all the way until it disa-

  ppeared in the dark sea below. Baker shot

  down a third B5N while his wingman hit

  a fourth that finally caught fir. Baker chase

  a fifth and disappeared into the dark sky;

  a moment later, an explosion lit the sky.

  Ramsey reported that Baker must have

  collided with his second victim. “Ramsey’s

  Lambsies” had completely broken up

  the Japanese attack, shooting down five

  of the deadly B5N torpedo bombers whi-

  le the surviving attackers jettisoned their

  ordnance and turned for home as the sun

  set on the horizon at 1830 hours; they had

  the misfortune to run into two divisions

  from VF-42, which promptly shot down

  two more B5Ns and a D3A1.

  Noel Gayler’s division returned to Lexin-

  gton and briefly came under American

  fire as they entered the landing pattern.

  Gayler recalled, “They had a whole bunch

  of .50 caliber machine guns independent-

  ly operated on the catwalk. Somebody

  started shooting and in those days the fire

  discipline was not very good, so everyone

  started shooting.

  The LSO realized what was happening be-

  cause he knew who he had in the landing

  pattern. He turned around and hit the ne-

  arest guy across the face with his signal

  flags and knocked him away from his gun.

  Gradually the word went up the line and

  they realized who we were. Christ, I had

  my wheels down and my flaps down when

  they opened up!”

  A6M2 Zeros of Shôkaku fighter squadron ready for takeoff at the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7-8 May 1942.

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  Flatley replied, “That’ll teach you not to fly

  underneath me.”

  Neither side was aware that at 2000

  hours, they passed within 70 miles of

  each other.

  The morning of May 7 dawned with Lexin-

  gton and Yorktown steaming under the

  low clouds of a warm tropical front. At

  0615 hours, Yorktown launched ten SBDs

  to search the Louisiades. At 0655 Zuika-

  ku and Shôkaku, 300 miles east of Task

  Force 17, launched 12 B5N2s to search for

  the enemy. They flew east of Task Force 17

  and failed to sight the enemy in the poor

  weather.

  At 0815 hours, VS-5‘s Ensign John L. Niel-

  sen sighted the Invasion Screening Force;

  minutes later he spotted Shōhō. Admiral

  Fletcher ordered both carriers to launch

  all aircraft. The 93 planes were on their

  way by 1013 hours: Lexington’s 40 planes

  included ten VF-2 Wildcats led by Paul

  Ramsey, who placed four F4Fs led by

  Lt Fred Borries as close escort to the 28

  SBDs from VB-2 and VS-2, two others

  as high cover for Air Group Commander,

  Cdr William B. Ault, while Ramsey’s four

  covered the 12 TBDs at low altitude. Unlike

  Yorktown’s strike which organized them-

  selves enroute, Lexington’s air group

  formed up into an organized unit before

  heading out.

  Shōhō was spotted at 1040 hours; Lexin-

  gton’s strike deployed to attack. Six A6M2

  Zeros and two A5M4 Type 96 Claude fi-

  ghters were airborne as fleet CAP; the

  rest of Shōhō’s air group was preparing

  to strike the Americans At 1045 hours,

  Cdr Ault deployed his dive and torpedo

  bombers for a classic coordinated attack.

  The Dauntlesses hit Shōhō with six 1,000-

  lb bombs; five minutes later the ship was

  a flaming wreck. When the TBDs bored

  in, the two A5M4s swooped on them, but

  Paul Baker’s two F4Fs went after them.

  Maintaining speed and refusing to engage

  the nimble A5Ms in dogfights, Baker clai-

  med both. Apparently, he only damaged

  them since two A5Ms were also claimed

  by VF-42, one by Jimmy Flatley.

  Air Group Five arrived shortly after Air

  Group Two and attacked Shōhō shortly

  after 1100 hours, scoring hits with 11 more

  1,000-lb bombs and two torpedoes. Torn

  apart, Shōhō slipped beneath the waves

  at 1135 hours, the first aircraft carrier lost

  in a carrier-vs-carrier battle.

  Shôkaku launched eight B5N2s at 1515

  hours to sweep west 200 miles. Shortly

  before 1615 hours, they reached the end of

  their search legs and turned back without

  spotting anything in the thick overcast.

  With the opportunity for a daylight attack

  narrowing, 12 D3A1s and 15 B5N2s were

  launched from Zuikaku at 1615 hours.

  At 1747 hours they were spotted on Lexin-

  gton’s radar. Paul Ramsey’s four F4F-3s

  turned toward the enemy while both ca-

  rriers launched 18 more Wildcats. Mi-

  nutes later, Ramsey spotted nine B3N2s.

  Ramsey and his wingman took one side

  of the formation while Lt(jg) Paul Baker

  and his wingman took the other. Ram-

  sey hit the first B5N2 from 700 yards and

  it exploded. He then hit a second from 300

  yards that burned all the way until it disa-

  ppeared in the dark sea below. Baker shot

  down a third B5N while his wingman hit

  a fourth that finally caught fir. Baker chase

  a fifth and disappeared into the dark sky;

  a moment later, an explosion lit the sky.

  Ramsey reported that Baker must have

  collided with his second victim. “Ramsey’s

  Lambsies” had completely broken up

  the Japanese attack, shooting down five

  of the deadly B5N torpedo bombers whi-

  le the surviving attackers jettisoned their

  ordnance and turned for home as the sun

  set on the horizon at 1830 hours; they had

  the misfortune to run into two divisions

  from VF-42, which promptly shot down

  two more B5Ns and a D3A1.

  Noel Gayler’s division returned to Lexin-

  gton and briefly came under American

  fire as they entered the landing pattern.

  Gayler recalled, “They had a whole bunch

  of .50 caliber machine guns independent-

  ly operated on the catwalk. Somebody

  started shooting and in those days the fire

  discipline was not very good, so everyone

  started shooting.

  The LSO realized what was happening be-

  cause he knew who he had in the landing

  pattern. He turned around and hit the ne-

  arest guy across the face with his signal

  flags and knocked him away from his gun.

  Gradually the word went up the line and

  they realized who we were. Christ, I had

  my wheels down and my flaps down when

  they opened up!”

  A6M2 Zeros of Shôkaku fighter squadron ready for takeoff at the Battle of the Coral Sea, 7-8 May 1942.

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  to reduce the distance their aircraft wou-

  ld have to return.

  Shôkaku and Zuikaku were four miles

  apart, with Zuikaku hidden beneath a rain

  squall when the Yorktown strike arrived

  at 1032 hours; they were hampered by

  the poor weather and the 16 Zero fighters

  of the Japanese CAP. VF-42 shot down

  two Zeros while losing two Dauntlesses,

  though the Yorktown SBDs hit Shôkaku

  with two 1,000-lb bombs that caused ma-

  jor damage to the flight and hangar decks.

  Lexington’s strike arrived and hour late,

  the formations broken up by the towering

  cumulus clouds they had been forced to

  fly through preventing them from making

  a coordinated attack. Vorse’s three Wild-

  cats had been forced to abort. Noel Gay-

  ler’s division was flying low with the tor-

  pedo bombers when four Zeros attacked,

  exploding Gayler’s wingman on the first

  pass. Gayler was immediately involved

  with a Zero. He later recalled, “I think the

  guy I tangled with was a much better pilot

  than I. He got on my tail pretty promptly,

  and he was a very good shot. His wing-

  men went by on both sides. As soon as

  I saw them, I took the stick with both

  hands and pushed into a dive but the-

  re wasn’t enough altitude to gain speed.

  The opposing fleets were now 100 miles

  apart. During the night, the warm frontal

  zone with low-hanging clouds that hid

  the American carriers so well the first

  day moved north and at dawn, the front

  covered the Japanese fleet; visibility was

  between 2-15 miles in heavy cloud.

  Lexington and Yorktown launched 18

  Dauntlesses at 0635 hours to search for

  the enemy. At 0820 hours, Lt(jg) Joseph

  G. Smith looked down through a hole in

  the thick clouds and spotted Shôkaku and

  Zuikaku. Two minutes later, Shôkaku’s Lt

  Kenzo Kanno looked down from the coc-

  kpit of his B5N2 and sighted the American

  carriers. The opposing forces were 210

  miles apart. Both now raced to launch

  their strikes.

  Shôkaku and Zuikaku launched a com-

  bined strike of 18 A6M2s, 33 D3As and

  18 B5N2s led by Shôkaku Air Group

  commander Lt Cdr Kakuichi Takahashi

  at 0915 hours. At the same time, York-

  town launched six F4F-3s, 15 SBDs and

  nine TBDs, followed ten minutes later by

  Lexington’s seven F4F-3s; Noel Gayler’s

  four escorting 12 TBDs, and Lt Albert O.

  Vorse’s three Wildcats escorting 15 SBDs.

  All four carriers increased speed as they

  headed directly for each other’s location

  I came around on another Jap and made

  a big hairy climbing turn, taking a long

  shot at him, and fell out for lack of air-

  speed just as I saw him starting to burn.

  It was just such an incredibly confusing,

  mixed-up situation, poor visibility and pe-

  ople yelling on the radio.” Gayler managed

  to flame a Zero that flew in front of him.

  However, the other two of his division

  were lost in the melee.

  One Lexington SBD hit Shôkaku with

  a third bomb, causing more damage, whi-

  le two SBDs unsuccessfully attacked Zui-

  kaku. Had the rest of the Lexington for-

  ce managed to stay together in the bad

  weather, it is likely they would have sunk

  Shôkaku.

  At almost the same time the Americans

  attacked the Japanese fleet, Lexington’s

  radar detected the inbound enemy strike

  68 miles away and vectored nine Wildcats

  to intercept. Paul Ramsey’s three-plane

  division was at 10,000 feet when wing-

  man Ensign Ed Sellstrom spotted the 63

  aircraft. Due to the heavy losses suffered

  the previous night, the Japanese could

  not execute a full attack on both carri-

  ers. Zuikaku’s air group commander sent

  14 B5Ns to attack Lexington and four to

  attack Yorktown. Ensign Sellstrom dived

  USS Lexington.

  after them and found them fast enough

  that it was hard to catch up. He caught the

  rear vic of three and flamed the last B5N

  five miles from the ships. He was then

  caught by the Zero escort and later repor-

  ted he managed to damage two before he

  escaped in a dive.

  The American defenders mistakenly ex-

  pected the B5Ns would attack like the

  TBD - low and slow.The six VF-42 Wild-

  cats were too low at 1,000 feet and cou-

  ld only watch the B5Ns swarm overhead

  at speeds over 200 mph, dropping their

  deadly Type 91 torpedoes at an altitude

  of 1,500 feet. The four attacking Yorktown

  all missed but the other 14 successfully

  employed a “hammer and anvil” attack

  on Lexington. At 1120 hours, she was hit

  by two torpedoes; the first hit buckled

  the port aviation gasoline stowage tanks

  while the second ruptured the port wa-

  ter main. As the attackers flew away, four

  were shot down by Lexington’s gunners.

  The 33 D3As circled to attack from

  upwind. Nineteen Shôkaku D3As lined

  up on Lexington while Zuikaku’s 14 attac-

  ked Yorktown. Four VF-2 Wildcats led by

  Fred Borries attacked the Zuikaku force

  but were swarmed by escorting Zeros

  and had to dive away to save themselves.

  Two VF-42 Wildcats above Yorktown da-

  maged two D3As in their dives, while di-

  srupting the aim of the others.

  Lexington was damaged by two hits and

  several near misses. Yorktown was hit

  in the center of her flight deck at 1127

  hours by a single bomb that penetrated

  four decks before exploding. The explosi-

  on caused severe structural damage and

  killed or wounded 66 men. Twelve near

  misses damaged her below the waterli-

  ne. Two D3As were shot down by a VF-42

  Wildcat during the attack.

  As the bombers attempted to escape,

  they ran into Vorse’s division that had

  just returned from aborting the strike. Bill

  Eder recalled, “My wingman and I headed

  for two Jap planes, but lost them in the

  clouds. Then we became separated and

  I turned and saw this fighter below me.

  He turned up toward me as I headed down

  toward him and we met head-on. I was

  firing four .50 calibers on a down slant

  and he was firing on an up slant. I cou-

  ld see his 20mm stuff was falling short,

  though his 7.7.s were doing better. Then

  my .50s began hitting him. Almost imme-

  diately he sort of snap-rolled, then spira-

  led downward, uncontrolled. My emotion

  was ‘scored,’ and I’m glad my .50 cali-

  bers were more adequate than his guns.”

  The fight saw three SBDs, three Wildcats,

  three B5Ns, one D3A, and Eder’s Zero lost.

  Shôkaku’s torpedo leader Lt Kanno and

  strike leader Lt Cdr Takahashi were both

  shot down and killed.

  The American and Japanese strike for-

  mations ran across each on their return

  flights. VF-42 Wildcats shot down a B5N

  and two D3As, while Noel Gayler became

  the leading Navy ace of the time with eight

  victories when he shot down two D3As.

  Lexington’s fires were out by 1233 hours

  and the carrier was still able to operate

  despite the torpedo hits. Noel Gayler did

  not notice any damage as he approached

  for landing. “She was making 25 knots

  and operating airplanes. She looked okay

  from the air. It was only after I landed,

  when I noticed nobody paid any attention

  to me, contrary to before, that I looked

  around and noticed some of the faces

  were looking sort of strange. Then I saw

  flecks of fire-fighting foam all over the

  deck and knew she had been hit.”

  Vorse’s division also landed aboard.

  Gayler tried to organize another strike

  against Zuikaku while Lexington still see-

  med able to function but there was no way

  IJN light carrier Shōhō on fire after attack by USS Lexington on 7 May 1942. Shoho was the first aircraft carrier lost to enemy aircraft.

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  after them and found them fast enough

  that it was hard to catch up. He caught the

  rear vic of three and flamed the last B5N

  five miles from the ships. He was then

  caught by the Zero escort and later repor-

  ted he managed to damage two before he

  escaped in a dive.

  The American defenders mistakenly ex-

  pected the B5Ns would attack like the

  TBD - low and slow.The six VF-42 Wild-

  cats were too low at 1,000 feet and cou-

  ld only watch the B5Ns swarm overhead

  at speeds over 200 mph, dropping their

  deadly Type 91 torpedoes at an altitude

  of 1,500 feet. The four attacking Yorktown

  all missed but the other 14 successfully

  employed a “hammer and anvil” attack

  on Lexington. At 1120 hours, she was hit

  by two torpedoes; the first hit buckled

  the port aviation gasoline stowage tanks

  while the second ruptured the port wa-

  ter main. As the attackers flew away, four

  were shot down by Lexington’s gunners.

  The 33 D3As circled to attack from

  upwind. Nineteen Shôkaku D3As lined

  up on Lexington while Zuikaku’s 14 attac-

  ked Yorktown. Four VF-2 Wildcats led by

  Fred Borries attacked the Zuikaku force

  but were swarmed by escorting Zeros

  and had to dive away to save themselves.

  Two VF-42 Wildcats above Yorktown da-

  maged two D3As in their dives, while di-

  srupting the aim of the others.

  Lexington was damaged by two hits and

  several near misses. Yorktown was hit

  in the center of her flight deck at 1127

  hours by a single bomb that penetrated

  four decks before exploding. The explosi-

  on caused severe structural damage and

  killed or wounded 66 men. Twelve near

  misses damaged her below the waterli-

  ne. Two D3As were shot down by a VF-42

  Wildcat during the attack.

  As the bombers attempted to escape,

  they ran into Vorse’s division that had

  just returned from aborting the strike. Bill

  Eder recalled, “My wingman and I headed

  for two Jap planes, but lost them in the

  clouds. Then we became separated and

  I turned and saw this fighter below me.

  He turned up toward me as I headed down

  toward him and we met head-on. I was

  firing four .50 calibers on a down slant

  and he was firing on an up slant. I cou-

  ld see his 20mm stuff was falling short,

  though his 7.7.s were doing better. Then

  my .50s began hitting him. Almost imme-

  diately he sort of snap-rolled, then spira-

  led downward, uncontrolled. My emotion

  was ‘scored,’ and I’m glad my .50 cali-

  bers were more adequate than his guns.”

  The fight saw three SBDs, three Wildcats,

  three B5Ns, one D3A, and Eder’s Zero lost.

  Shôkaku’s torpedo leader Lt Kanno and

  strike leader Lt Cdr Takahashi were both

  shot down and killed.

  The American and Japanese strike for-

  mations ran across each on their return

  flights. VF-42 Wildcats shot down a B5N

  and two D3As, while Noel Gayler became

  the leading Navy ace of the time with eight

  victories when he shot down two D3As.

  Lexington’s fires were out by 1233 hours

  and the carrier was still able to operate

  despite the torpedo hits. Noel Gayler did

  not notice any damage as he approached

  for landing. “She was making 25 knots

  and operating airplanes. She looked okay

  from the air. It was only after I landed,

  when I noticed nobody paid any attention

  to me, contrary to before, that I looked

  around and noticed some of the faces

  were looking sort of strange. Then I saw

  flecks of fire-fighting foam all over the

  deck and knew she had been hit.”

  Vorse’s division also landed aboard.

  Gayler tried to organize another strike

  against Zuikaku while Lexington still see-

  med able to function but there was no way

  IJN light carrier Shōhō on fire after attack by USS Lexington on 7 May 1942. Shoho was the first aircraft carrier lost to enemy aircraft.

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  to fuel the planes. Bill Eder remembered,

  “We were to refuel, rearm and relaunch.

  However, before that was accomplished

  the below-decks fires reached the han-

  gar deck.”

  At 1430 hours, Admiral Hara informed Ad-

  miral Takagi that there were only 24 Ze-

  ros, eight D3As and four B5Ns operatio-

  nal aboard Zuikaku. At 1500 hours, Takagi

  notified Admiral Inoue his force had sunk

  two American carriers, a “Yorktown-c-

  lass” and a „Saratoga-class,“ but he could

  not continue to provide air cover for the

  invasion due to heavy aircraft losses. Ad-

  miral Inoue recalled the invasion convoy

  to Rabaul.

  Zuikaku and her escorts turned towards

  Rabaul while Shôkaku headed for major

  repair in Japan.

  Sparks from unattended electric motors

  ignited gasoline fumes near Lexington’s

  central control station at 1247 hours; the

  resulting explosion killed 25 men, star-

  ting a large fire. A severe fire began after

  another large explosion occurred at 1442

  hours. At 1525 hours there was a third

  explosion. Damage control reported the

  fires were uncontrollable at 1538 hours.

  The order to abandon ship was given at

  1707 hours. Noel Gayler recalled “We were

  driven to the extreme stern by the fire. The

  ship’s service ice cream plant was in the

  extreme port stern quarter. Some clown

  passed the word that there was free ice

  cream and sailors who were abandoning

  ship lined up for it. Of course they puked

  it up afterwards as soon as they had been

  swimming in salt water awhile.

  There was no panic, no worry about being

  picked up. The water was warm and the

  destroyers moved in with cargo nets.”

  Gayler was picked up by a destroyer after

  90 minutes in the water.

  Bill Eder remembered, “After the abandon

  ship order was given, I waited my turn and

  descended a knotted line to the warm wa-

  ter. I found an inflated life raft with three

  older chief petty officers aboard. Since I

  had a life jacket, I stayed alongside in the

  water. Pretty soon the destroyer Dewey

  came along and picked us up. They threw

  us a line and I, being the young ‘un, held

  it for the chiefs to climb. When it was my

  turn I was too exhausted to climb and a

  sailor had to come down and put a line

  around me so they could winch me up.”

  At 1915 hours with the sun setting over

  the Coral Sea, the destroyer Phelps (DD-

  360) fired five torpedoes into the burning

  Lexington and she sank in 2,400 fathoms

  at 1952 hours, taking 216 of the 2,951-man

  crew and 36 aircraft down with her.

  When Yorktown returned to Pearl Harbor,

  VF-42‘s F4F-3 Wildcats were replaced

  by F4F-4s with folding wings. The pilots

  did not consider the new Wildcat an im-

  provement. To save weight after wing fol-

  ding was installed, the ammunition load

  remained the same - now distributed

  between six guns rather than four and

  reducing firing time by 20 seconds, a li-

  fetime in combat. The F4F-3 had held the

  line against a superior enemy in difficult

  situations and demonstrated its fighting

  heart.

  USS Lexington (CV-2) on fire after avgas explosion, 8 May 1942.

  Adapted from Thomas McKelvey Cleaver’s

  best-selling “I Will Run Wild: The Pacific War

  from Pearl Harbor to Midway,” from Osprey Pu-

  blishing.

  Credit all photos: USN Official

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  The first of total seven evacuation flights took

  place on March 21. The last mission took place

  on either April 5 or 7, depending on the source.

  It was stated previously that the last flight to

  Mariupol took place a month later, sometime

  in the beginning of May. This is hardly probable

  though. In the beginning of April the Ukrainian

  troops still controlled the large areas of the

  city. By the middle of the month however they

  had to retreat into two large industrial com-

  plexes – steelworks Ilyich and Azovstal. In the

  second half of April the Ukrainian soldiers only

  stood defense in the second factory. It’s virtu-

  ally impossible that a flight to Azovstal under

  such circumstances would have escaped the

  attackers‘ attention and did not draw their ar-

  tillery fire.

  The missions were flown under the utmost

  secrecy and the participants were allowed to

  speak to media only after the very last defen-

  ders of Mariupol surrendered in the second

  half of May. Even though the world’s audien-

  ce learned about many of these heroic deeds

  the precise details about the places and times,

  where from and when the evacuation flights

  took place remained widely unknow up until

  now.

  One of the most detailed and therefore most

  valuable testimonies came from the member

  of the Ukrainian defense intelligence, code na-

  med Flint, who not only participated in the first

  mission but also had taken part in its prepara-

  tion from the beginning. The plan was a brain

  child of General Major Kyryl Budanov, chief of

  the defense intelligence. The first flight was

  supposed to sortie before March 21 but had to

  be postponed three times due to the various

  reasons. One of them was the intelligence in-

  formation about the Russian AA defense along

  the route to Mariupol which changed constant-

  ly. The Russians may have „sensed something“

  since the concentration of the enemy’s air for-

  ce over the besieged city suddently increased.

  Another reason was the effort to keep the mi-

  ssion top secret. The flight was being prepared

  at Dnipro airbase and a lot of people took part

  in it – technicians, refuelling personnel, mili-

  tary police... There was clearly an increased

  traffic of people and had the enemy had his

  „eyes“ nearby they could not have missed that

  the operation was getting ready. Therefore

  even before the actual mission, in the order

  to camouflage the events the desinformation

  operation was implemented. „A soldier called

  his wife and told her he will be home soon

  because the upper command cancelled the

  planned operation. And I had the conversation

  with some one and told him the operation was

  cancelled“ stated Flint for the on-line magazi-

  ne The War Zone. After these information were

  released the participants in the first flight re-

  turned to the airport, loaded the helicopters

  and departed in a fake direction to conceal the

  actual course. The third problem to overcome

  before the mission was to find the pilots wi-

  lling to fly it. Several pilots who were appro-

  ached turned down the offer. „They thought it

  was impossible“ said Flint. Finally they found

  the first pilot who was willing to fly to Mari-

  upol – due to the personal reasons. „His wife

  was a military nurse in Azovstal. She cared for

  the seriously wounded soldiers. The main mi-

  ssion objective was to evacuate these gravely

  wounded soldiers and herself from that facto-

  ry“ stated Flint.

  In civilian clothing and unarmed

  Before the flight all dressed into civilian clo-

  thing and removed all military identifications.

  In case of a crash that would help them cross

  the front line back to the Ukrainian territory

  unnoticed. They also removed all the arma-

  ment and equipment from the helicopters in

  order to reduce weight as much as possible.

  They made room for the cargo of the anti-tank

  missiles NLAW and Javelin, AA rockets Stinger

  and satellite communication systems Starlink.

  Text: Miro Barič

  The Azovstal steelworks were shelled for several months.

  Loading a wounded man into a Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopter at a pre-war exercise.

  Mission:

  Impossible

  Ukrainian

  style

  The port city of Mariupol in the south of Ukraine was a target of she-

  lling on February 24, the first day of the Russian aggression. The city

  was surrounded by the Russian troops on March 2nd. More than two

  months of street fighting followed. The Ukrainian soldiers in the city

  were not completely isolated though. To supply them, and evacuate

  the wounded the Ukrainian AF completed seven secret missions whe-

  re the helicopter pilots flew more than 100 km over the enemy-held

  territory at night and only several meters above the ground.

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  Besides the arms and ammunition the food

  and medicine were carried on the flights to

  Mariupol. They took off at 3:30 in the morning.

  Flint was facing „Sophie’s choice“ where to sit

  in the helicopter. He could sit next to the fuel

  tank and if the helicopter was hit he would be

  instantly killed. Or he could sit on the ammuni-

  tion boxes and in case of crash he would break

  all his limbs as a minimum. „We realized this

  can be a one way flight and were prepared not

  to return“, said Flint. At the same time they

  realized that the besieged Ukrainian soldiers

  desperately needed their help and once they

  were airborne the worries dissipated.

  First the Mi-8 helicopters landed right near the

  front line, at the field base where they refu-

  elled. Then they rushed throught the night at

  220 kph and 5 meters above the ground. The

  pilots had to escape the enemy radar. On the

  other hand they had to dribble among trees

  and electrical poles. The moment of surprise

  worked though and the helicopters safely re-

  ached Mariupol.

  The pilots landed in Azovstal steelworks area

  which is 11 square kilometers. There was

  a 24 km long network of the concrete shel-

  ters and tunnels underneath, this was the best

  protected place in the whole Mariupol. There

  was a field hospital underground from which

  the helicopters were to evacuate the gravely

  wounded soldiers. The pilots had to seek the

  landing area which was the least littered by

  debris and craters. Then the factory defenders

  emerged from the underground, off loaded the

  supplies and loaded 16 wounded soldiers who

  were brought on trucks. It all took approxima-

  tely 15-20 minutes and all that time the heli-

  copters were running their engines ready to

  take off immediately if the danger presented

  itself. When the wounded were on board the

  defenders had to camouflage the helicopters‘

  departure. They commenced a wild gunfire at

  the Russian positions to distract the enemy-

  ‘s attention. During this shoot out the helico-

  pters disappeared unnoticed flying close to the

  ground.

  Without being fired at on the return flight they

  again landed near the front line to refuel and

  at 7:30 am landed at Dnipro. The whole missi-

  on lasted four hours. „These are the exeptio-

  nal emotions when you are handing over the

  wounded to the doctors‘ hands and you rea-

  lized you achieved something absolutely im-

  possible. You feel happiness and pride of your

  people“ described Flint his emotional state af-

  ter the landing.

  Further missions were more and more di-

  fficult to fly. During the second flight the Ru-

  ssians were shooting at the helicopter, its pilot

  however managed to successfully land at the

  refueling spot. That place kept changing as

  well as the helicopters‘ flight routes. Someti-

  mes they flew over the land, another time they

  flew over the sea and returned to the land ha-

  ving made a wide turn. Flint recalled how du-

  ring one mission the Ukrainian helicopter flew

  very close to the water surface between two

  patrolling Russian ships. Due to the lack of pi-

  Supply and evacuation flights to Mariupol were really low-level flights.

  Ukrainian Mi-8MSB

  -

  V helicopters in a shot before the war.

  During one mission to Mariupol, Mi-8 helicopters were also accompanied by one Mi-24 attack helicopter as fire support.

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  lots trained to fly at night some missions were

  flown partially during the daylight. The natural

  and man made obstacles they avoided under

  different circumstances were now used as

  a concealment from the Russian troops equi-

  pped with the portable missiles.

  Seven missions

  The facts about the missions were sum-

  marized by General Major Kyrylo Budanov.

  As we mentioned earlier, sever missions in

  total were flown. Pairs of Mi-8 participated in

  six missions. One mission was flown by four

  Mi-8 escorted by a Mi-24 which would provide

  the covering fire if needed. All supplies were

  successfully delivered however on the return

  evacuation flights two Mi-8 were shot down.

  It happened during the fifth and seventh mi-

  ssions. On the last mission a rescue Mi-8 was

  dispatched to help the downed aircraft. The

  Russians however antifcipated this and ma-

  naged to shot down this helicopter as well.

  Besides the whole crew four memebers of the

  Ukrainian Special Forces were killed.

  Alltogether 16 Mi-8 and one Mi-24 took part in

  the flights to Mariupol. Out of those two aircraft

  were shot down and one rescue helicopter

  was lost as well. Besides the supplies these

  helicopters transported into the besieged city

  72 members of the Azov regiment who vo-

  lunteered to help their comrades. The former

  unit‘s commander, Andrii Bileckyi shared some

  details. One of the soldiers transported there

  was a Mariupol native code named Kelt. Sadly,

  he was killed in action on the second day. „He

  died however as he would have wished to. He

  told to many of his friends that he wanted to

  die at home. He was killed in the street whe-

  re the house he was born and brought up in

  stood. He died right in the heart of his little

  homeland.“ said Bileckyi. He also stated that

  on one of the last flights five civilian medical

  volunteer personnel from Dnipro participated.

  There were an anesthesiologist, two surgeons

  and a nurse. „I hope one day I will be able to

  publish their names. They are the real heros to

  me.“ added Bileckyi.

  Hits and losses

  Step by step the Russians learned what was

  going on and tightened the front line around

  Mariupol. Testimonies of the pilots who took

  part in the fifth and seventh missions that suf-

  fered losses, appeared in the Ukrainian media.

  „We felt the highest level of stress while wal-

  king towards our helicopter ready to take off.

  Once we were airborne we all knew we had

  a job to do and focused to do it as best as we

  could“ said a pilot who did not wish that his

  name was revealed. According to the testimo-

  ny of one of his passengers he flew the fifth

  mission in the end of March. „When we arrived

  in Mariupol we were in the state of euphoria“

  described the pilot. But it was not okay. On

  the return flight they covered only six kilome-

  ters in three minutes when they were hit by a

  portable ground-to-air missile which put one

  engine out of order. Regardless they managed

  to stay airborne. Their comrades flying behind

  them in another helicopter were not so lucky.

  After they were hit they crashed with no sur-

  vivors.

  Each pilot was issued a written statement say-

  ing it was solely his decision where and under

  what conditions he lands. „After we were hit by

  a rocket our adrenalin lever rose so we only

  did what we were supposed to do. We had 20

  wounded people on board. Had we landed in

  the field how would we have evacuated them?

  It would have been necessary to dispatch ano-

  ther helicopted and that was not an option.

  So we continued to our refuelling spot“ said

  a pilot. On board he also had 22 years old cor-

  poral Vladislav Zahorodny who had been hit

  into pelvis during the Mariupol fighting and

  his nervers got damaged. During the previous

  evacuations his was passed three times for an

  airlift. This was his first helicopter flight ever.

  A week later Zahorodnyi met his fellow Cher-

  nihiv native who was also evacuated from Ma-

  riupol, possibly on the very last flight. He used

  the codename Buffalo. During the fighting he

  lost his leg and suffered some other injuries.

  His evacuation details match the 51 years old

  pilot’s recollections. He only revealed his first

  name, Oleksandr.

  He flew just one mission but considered it the

  most difficult flight of his 30-years long flying

  career.“We could have refused to fly but my

  crew did not do it. We knew that there are pe-

  ople who need our help“ said Oleksandr. They

  carried two tons of supplies from Dnipro and

  on the return flight evacuated the wounded.

  Soldier Buffalo almost did not make it. He was

  lying in the corner of the truck a was too weak

  to draw attention to himself.

  He was already giving up the idea of being

  flown to safety when some one yelled“ „You

  left a soldier behind!“ The put him on the top

  of the other wounded as there was no room

  left. They were shot at after the take off and

  they were told later that the pilot evaded the

  missile launched from the ship. Looking out

  through the small window Buffalo noticed that

  they were flying below the treetops. The flight

  description matches Oleksandr’s testimony.

  While they were offloanding and loading the

  helicopter we remained in our seats. There

  were explosions around us and the chopper

  was shaking. It was really scary. It took only

  20 minutes but to me it felt like two hours“, he

  recalled the moments spent on the ground. Af-

  ter the take off he headed over the sea. „I noti-

  ced the Russian ship and realized they can hit

  us. But my body reacted faster than the brain

  registered the danger. There were explosions

  nearby. The blast waves were shaking us as

  a toy“ he described. His evasive maneovres got

  the helicopte our of the dangerous zone. Then

  he rushed at 220 kph close to the ground jum-

  ping over the electrical lines. After 80 minutes

  they arrived in Dnipro. There he was told that

  the evacuees want to speak with him. He ex-

  pected them to curse him out for a bumpy ride

  but when he opened the door they thanked him

  unanimously.

  Sadly even during this flight the second helico-

  pter was lost. Its pilot’s last report stated the

  position seven kilometers from the front line

  with the remaing 250 liters of fuel.“That was

  three times less than our remaining fuel so

  I assume they had been hit and damaged. Tho-

  se were the last words I heard from my fri-

  end“, added Oleksandr. After the last mission it

  became too dangerous to continue flying them

  and they had to be stopped. These seven brave

  flights however managed to be recorded in the

  history of the air warfare.

  Conditions in Azovstal were documented by a member of the Azov Regiment with the codename Orest.

  T-80 tanks belonging to the 36th Marine Brigade aban-

  doned in Mariupol.

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  Even before receiving the final single color

  overall finish the completed S-199 left the

  assembly lines of Avia in Cakovice and Aero

  in Vysocany with the surfaces treated with

  a dope or primer according to the material

  used in the construction (duralumin, fabric).

  We can only speculate about the actual co-

  lor. It could have been RLM 02 grey from the

  stocks left behind by the Germans or some

  other available greyish paint. Let’s be aware

  of the fact that the „hundredninetynines“

  were not manufactured from the scratch but

  just modified or refurbished various versions

  of the Bf 109 fighter airframes and their com-

  ponents produced during the wartime.There

  were „Gustavs“ of the variants 6, 10 and 14 as

  well as K-4 airframes gathered in Czecho-

  slovakia from a variety of sources, be it from

  the Luftwaffe airports located on the former

  Protectorate territory or as a war bounty re-

  ceived as a gift from the Red Army or purcha-

  sed from Bulgaria.

  The gaps between the metal skin panels

  were puttied (refer to the pictures in the pre-

  vious issue of INFO Eduard) followed by the

  sprayed coat of the single paint color. Initia-

  lly it was a light grey-green shade (factory

  drawings dated October 1947 identify this co-

  lor as grey) and once availability improved,

  replaced by new, darker green color. The

  aircraft that were repaired or overhauled at

  the aviation repair shops or underwent the

  additional modifications at the manufactu-

  rer were ofter sprayed with various darker

  shades of green but there were cases of

  refurbished aircrafted painted in light color

  or airframes painted partially in light grey-

  -green as well as dark green color. The most

  colorful S-199s were those after the partial

  repair of the worn finish (panel gaps) on the

  fuselage and wings as well. The good exam-

  ple is „black“ EX-11 (serial number 260), „whi-

  te“ GY-37 (serial number 40) or „training“

  UF-56 (serial number 331). Real eye-catching

  appearance is demonstrated by S-199.253

  (black codes EZ-9) featuring unpainted pa-

  nels (probably replacement parts) on the

  nose, cowling and at the base of the vertical

  stabilizer.

  The ailerons, elevators and the rudder i.e.,

  fabric covered components, were treated

  with a dope, installed on the airframe and only

  then sprayed together with the other aircraft

  Text: Michal Ovčáčík

  Photographs: collections of the author, Jaroslav Bartáček,

  Bohumír Kudlička, Miroslav Irra, Jaroslav Matoulka

  and The Aviation Research Group via Pavel Krejci

  Blue outline, white outline...

  Part 2

  Colors of the

  Czechoslovak

  Air Force S-199

  HISTORY

  In the part one of the Czechoslovak S-199 colors analysis the

  complicated situation with the suitable paints used by Czecho-

  slovak post-war aviation industry was described and the color

  differences among the supplied aircraft were summarized.

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  surfaces as a whole assembly. The horizontal

  and vertical stabilizers on the aircraft from

  the initial series were all wood design and

  before the final coating they were sprayed

  with a dope or a darker (dark green?) color.

  On the newly constructed airframes and gra-

  dually converted older aircraft (since 1950)

  these componets were made out of duralu-

  min and therefore showed their natural color

  before the application of the final coating.

  The national insignia application on S-199

  (as well as its predecessor S-99) were pro-

  mulgated by the order MNO

  -

  VL č. j. 157 Taj.

  let. 1946 from January 1946 on the matter of

  “Aircraft Markings” which besides prescri-

  bing the units‘ codes also established the

  appearance of the Czechoslovak Air Force

  and National Security Aviation national in-

  signia. There were two orders governing the

  military S-199: the first is dated January 9,

  1946, marked by Avia company’s number MeS

  101 and prescribed the position of the circu-

  lar national insignia in the usual six locations

  on the upper and bottom wings and both si-

  des of the vertical tail surface. The circular

  design was to have three equal segments,

  blue one always facing forward, red on the

  wing always towards the fuselage and fa-

  cing downwards on the vertical tail surface.

  For the “aircraft sprayed in the dark shade”

  the insignia diameter was to be 930 mm on

  the wings including 15 mm thick outline (i.e.

  the actual insignia’s diameter was 900 mm),

  distance from the wingtip edge 1600 mm, in-

  signia center 680 mm from the leading edge

  on the wing upper surfaces and 560 mm on

  the wing lower surfaces. The vertical tail sur-

  face insignia was to be of 600 mm diameter

  including 15 mm thick outline (i.e., the diame-

  ter of the actual insignia was 570 mm). Note:

  another color shade covered by this order

  was aluminum overall with blue insignia out-

  line for CS-199 trainers.

  The second order (Avia drawing nr.109-Le

  62217, national insignia and stencils on C-210

  aircraft) dates from October 1947 and refers

  only to the “aircraft sprayed with grey color”

  with the white outlined national insignia. The

  wing insignia were to have 900 mm diameter

  including 10 mm thick outline (i.e., the actu-

  al insignia diameter was 880 mm), insignia

  distance from the edge of the wingtip was

  1500 mm, insignia center was 615 mm from

  the wing’s leading edge on the upper sur-

  faces and 550 mm on the lower surfaces. The

  insignia on the vertical tail surface was to

  have 550 mm diameter including 10 mm thick

  outline (i.e. the insignia’s actual diameter

  was 530 mm). The majority of S-199s were

  marked according to the aforementioned or-

  ders as far as the white outline is concerned

  (“a stripe” in the period terminology) ho-

  wever, as always the exceptions existed and

  therefore the photographs document both

  light and dark painted aircraft sporting blue

  outlined national insignia. It could have been

  a result of the older order from 1946 as well

  as frequently applied rule of thumb „dark

  outline (i.e., blue) on the light basis.

  Once we described the S-199 camouflage and

  markings we have to mention the non-stan-

  dard white strips found on both upper and

  lower wing surfaces close to the wingtips

  edge. These are captured by the number of

  photographs but mostly appeared on the se-

  lect airframes which may have led to the mi-

  staken conclusion that it was a part of some

  tactical marking. The explanation is fairly

  simple – there were (so far) unpainted strips

  of fabric covering the gap after the replace-

  ment/installation of the wingtips which were

  in short time, in accordance with the aircraft

  maintenance program, painted with camouf-

  lage color, mostly of slightly different shade

  than the rest of the wing. To conclude this

  part, it is necessary to state that this article

  does not claim the ultimate historic accuracy

  especially as far as the aforementioned color

  shades is concerned. Considering the lack of

  the authentic documentation (lost due to the

  routine shredding or just plain sloppiness)

  or still to be unearthed relevant archive ma-

  terials and orders this analysis needs to be

  accepted as the best authors‘ presentation of

  the work of several dedicated researchers.

  HISTORY

  Avia S-199.253, “black” EZ-9 from the 3rd flight of the 5th Fighter Squadron in Plana at Ceske Budejovice as mentioned in this article, demonstrating the attractive

  camouflage. This emergency landing resulting in the damaged wing and the bottom of the fuselage was performed by WO Jiljí Horak. Notice the unpainted metal skin

  panels on the nose, cowling and replacement fuselage-vertical tail fairing. The aircraft also features the very thin outline on the vertical tail surfaces national insignia.

  Of interest are also the protective fabric covers on the fuselage and wing machine guns.

  Avia S-299.155, “black” MR-4 from the 2nd flight of the 8th Fighter Squadron in Brno-Cernovice camouflaged in the

  light grey-green color. This crash ocurred on March 24, 1949 while the aircraft was piloted by Lt. Frantisek Krist. The

  image of the lower wing half nicely shows the location of the national insignia with the thin blue outline, further the

  “baby bulge” of the ammunition belt links collector of the model 17/7.9N wing machine gun and the starboard liquid

  cooler with deployed discharge flap. The gun barrels are again protected by the linen covers.

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  HISTORY

  An example of the dark green painted aircraft (S-199.180) featuring the white UF-21 fuselage codes and non-standard blue outline of the national insignias. This aircraft was written

  off after the crash of pilot student Bohuslav Solta from the 4th Aviation School in Prostejov-Stichovice on May 30, 1953.

  Crop of the well-known photograph of the

  apron with S-199 and C-2 aircraft from the

  18th Fighter Squadron in Pardubice, spring

  1954. The dark painted aircraft in the mid

  -

  dle is EX-58 belonging to the 3rd section

  of the 3rd flight (initially this was a photo

  reconnaissance aircraft). In this photogra

  -

  ph we can compare the light gray-green

  finish of the older aircraft with the newer

  (or overhauled) aircraft sprayed with dark

  green color. In both cases the fuselage

  codes are white and the national insignia

  feature a blue outline.

  S-199.458 (manufactured by Aero) flown by Lt. Zdenek Štefl grounded after the mid-air collision with another „onehundredninetynine“ in the area of Letkov village on July 15, 1952. The

  aircraft belonged to the 2nd Flight of the 51st Fighter Squadron in Pilsen. The scarlet code B-0235 indicates the previous owner, the National Security Aviation (disbanded on Decem

  -

  ber 23, 1950). The Czechoslovak insignia with the standard 15mm white outline are painted in accordance with the 2nd Order of the National Markings Application dated October 1947.

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  HISTORY

  The fragment

  of the original

  Avia drawings

  nr.MeS 101 dated

  January 1946

  which prescribed

  the location and

  dimensions of the

  wing circular na

  -

  tional markings.

  It was specific for

  S-99 aircraft but

  later applicable to

  S-199 as well.

  Image of the

  Skoda-Kauba

  SK 257 wing

  fragment from

  VHU collection:

  light gray-green

  paint applied on

  the aileron fabric

  covering that may

  have influenced

  the Czechoslovak

  aviation industry

  after the war. We

  cannot exclude

  this paint (of

  which some

  stocks could have

  remained) and its

  shade as potential

  application on the

  Czechoslovak ai

  -

  rplanes, including

  S-199.

  The fabric strips application on the wingtips: in the detailed picture of S-199.185 coded IF-01 the fabric covering strip on the rib nr.13 location is not applied yet (or it was removed) while

  in the picture from Pilsen taken in winter (the codes SO were allocated to the 4th Fighter Squadron, namely its 3rd Flight) it is already over painted and shows a bit darker shade.

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  On the morning of May 15, 1948, citizens

  of the newly proclaimed state of Israel

  awoke to a new beginning. The hope of

  2,000 years has materialized into a ho-

  meland for the Jewish people. The esta-

  blishment of a Jewish state in parts of

  Palestine, at this time still under British

  mandate, had been approved by the United

  Nations half a year earlier. Nonetheless,

  the recognition of a new Jewish state was

  not accepted by the local Arab populati-

  on, nor by the Arab countries surrounding

  Israel – Egypt in the south, Jordan to the

  east and Syria and Lebanon in the north.

  Leading the effort to annihilate the Jewish

  state was the Royal Egyptian Army and

  Air Force. At daybreak of Israel’s first day

  of independence, Royal Egyptian Air Force

  Spitfires bombed Tel-Aviv and the civilian

  airport at its outskirts. Operating out of the

  Sinai base at El Arish, makeshift Dakota

  bombers and additional Spitfires conduc-

  ted a daily routine of bombing civilian cen-

  ters with impunity.

  Israelis had yet no fighter aircraft to stop

  them, but on April 23, 1948, the IAF had se-

  cured the purchase of 25 Czechoslovakian

  S-199 fighter planes. On May 6, 1948, ten

  local and foreign pilots, who volunteered

  to fly combat missions for Israel, were

  sent to Czechoslovakia for conversion

  to S-199. Twelve days into their training,

  news came from Israel that Egyptians had

  bombed Tel-Aviv central bus station, ki-

  lling dozens of civilians. On the morning

  of May 20, Modi Alon, Ezer Weizman and

  five Czechoslovakian mechanics squee-

  zed into a C-46 Commando along the first

  disassembled “Messer” and loads of

  ammunition to land in Israel 11 hours later.

  On May 29, 1948, Israel had four “Messers”

  airworthy and ready for action, but alt-

  hough two more were delivered in the me-

  antime, only one was airworthy on June

  3. At the dusk of that day, pedestrians of

  Tel-Aviv witnessed an overflight of a pair

  of Egyptian Dakota makeshift bombers

  escorted by a pair of Spitfires. This was

  to be another bombing run on the largest

  population center of Israel. This time, the

  Egyptian’s daily bombing routine that had

  begun on the morning of May 15, 1948, was

  to be challenged for the first time. Pales-

  tinian Jew Modi Alon took to the air in the

  only fighter plane Israel had, the S-199 co-

  ded D-106. Modi came in from the sea with

  the sun at his back, so the Egyptian Spitfire

  pilots did not spot him as he used his air-

  craft to slash at the two bombers, downing

  one after the other in the skies of Tel-Aviv.

  Alon’s experience at flying the “Messer”

  was only a handful of flights at the time

  of the kills but his fighter pilot experien-

  ce amounted to hundreds of hours as an

  active pilot with the Royal Air Force to-

  wards the end of World War II. Alon be-

  gan gathering operational experience in

  June 1945 with the No. 112 Squadron, flying

  Mustangs Mk.III (P-51B), Mk.IV (P-51D) and

  Mk.IVA (P-51K) adorned with shark mouth.

  The Royal Air Force No. 112 Squadron was

  stationed in Cervia, Italy and was disban-

  ded at Treviso on December 30, 1946. Prior

  to it, in September 1945, Alon was transfe-

  rred to the No. 213 squadron at the Ramat

  David airbase in British mandated Palesti-

  ne, flying Mk.IVA (P-51K) Mustang. The No.

  213 Squadron transitioned from the Mus-

  tangs to the late mark Spitfires and be-

  tween November 1945 and April 1946 Alon

  was redeployed with the unit to Italy. Soon

  after this transfer, he quit the RAF to take

  up architectural studies at the Technion

  university in Haifa. During his studies, Alon

  was summoned by the IDF command along

  with other native Israelis who flew for the

  RAF, to take up flight duty with the Palma-

  ch’s air component, flying civilian-marked

  light aircraft.

  On October 15, 1948, the IDF initiated opera-

  tion “Ten Plagues” to dislodge the Egyptian

  army entrenched along the Ashdod-Heb-

  ron road leading to Jerusalem. Returning

  from a combat mission in “Messer D-114”

  Alon experienced mechanical difficulty

  over Herzliya air strip and in his attempts

  to correct it while airborne, he lost control

  of the aircraft which ended in a fatal crash,

  killing the hero of the new state of Israel.

  BOXART STORY #70152

  Text: Yoav Efrati

  Illustration: Adam Tooby

  First blood

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  #82141

  BOXART STORY

  The boxart of Eduard’s September release

  depicts the fight of Uffz Johannes Rathenow

  with the British Boston formation on July 4,

  1942, over the Netherlands. This was the first

  victory of IV./JG 1, which later became I./JG 1,

  re-equipped with Heinkel He 162 jets at the

  end of the war. However, the German unit did

  not come unscathed out of the engagement.

  The crews of No. 226 Squadron RAF, armed

  with Bostons III, were joined in the spring of

  1942 by some personnel of the American 15th

  BS of the 27th BG. The Yanks were to learn

  low-altitude bombing tactics from their Bri-

  tish counterparts. The first joint mission was

  scheduled for the morning of July 4, 1942.

  Twelve aircraft were prepared for the raid on

  the airfields in the Netherlands, including six

  with American crews. Their targets were De

  Kooy, Haamstede, Valkenburg and Bergen-

  -op-Zoom. The latter airfield, where IV./JG

  1 was based, was attacked by P/O Charles

  M. Henning, F/Lt. Robert A. Yates-Earl and

  American 2/Lt. William G. Lynn Jr.

  Bostons have hit hangars and dispersals of

  IV./JG 1 few minutes after 8 am. Their bombs

  severely damaged a Bf 109F “White 11” of

  10./JG 1, killing one mechanic and injuring

  two others. However, the aircraft piloted by

  2/Lt. Lynn crashed within the airfield, appa-

  rently after being hit by flak. The flak also hit

  Henning's machine, but he managed to drop

  his load and continued flying.

  Just after the bombs were dropped, Ya-

  tes-Earl spotted a Bf 109 in front of him.

  He scored hits from his front guns, follo-

  wed by gunfire at point-blank range by his

  rear gunner, Sgt. Leaver. The stricken Bf 109

  F-4/Z (WNr. 7423) marked “White 9” crashed

  into one of the airfield buildings and its pilot,

  Uffz. Erwin Grütz of 10./JG 1, was killed.

  The pair of Bostons were pursued by a plane

  which was leaving a black smoke trail. The

  British thought it was the same one they had

  hit over the airfield, but it was a different air-

  craft. Behind the controls of this plane was

  Uffz. Johannes Rathenow of 10./JG 1 and the

  engine of his machine was apparently ru-

  nning in short-term power boost mode. He

  managed to catch up with the Bostons over

  the sea and concentrated his fire on the

  damaged aircraft manned by 20-year-old

  P/O Henning. The British machine burst into

  flames, disintegrated, and the navigator, P/O

  Percy J. Voyzey as well as the radio opera-

  tor/gunner, Sgt. Herbert T. Willig, were killed

  along with their pilot.

  A victorious Rathenow is depicted in a series

  of photographs with the Fw 190 “White 12”,

  which show him in high spirits after this first

  victory, including a jump from the edge of

  the cockpit to the ground. The images have

  been described as such in several publicati-

  ons. The problem is that the war correspon-

  dent made them in late July 1942. On July 4

  Rathenow was still flying a Bf 109. It may

  have been his personal Bf 109F “white 4” with

  the Susi inscription under the cockpit.

  In March 1942, the Luftwaffe established the

  IV./JG 1 for a second time. Most of the ori-

  ginal IV Gruppe had been incorporated into

  JG 5 in northern Europe shortly before. The

  new IV./JG 1 was formed largely from seve-

  ral operational training units. From the end

  of April, it was gradually moved from Ger-

  many to various bases in the Netherlands.

  It was armed with a varied mix of diffe-

  rent versions of the Bf 109E and F fighters.

  At the end of June, it was assigned seven-

  teen Fw 190A-2s and fifteen Fw 190A-3s.

  However, these were in Germany with Über-

  nahmekommando Rotenburg in Mönchen

  Gladbach, at which IV./JG 1 was gradually

  rearmed with the Fw 190s from mid-July

  1942. The transformation was accompa-

  nied by a number of problems with mal-

  functioning BMW engines. When parts of

  IV./JG 1 with Fw 190s began to move to Dee-

  len in the Netherlands at the end of July, the

  last Bf 109E’s were still to be seen alongside

  the new Focke-Wulfs. For the rest of 1942,

  IV./JG 1 over the Netherlands and Germa-

  ny mostly encountered reconnaissance

  Mosquitos, but occasionally got into combat

  with Spitfires, Bostons or Wellington bom-

  bers.

  Johannes Rathenow later scored a number

  of successes in combat against American

  four-engined bombers. He was killed on

  November 3, 1943, in fight with Boeing B-17s

  and their escorting P-38 fighters of the 55th

  FG over Germany. His aircraft exploded af-

  ter shots fired probably by Lightning pilots

  Major Milton Joel and 2/Lt. Willard L. Kreft.

  Text: Jan Bobek

  Illustration: Kateřina Borecká

  Fourth of July over the Netherlands

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  The Bf 110 was the fighter plane with the

  best victory/loss ratio in the Battle of

  Britain. This aircraft also performed well

  in attacks on ground targets. It continued

  in both roles as I. and II./ZG 26 took part in

  the attack on Yugoslavia and Greece. The

  fighting over Greece culminated on April

  20, 1941, with an aerial battle over Athens in

  which the most successful Western Allied

  fighter pilot, South African Pat Pattle, was

  killed by a Bf 110. He had more than 50 vic-

  tories to his credit.

  Due to the impending invasion of Crete,

  I. and II./ZG 26 were tasked with attacking

  the island's defences and vessels in its

  vicinity. They were reinforced by II./ZG 76,

  which moved to Argos airfield. Due to the

  paintings of shark mouths on the noses of

  their aircraft, they were known as the Hai-

  fischgruppe. Its commander was Maj. Erich

  Groth and one of his Staffelkapitäne was

  Hans-Joachim Jabs, the most successful

  Bf 110 fighter pilot of the Battle of Britain.

  He later became a successful night fighter

  with 50 victories. He was awarded Knight's

  Cross with Oak Leaf for his combat efforts.

  The defences of Crete were very strong and

  Allied airmen as well as gunners on land

  and in ships inflicted heavy losses to the

  attackers. The first appearance of Bf 110s

  over Crete was probably on May 11, when

  five aircraft from II./ZG 76 strafed He-

  raklion airfield. The Bofors gunners ope-

  ned fire, but due to late warning only one

  Gladiator from No. 112 Squadron RAF took

  off. Its pilot claimed a probable kill. Three

  days later, however, the Germans suffered

  a noticeable loss. A dozen aircraft from

  II./ZG 26 flew to Heraklion, where they

  came under fire from the Bofors gunners,

  and were also attacked by two Gladiators

  from 1430 Flight. New Zealander P/O Je-

  rry Westenra managed to hit a low-flying

  Bf 110 which crashed into the sea off the

  coast. Bofors gunners also claimed this

  victory. None of the crew survived. The pi-

  lot of the aircraft was Oblt. Sophus Baagoe

  of 5./ZG 26, a 14 victory ace. He was one of

  the pilots who may have killed Pat Pattle

  three weeks earlier over Athens. Another

  Bf 110 crash landed near the airfield after

  hits from Bofors and its crew was captu-

  red.

  On the day of the invasion of Crete, May 20,

  1941, 4./ZG 26 lost its commander Oblt. Re-

  inhold Heubel. In the afternoon, the Bf 110s

  of II./ZG 26 were to destroy the remaining

  Bofors positions at Heraklion. However,

  valiant Bofors gunners shot down two

  Bf 110s, killing Heubel, and capturing the

  other crew.

  The Bf 110s were also targeting vessels,

  as illustrated by Antonis Karydis in the

  illustration, portraying the aircraft of

  Hans-Joachim Jabs of II./ZG 76, which

  achieved excellent results during the figh-

  ting at Crete. Even a small vessel could be

  a dangerous target. On May 21, 1941, near

  Suda Bay, the Kommandeur of I./ZG 26,

  Hptm. Wilhelm Makrocki, who was a Kni-

  ght's Cross recipient and an ace with nine

  kills, attacked the small coastal patrol

  vessel Syvern. During the first attack, he

  killed one sailor by gunfire and wounded

  all the others. He continued to attack with

  his Bf 110 and men on the Syvern bravely

  fired small arms. During the sixth attack,

  one ammunition box on board exploded,

  debris hit the Bf 110, which in turn struck

  the mast and crashed into the sea. Not only

  did Makrocki died, but also his gunner, war

  correspondent Hptm. Heinrich Eisgruber,

  who served in the 3. Bayerisches Infante-

  rie-Regiment during the First World War.

  Syvern eventually reached the coast.

  While on patrol on May 31, about 25 km

  north of Kissamos Bay the Kapitän of

  2./ZG 26, Hptm. Karl Heindorf, tried to get

  into firing position behind a Maryland bom-

  ber. But he was hit from behind by Lt. Jim

  Williams of No. 24 Sqn. SAAF in another

  Maryland and was shot down in flames into

  the sea.

  During the two weeks of fighting for Crete,

  the Germans lost more than twenty Bf 110s

  and most of their crews. A considerab-

  le number of Bf 110s were damaged. The

  pilots in the cockpits of the Bf 110s suffe-

  red from poor air and sea rescue service.

  Many of them ditched in the sea but were

  left without help. ZG 26 lost six comman-

  ding or staff officers in this short period,

  which was comparable with the intensity

  of losses in the Battle of Britain.

  BOXART STORY #7464

  Text: Jan Bobek

  Illustration: Antonis Karydis

  Sharks over Crete

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  BOXART STORY

  In June 1942, the RAF introduced the Spitfi-

  re Mk.IX. In October 1942 the French No. 340

  Squadron (Ilede-France)(Ile-de-France),

  commanded by Cdt. Bernard Dupérier ob

  -

  tained them as well. Dupérier chose BS392

  aircraft as his personal mount, thus bearing

  the code letters GW

  -

  S as his previous Mk.V

  Spitfire BM324, his new Mk.IX showed also

  the Donald Duck motif , accompanied by the

  necessary squadron commander's flag, and

  below the windshield the Cross of Lorraine,

  emblem of the Free French squadrons . Cdt.

  Dupérier flew the new Spitfire BS392 only

  briefly , from October 25 to November 9,

  1942, he made six operational sorties with

  it. However, he shot down two Fw 190s in its

  cockpit on November 2, 1942, during Operati

  -

  on Rodeo 107. With his previous three kills it

  made Dupérier an ace.

  The Spitfire BS392 was subsequently used

  by various units and its fate was sealed

  on September 9, 1944, when a member of

  No. 310 (Czechoslovak) Squadron, Sgt. Voj-

  tech Škreka-Badouin, overshot the entire

  runway on landing and crashed. BS392 had

  to be written off.

  Bernard Dupérier was born in Paris on June

  13, 1907. He studied engineering at the Éco

  -

  le technique aéronautique et Construction

  automobile. After graduation, he enlisted in

  the air force in 1927 and obtained his military

  pilot's license on May 25, 1928. In November

  1928, he was commissioned a sergeant and

  was assigned to the 37th Aviation Regiment

  in Morocco, where he flew against Arab di

  -

  ssidents. He left the service in July 1930 and

  went into the Reserve. He continued his stu

  -

  dies and became an aeronautical and auto-

  motive engineer.

  At the end of August 1939, he was mo

  -

  bilized as a Reserve Lieutenant of the

  4e Escadrille/32e Escadre de Bombardment

  and in December 1940 he was sent to the USA

  as a representative of the Vichy Air Force. He

  joined the Free French Air Force (FAFL) on

  January 15, 1941, in New York and on arrival

  in England was promoted to the rank of Cap-

  tain on March 8, 1941. He was originally as-

  signed to FAFL Headquarters but was trans-

  ferred to No. 55 Operational Training Unit on

  April 8, 1941 and moved to No. 242 Squadron

  RAF on May 27, 1941. He achieved his first vic

  -

  tory on July 6, 1941, by shooting down a Bf 109.

  He was subsequently transferred to No. 615

  Squadron, then on October 30, 1941, he joined

  No. 340 Squadron as commander of B Flight,

  named “Versailles”. In May 1942 he was given

  command of the entire No. 340 Squadron,

  which he led until November 1942. In early

  December he was again transferred to FAFL

  Headquarters.

  In May 1943 Dupérier was assigned as su

  -

  pernumerary commander to No. 341 Squad-

  ron (Alsace) at Biggin Hill Base. After the

  death of Squadron Leader Rene Mouchotte,

  he assumed command of the squadron on

  August 30. He destroyed two more Fw 190s

  in aerial combat and was appointed com-

  mander of Biggin Hill Wing on September 25.

  He thus became one of the few Frenchmen

  to be appointed to the rank of RAF Wing Co

  -

  mmander. On December 1, 1943, he became

  commander of the newly established French

  No. 145 Wing, which he commanded until

  February 1944. In February 1944 he was as

  -

  signed to the administrative section of the

  headquarters, then in May he was assigned

  to the staff of General König, commander of

  the French forces in England.

  Bernard Dupérier (it was in fact a war mo

  -

  niker, his real name was Léon Sternberg de

  Armella) flew a total of 337 operational hours

  and completed 211 missions. He achieved se

  -

  ven aerial victories, one probable victory and

  also four aircraft damaged. He also destroy

  -

  ed or damaged 20 ships.

  He became a Reserve Colonel in 1946 and

  went on to serve as a corporate director

  in the United States and France. He was

  still active in the airline industry, becoming

  a consultant with Boeing and a director of

  Air France. In 1958 he entered politics and

  founded the association “Appel au général de

  Gaulle”, which played a major role in the Ge

  -

  neral’s return to power. Dupérier was elec-

  ted MP for the sixth constituency of Paris in

  the 1962 parliamentary elections. He wrote

  two books about his wartime experiences.

  The best known is La Vielle Equipe. Léon

  Sternberg de Armella aka Bernard Dupérier

  died on June 8, 1995 in Paris. He was buried

  in Barbas, Meurthe-et-Moselle.

  Text: Michal Krechowski

  Illustration: Vincenzo Auletta

  For a free France

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  S-199, D-106, Modi Alon, 101 Squadron (tayeset), Cheyl ha-avir, Aqir, Israel, June 1948

  S-199.302, rtm. Josef Filus, Squadron 1, Fighter Air Regiment 7, Brno-Černovice, Czechoslovakia, August 1949

  S-199.??, Stíhací výcvikové středisko, Planá u Českých Budějovic, Československo, květen 1948

  The aircraft with the fuselage code D-106 was delive-

  red to Israel on May 30, 1948, during Operation Balak’s

  Flight No. 16. As all the S-199s of the first batch it was

  equipped with an oil cooler under the nose. On June 1,

  it joined the fighting and just two days later Modi Alon

  achieved the first two air-to-air kills for the S-199

  fighter and, by extension, the newly established

  Israeli Air Force. Alon’s victims were two Egyptian

  C-47s makeshift bombers of the Royal Egyptian Air

  Force’s No. 3 Squadron. On the fateful day of the kills,

  “Messer” coded D-106 was the only airworthy fighter

  available to Israel, as the other three S-199s delive

  -

  red up to that time were either destroyed, damaged,

  or in various stages of assembly. The following day,

  No. 101 squadron pilot Dov Ben Zvi damaged D-106 on

  takeoff, leaving the squadron without any airworthy

  fighter. To counter REAF air raids, No. 101 squadron

  relocated to an improvised dirt airstrip set up in the

  town of Herzliya. Repaired “Mule” D-106 was made

  airworthy again, but not for long. On takeoff, while

  flown from the Herzliya airstrip, one of the wheels

  hit a patch of mud, causing the airplane to flip over.

  Gideon Lichtman survived the crash, but D-106 was

  scrapped.

  This “Mule” was manufactured in the Aero factory and

  was assigned to the Fighter Air Regiment 7 on August

  4, 1948. There it served with first squadron and got the

  code IV-3. On August 1, 1949, this “Mule” was damaged in

  the landing accident. Pilot, rtm. (Master Sergeant) Josef

  Filus was lightly wounded and the airframe was sent for

  repairs to the factory. After the repair the aircraft was

  assigned to the Air Military Academy in Hradec Králo

  -

  vé and was damaged again – this time during take-off

  accident at the Malacky airfield on March 31, 1951. Ano

  -

  ther damage happened on November 20, 1950, and it was

  still not the last one. During the take-off at the Zvolen

  airbase, where it served with the Training Air Regiment

  5, the trainee svob. (Private 1st Class) Antonín Kepr

  crashed it for the fourth time. It is interesting the S-199

  of this production number is stated as one of the Mules

  sent to Israel, but numerous records about its service in

  Czechoslovak Air Force are contrary to it.

  The Fighter Training Center was set up on Februa

  -

  ry 1, 1947, in order to provide new pilots with fighter

  training after they gained their basic and advanced

  piloting skills in the Aviation Training School. It was

  located at the Planá, the airfield near to České Budě

  -

  jovice. The personnel and aircraft of the Fighter Air

  Regiment 5 formed new Fighter Training Center with

  Aviation Regiment 4 and Training Squadron No. 2 also

  contributing. After the proper training of instructors,

  the first batch of student-pilots started their training

  on September 1, 1947. Very important course started

  in May 1948. As a part of the DI operation (DI stands

  in Czech for Restricted, Israel) several Israeli pilots,

  mostly foreign volunteers, undergone conversion

  training on the S-199 to fly them for Israeli Air For

  -

  ce. They used several different aircraft, and the one

  coded JV-9 was one of them. The serial number of

  this aircraft is not known, there are several numbers

  which would fit in time and location and are not as

  -

  signed to any known code. We have chosen number

  73 from them as one of probable. The marking was

  standard, and the aircraft probably lacked the blue

  highlighting of all the air inlets.

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  S-199, D-108, 101 Squadron (tayeset), Cheyl ha-avir, Qastina, Israel, September 1948

  S-199.66, A-798, ak. Ladislav Strnad, Air Military Academy, Hradec Králové,

  Czechoslovakia, June 1950

  S-199, 1907, 101 Squadron (tayeset), Cheyl ha-avir, Israel, December 1948

  Messer D-108 was one of the first batch of ten Me-

  ssers brought by Israel and arrived on board of Balak

  No. 19 flight on May 31, 1948. It was taken to the ac

  -

  tion for the very first time on June 5 and was one of

  the S-199s which survived the war. It was scrapped

  after October 15, 1950. During its wartime career,

  it suffered damage during the landing accident on

  August 21, 1948, with Mitchell Flint behind the contro

  -

  ls. Originally the D-123 sported smaller insignia and

  the early-style serial. These were repainted at Qasti

  -

  na and the aircraft sported also some visible repairs

  with darker green color. Whole the lower nose panel

  of the cooling system was repainted with this color,

  only area around the stencil stayed in the original

  color. The exact hue of the repair green is not known,

  but it was surely not the fresher paint of the original

  one, as Israel was not provided with original colors

  by Czechoslovakia.

  This aircraft was assigned to the Air Regiment 7 on

  August 4, 1948. On May 10, 1950, it was sent to the

  LVA (Air Military Academy), where it was damaged

  during take-off from the Pardubice airfield. A good

  quality photo of crashed aircraft exists and shows

  very interesting coloring, as the rear fuselage and

  engine cowls are clearly different shade of lighter

  color compared to the original green. There might

  be several theories about this aircraft’s colors. We

  believe there were probably some minor repairs

  needed on the rear fuselage (or just overpainting of

  original user´s code?) and as the LVA ran out of stan

  -

  dard green color the tan color intended for C-104s

  was used. As there was also a need to change the

  engine cowl at some point, the one from dark green

  aircraft was used and overpainted in the same co

  -

  lor as the rear fuselage to keep the aircraft in some

  color “order”. But the new coat chipped around the

  machine gun barrels and the darker green surfaced

  there. Also, the right slat is clearly of darker green

  color. The question mark hangs over the national

  insignia on upper wing surfaces. On the photo it

  seems like they were not painted there, but it mig-

  ht well be due to the over exposition of the surface

  under the direct sun only. Their absence would not

  make any sense… Interesting is also obvious absence

  of most of the stencils. The front of the fuselage and

  wings are quite worn out, while both green and rear

  tan part of fuselage looks like new. The engine cowl

  sports some chipping and repairs in contrast.

  Last of the Messers to arrive to Israel was very short

  -

  -lived. The aircraft should have been coded D-124

  under original code system but as it arrived late, it

  probably never got it and was designated directly as

  1907 according to the new system. The flight Balak

  No. 65, which had this plane on board, was scheduled

  to arrive to Israel on July 18, but was forced to land in

  Italy at the Rome airport and the C-47 was impoun

  -

  ded there until November 26. After being assembled

  Syd Cohen ferried the 1907 from Aquir to Qastina on

  December 5. First sortie of this Messer was planned

  for December 15, but Wayne Peake flipped it during

  takeoff. The rear fuselage nearly ripped in two pieces

  and the aircraft was written off.

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  WNr. 437, Uffz. Johannes Rathenow, 10./JG 1, Woensdrecht, the Netherland, July 1942

  WNr. 2080, 10.(Jabo)/JG 2, Beaumont-le-Roger, France, spring 1942

  WNr. 0552, Hptm. Josef Priller, CO of III./JG 26, Wevelgem, Belgium, late August 1942

  On July 4, 1942, in this Fw 190A-3 Uffz. Rathenow

  scored his first air victory over the enemy aircraft,

  the victim was a Boston Mk.III from No. 226 Squadron

  RAF. The British bomber crashed into the sea twenty

  kilometers west of the Dutch village of Callanstsoog.

  During WWII Johannes „Boulette“ Rathenow scored

  in total seven kills, besides the British Boston all

  the others were American B-17s. He met his fate on

  November 3, 1943 when he took off with 1./JG 1 for

  a mission against the American bombers and their

  escorting P-38 fighters who were headed for a raid

  on Wilhelmshaven. After he was hit over Bad Zwis

  -

  chenahn Rathenow’s Fw 190A-6 exploded.

  In the end of 1941 Luftwaffe was considering to

  restart its bombing of the Great Britain as well as the

  coastal shipping. It was established that each fighter

  unit deployed against Great Britain will commission

  one Staffel to the „hit and run“ bombing attacks.

  10.(Jabo) Staffel of the JG 2 flew in this role. Led by

  Oblt. Frank Liesendahl, in four months the unit sank

  20 ships representing 630 000 BRT displacement.

  Blue 6 flying with 10.(Jabo)/JG 2 sported the standard

  Luftwaffe day fighters‘ camouflage of RLM 74/75/76.

  The units insignia was a fox biting the ship. On Au

  -

  gust 26, 1942 this Focke Wulf, at that time attached to

  10.(Jabo)/JG 26 as black 13, was shot down by the AA

  fire of a Canadian unit at Eastbourne. The pilot, Ofw.

  Werner Kassa was killed.

  Josef ”Pips“ Priller was born on July 27, 1915 in In

  -

  golstadt, Bavaria. In 1935, he joined Wehrmacht, and

  as soon as one year later, in October 1936, he started

  to attend the fighter pilot training. He managed his

  first shot down as a commander of 6. Staffel JG 51

  when he downed a Spitfire above Dunkerque on May

  28, 1940. In November 1940, he was appointed a com

  -

  mander of the 1./ JG 26. On December 6, 1941, he beca-

  me commander of III./ JG 26, from January 11,1943 he

  lead the whole Jagdgeschwader 26. His total number

  of shot downs kept growing. On December 20, 1941,

  his successes were rewarded - Priller was decorated

  with Knights Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves

  and Swords. On January 28, 1945, he was appointed

  a post of an Inspekteur der Jagdflieger Ost, where he

  remained till the end of WWII. Priller’s total score of

  shot downs was 101 enemy aircraft. All of the shot

  downs happened in the Western Front. After war he

  married Johanna Riegele, the proprietor of a brewery

  and became general manager of Riegele brewery in

  Augsburg, Germany. He died of heart attack on May

  20, 1961. The aircraft flown by Josef Priller in late su

  -

  mmer 1942, in the standard camouflage scheme for

  Luftwaffe fighters, had a yellow rudder and bottom

  portion of the engine cowl. It also carried the mar

  -

  king for the CO of the III. Gruppe. The tail carried 77

  kill markings, his tally to August 29, 1942.

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  WNr. 130539, Hptm. Heinz Krafft, CO of I./JG 51, Vyazma, Soviet Union, Autumn 1942

  WNr. 125425, Fw. Kurt Kundrus, 12./JG 5, Herdla, Norway, December 1943

  Heinz Kraft was born on August 13, 1914 in Bílina, Aus-

  tria-Hungary (nowadays Czech Republic). After the

  birth of Czechoslovakia his parents emigrated with

  him to Germany where in 1935 he joined Wehrmacht

  and the following year was accepted to Luftwaffe.

  In 1939 he flew with 3./JG 51. During the Western

  campaign he scored four kills. On November 11, 1940

  he was ordered to command 3. Staffel which he led

  during the attack of the Soviet Union. On March 18,

  1942 he was decorated with the Knights Cross having

  scored 48 kills and on June 1, 1942 he was promoted

  to command the whole I. Gruppe. After the conversi

  -

  on training to Fw 190 his I./JG 51 returned back to the

  Eastern Front in Leningrad area. On December 10, 1942

  he scored his last kill, number 78. Four days later he

  was shot down by the AA fire of a soviet unit south of

  the village of Beliy at Rzhev and was killed during the

  emergency landing. Fw 190A-3 in which Heinz „Gaudi“

  Krafft was killed featured a non-standard camouflage

  in two shades of dark green. It remains unclear what

  kind of paint they were exactly. One of the possibilities

  is the combination of RLM 70 and RLM 71. The yellow

  wingtips on the lower surfaces and the fuselage band

  under the fuselage cross identify the aircraft assigned

  to the Eastern Front. The engine cowling sports the JG

  51 insignia and the I./JG 51 marking is painted under

  the windshield.

  This aircraft was built as an Fw 190A-2. During its

  service life, it had a BMW-801D-2 engine installed,

  which was a change that introduced the A-3 model.

  On December 15, 1943, Kundrus set the aircraft down

  gently into the sea after taking off from Herdla and su

  -

  ffering engine failure. After some 63 years, the aircraft

  was raised and has been in the collection of a museum

  in Herdia since 2007. The aircraft was camouflaged in

  RLM 74/75/76 and carried yellow eastern Front reco

  -

  gnition markings on the bottom wingtips and rudder.

  The engine cowl sports the IV./JG 5 unit marking while

  the 12./JG 5 badge appears below the windscreen.

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  MW835, W/Cdr Charles H. Dyson, CO of Southern Sector, RAF Middle Wallop, Hampshire,

  Great Britain, 1946

  MW800, S/Ldr Frank W. M. Jensen, CO of No. 54 Squadron, RAF Chilbolton, Hampshire,

  Great Britain, June 1946

  PR527, RDF, Chakeri, India, January 1947

  After W/Cdr Roland Beamont the new Southern Sector

  commander became Charles „Deadstick“ Dyson who

  had his leader’s MW835 repainted with his inititials

  „C

  -

  D“ and add to the marking the unusually gaudy red

  and yellow lightning on the both sides of the fuselage.

  The lightning was partially deleted and only the red

  nose with red chevrons on the sides remained. Black

  and white propeller spinner was probably the rema

  -

  inder of the original scheme. From the period photo-

  graph we can determine that the MW835 landing gear

  covers on both sides were either replaced or repainted

  as the corresponding part of the wing codes on the lo

  -

  wer wing surfaces is missing.

  During the Victory Flight Parade, which took place on

  June 8, 1946 over London, No. 54 Squadron was led by

  S/Ldr Frank Jensen in his personal Tempest MW800

  carrying fuselage code letters HF

  -

  V. No. 54 Squadron

  was one of two units that flew Tempest Mk.II within

  the Fighter Command therefore they were located on

  the Great Britain‘s territory. The aircraft carried the

  standard camouflage in Ocean Grey and Dark Green

  colors on the upper surfaces and Medium Sea Grey

  on the lower surfaces. The band on the rear fuse

  -

  lage and code letters were painted Sky. The Jensen’s

  aircraft carried the squadron commander pennant

  under the windshield. The photograph confirms that

  the left landing gear covers was probably a replace

  -

  ment from another Tempest.

  The first Tempests that arrived in India in the end of

  June 1945 were PR256 and PR527. They sported the

  Day Fighter Scheme with at that time applicable com

  -

  bat identification of the fighters operating in ACSEA

  area – the white propeller spinner as well as white

  serial number and stripes on the wings, horizontal

  and vertical tail surfaces. The smaller and modified

  national insignia were painted in the combination of

  dark and light blue color. From January 1947 the air

  -

  craft flew at the research and development aviation

  Chakeri. Eight months later it was handed over to

  the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) which operated it in

  this markings except of the national markings which

  were replaced with the pre-war RAF insignia.

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  PR736, S/Ldr Dennis C. Usher, CO of No. 16 Squadron, BAFO, Fassberg, Germany,

  1946–1948

  PR788, S/Ldr R. N. G. Allen, No. 33 Squadron, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, February 1948

  PR674, W/Cdr Frank R. Carrey, No. 135 Wing, BAFO, RAF Fassberg,

  Německo, srpen 1948 – únor 1949

  No. 16 Squadron was established on February 10,

  1915 at Saint Omer base in France and afterwards it

  was disbanded and re-activated several times. After

  WWII on October 20, 1945 it was disbanded as a part

  of the RAF downsizing so as to be re-established on

  September 19, 1945 as a new No. 16 Squadron based

  on No. 268 Squadron. The unit operated at Celle base

  in Germany as a tactical reconnaissance unit until

  another disbandement on March 31, 1946. However

  on the next day, as a part of the reorganization, it

  was re-stablished again by re-numbering No. 56

  Squadron at Fassberg base in Germany. It was newly

  equipped with Tempests Mk.V which on June 7, 1946

  replaced Tempests Mk.II. Sixteenth Squadron opera

  -

  ted at Fassberg base as a part of No. 135 Wing BAFO

  in the fighter-bomber role until it was disbanded one

  more time on June 1, 1957. Tempest PR736 was flown

  by the unit’s commander, S/Ldr. Dennis Charles Usher

  and his aircraft carried the squadron commander

  pennant under the windshield. No. 16 Squadron in

  -

  signia was painted on the engine cowling.

  After WWII No. 33 Squadron first operated in Germa

  -

  ny from where it was in the beginning of June 1949

  dispatched on board of HMS Ocean to the Far East

  where it operated until 1970. Until 1960 it flew combat

  sorties against the communist guerilla forces in Ma

  -

  laysia. It was also the last RAF operational unit flying

  Tempests Mk.II. The last missions were flown on June

  6, 1951, after that the unit started to re-equip with

  De Havilland Hornet F.3. In the end of February 1948,

  S/Ldr R. N. G. Allen led the formation of four Tempests

  from No.33 Squadron to the RAF base Thorney Island

  where they stayed a week to perform demonstrati

  -

  ons for the School of Ground and Air Warfare in Old

  Sarum. For that occasion S/Ldr Allen’s aircraft PR788

  coded 5R

  -

  A received a shading to it’s coding. The le

  -

  tter A was repeated under the nose on black outlined

  white circle. Under the standard conditions the letter

  would be black but on this commander’s aircraft the

  upper half of the letter A was painted red, same as

  the propeller spinner of the A flight, while the bottom

  half was blue, same as the flight B propeller spinner.

  Tempest Mk. II PR674 with black codes FR

  -

  C was

  a personal aircraft of the No. 135 Wing commander,

  W/Cdr Frank Reginald Carrey. Before that it was flown

  by W/Cdr J. W. E. Holmes. Frank Carrey enlisted in the

  RAF in September 1927 and in 1935 he was accepted

  into pilot training. In September 1936 he was ordered

  to No. 43 Squadron flying the Fury biplanes. Carrey

  was selected for the flight’s aerobatic team and per

  -

  formed at many air shows. In the beginning of 1939

  No. 43 Squadron was re-equipped with Hurricanes

  and after the outbreak of war Carrey scored his first

  three shared kills. On May 10 he was ordered to No.

  3 Squadron with which he took part in the Battle of

  France and Battle of Britain. In the end of 1941, as

  a No. 135 Sqaudron commander, he was dispatched

  to Rangoon in the Far East and in February 1942 he

  assumed command of the No. 267 Wing. In the end of

  1943 he stopped flying combat and worked in India at

  the Air Fighting Training Unit. In November 1944 he

  was promoted and left for Egypt to No. 73 OTU. In June

  1945 he returned to Europe and was put in command

  of the No. 135 Wing in Germany. He held this position

  until the beginning of 1949. In 1958 he relocated to

  Australia where he worked as an aviation advisor.

  On June 2, 1960 he retired and returned to Great Bri-

  tain. On December 6, 2004 he passed away at the age

  of 92. During WWII Frank Carrey shot down 25 enemy

  aircraft individually and another three in cooperati

  -

  on. He also recoreded four unconfirmed kills, three

  probables and eight aircraft damaged. He became

  one of the most successful Hurricane pilots.

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  A139 (ex PR809), No. 14 Squadron, Royal Pakistan Air Force, Pakistan, 1949

  HA547, No. 7 Squadron, Royal Indian Air Force, India, 1949

  HA426, No. 7 Squadron, Royal Indian Air Force, Jammu, India, December 1948

  On November 1, 1948 in Peshavar the No. 14 Squad-

  ron of the Royal Pakistan Air Force was established.

  Only four days later the first encounter of RIAF and

  RPAF aircraft took place when two RIAF Tempestes

  attacked the Pakistani Dakota. On January 15, 1949

  the No. 14 Squadron was disbanded due to the fact

  that during December the unit had lost two Tempests

  and without replacement aircraft the situation beca

  -

  me critical. The supplies of new Tempests commen-

  ced in March 1949 and the aircraft were immediately

  allocated to the combat units. They received the se

  -

  rials from A128 to A151 and were easily recognizable

  thanks to their desert camouflage scheme. The reco

  -

  gnition stripes were not applied. As the material and

  personal situation improved on December 15, 1949 the

  No. 14 Squadron was again re-activated under the le

  -

  adership of Julian Kazimierz Żuromski. On March 24,

  1950 the unit has been relocated to Miranshah for its

  first combat deployment against Faqir of Ipi uprising.

  The first from 89 Tempests that underwent the over

  -

  haul and were delivered to RIAF, was HA547. Origina-

  lly it was PR874 airframe which in February 1946 was

  delivered directly to the storage and after more than

  two years was sold from No. 20 MU (Maintenance

  Unit) back to Hawker in order to satisfy the aircraft

  deliveries for India and Pakistan. All Tempests were

  finished in Aluminum. Initially these aircraft carried

  the „Chakra“ style national insignia which were soon

  replaced by the new orange-white-green cockades.

  These were introduced in 1950.

  Even though HA426 from No. 7 Squadron still sports

  the original RAF Day Fighter Scheme it already ca

  -

  rries the new orange-white-green RIAF cockades.

  There is a winged battle axe, No. 7 Squadron insignia,

  painted below the canopy. White wingtips as well as

  white propeller spinner and rear fuselage band were

  applied to RIAF Tempests to distinguish them from

  RPAF aircraft carrying the same camouflage.

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  FE1208 Tempest Mk.II seatbelts STEEL (PE

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  644104 Tempest Mk.II LööK (Brassin)

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  648636 Tempest Mk.II wheels (Brassin)

  648637 Tempest Mk.II undercarriage legs BRONZE (Brassin)

  648638 Tempest Mk.II gun bays (Brassin)

  648639 Tempest Mk.II cockpit (Brassin)

  648641 RP-3 60lb rockets for Tempest Mk.II (Brassin)

  648654 Tempest Mk.II exhaust stacks (Brassin)

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  PR836, F/Lt Michael P. O. Blake, No. 3 Squadron, Royal Indian Air Force, Kolar, India, 1946–1947

  The first RIAF unit equipped with Tempests Mk. II was

  No. 3 Squadron which commenced the operations at

  Kolar airport in September 1946. In the same manner

  as with the other Indian squadrons the Tempests did

  not carry any fuselage codes except the individual

  letters. PR836 coded Q served with No. 3 squadron

  from October 1946 to May 14, 1947 when it was hea

  -

  vily damaged during the accident in Risalpur. After

  the landing the undercarriage broke off and S/Ldr

  M. L. Mishra was wounded. PR836 was often flown

  by F/Lt Michael Patrick Owen „Micky“ Blake who on

  October 27, 1946 had an honor to be the first Indian to

  fly a Tempest. His favorite PR836 with fuselage code

  Q was decorated with „Percy Prune“ comics charac

  -

  ter. Only part of the character, reaching the fuselage

  panel demarcation under the windshield is visible in

  the period photograph, however it is possible that it

  was painted all the way to fuselage to wing joint.

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  As noted earlier, RIAF squadrons had commenced equi-

  pping with Tempests in September 1946 – nearly a year

  before the country achieved independence. When ‘Par-

  tition’ was formally enacted on 15 August 1947, all the

  RAF’s Tempests (and other various types) in India were

  transferred to the two newly independent countries,

  the bulk (124) going to the RIAF and the remainder (35)

  to the RPAF. The RIAF Tempests included those already

  serving in RIAF units, namely Nos 2, 3, 4, 7, 8, and 10

  Squadrons. Nos 1 and 9 Squadrons, recently converted to

  Tempests from Spitres, were among the assets selected

  for transfer to the RPAF although Indian personnel in tho-

  se units were evacuated to their homeland.

  No 2 Squadron, also recently converted from Spitres,

  was short-lived as a Tempest unit, disbanding at the end

  of 1947, leaving the RIAF with ve operational Tempest

  squadrons.

  No 3 Squadron eventually converted to Vampires in De-

  cember 1952

  No 4 Squadron had taken over No 30 Squadron RAF’s

  Tempests in July 1947 and would be the last Squadron to

  y Tempests operationally, not trading them for Vampires

  until April 1954.

  No 7 Squadron left its original Tempests at Risalpur for

  the RPAF but, re-equipped with replacement aircraft,

  continued to operate until the end of 1949.

  No 8 Squadron, the second to y Tempests, continued

  to operate them until Nov 1951 when they were replaced

  by Vampires.

  No 10 Squadron received its rst Tempests in May 1947

  and were the second to last to operate the type, begin-

  ning conversion to Vampires in December 1953.

  In October 1947 an invasion into disputed Indian terri-

  tory (in Jammu and Kashmir) by tribal insurgents from

  Pakistan, took place, inevitably developing into war

  between to two new nations. The RIAF Tempests were

  heavily employed supporting ground troops in the gh-

  ting which continued throughout 1948. Bombs, RP and

  cannon were used to great eect. No air combat took

  place other than the interception of a RPAF Dakota which

  was damaged as it was driven away. The war reached

  a stalemate situation towards the end of 1948 and the

  United Nations brokered a ceasere that was imposed

  on 31 January 1949.

  Meanwhile, attrition had forced the RIAF to look for re-

  inforcements for its Tempest force and surplus RAF Tem-

  pests were purchased. These aircraft had mostly been in

  store since their delivery but in May 1948 113 were sold

  back to their manufacturer, Hawker Aircraft at Langley,

  where they were completely refurbished and brought up

  to the latest standard. India acquired 89 of these Tem-

  pests, allocating serial numbers HA547 to HA635; they

  Title photo: The rst RIAF unit to equip with the Tempest was No 3 Squadron which began conversion at Kolar

  in September 1946. PR836 Q was reported with that squadron the following month and served with them until it was

  badly damaged in an accident at Risalpur on 14 May 1947, when the undercarriage collapsed and Sqn Ldr M.L. Mishra

  was injured. In common with the other RIAF Tempest squadrons, no unit codes were carried, just individual letters.

  India

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  were all nished in the new RAF scheme – ‘Aluminium’

  paint. Initially marked with Chakra roundels they were

  soon being delivered wearing the new Saron/white/

  green roundels adopted by the RIAF in November 1948.

  Tempests transferred from RAF stocks initially retained

  the RAF camouage. When identity markings were intro-

  duced (see photos) they were applied in white on camou-

  aged aircraft and black on Aluminium-painted machines.

  The stock of Tempests was further increased in July

  and August 1951 when 20 more former RAF Tempest were

  purchased. These were not refurbished machines but

  were mainly ex-BAFO Tempests that had been in store

  for a couple of years. The last Tempests were withdrawn

  from frontline units by 1954 but continued in second-line

  use until 1956; eventually many Tempests were utilised

  as aireld decoys. Six of the latter were rescued in 1979

  and form the basis for on-going restoration projects.

  Two of No 7 Squadron’s Tempests, PR616 G and

  PR723 K, at Palam around the time of Indepen-

  dence but still wearing RAF camouage and na-

  tional markings.

  Seen running up prior to ight at No 322 MU, Chakeri (shortly before handover to the RIAF in October 1947), PR668

  E of No 10 Squadron was one of the rst to receive the new DFS. Sprayed directly over the original nish the Alumi-

  nium paint soon wore away to reveal the camouage beneath.

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  The rst of 89 ex-RAF Tempests refurbished for the RIAF was HA547, seen here at Langley shortly before delivery

  early in 1949. The rst six came from the PR-series but the remaining 83 were earlier MW-serialled aircraft which

  had to be brought up to the same standard as the PR-series. HA547 was formerly PR874 which had been delivered

  straight into storage in February 1946 and after more than two years at No 20 MU had been sold back to Hawker to

  full the orders from India and Pakistan. Initially the Tempests for India wore a newly designed RIAF roundel, based

  on the ‘Ashoka Chakra’ symbol, apparently incorrectly painted in the same national colours as the n ash (green/

  white/saron); it should have been dark blue.

  In November 1948 a change in policy introduced the simpler saron/white/green roundel, as seen here on HA635

  (previously MW388) – the last aircraft of Hawker order, seen here at Deversoir (Egypt) en route to India. This view

  also clearly shows the head-rest support which was standard on the refurbished aircraft and was also retro-tted

  to RAF Tempests.

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  Although still wearing its original RAF DFS, HA426 L of No 7 Squadron has the new green/white/saron RIAF

  roundels. It also displays the unit’s winged battle-axe badge and was own on operations from Jammu in 1948.

  The front view clearly shows the white wing tip markings that, along with the white spinner, had been applied to

  RIAF camouaged Tempests to help dierentiate them from the similarly camouaged RPAF aircraft.

  prol HA426

  HA426, No. 7 Squadron, Royal Indian

  Air Force, Jammu, December 1948

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  Two of the Hawker-refurbished Tempests, HA621 H (formerly MW828) and HA622 K (MW741), display the black iden-

  tity markings introduced in December 1948 to help dierentiate RIAF ghters from RPAF Tempests and (later) Furies.

  These Tempests were from the Advanced Flying School at Hakimpet.

  By 1961 many of the surviving IAF Tempests had been gathered at Chakeri. Many of these would survive well in the

  1970s, scattered round IAF airbases as decoys. HA559 was formerly MW847, one of the Hawker-refurbished purchases.

  HA598, No. 7 Sqn,

  Royal Indian Air Force, 1947

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  WNr. 3866, Oblt. Hans-Joachim Jabs/Oblt. Erich Weissflog, CO of 6./JG 76, Argos, Greece, April-June 1941

  WNr. 4114, Lt. Felix-Maria Brandis/Fw. Albert Harnack, 1.(Z)/JG 77, Rovaniemi, Finland, September 1941

  WNr. 4397, Oblt. Eduard Tratt/Uffz. Friedrich Gillert, CO of 4./ZG 26, Dugino, Soviet Union, February 1942

  In the end of 1941, the II. Gruppe ZG 76 including Oblt.

  Hans-Joachim Jabs, commander of 6./ZG 76, transfe

  -

  rred from Germany to Balkans in order to support the

  invasion of Crete. The Battle of Crete started on May 20,

  1941 and lasted until June 1, 1941. During this period the

  crew of Oblt. Hans-Joachim Jabs and Oblt. Erich Weiss

  -

  flog flew Bf 110E WNr. 3866 coded M8+IP. The lower part

  of the aircraft nose sported the shark mouth while the

  weapons upper cover was painted white. The propeller

  spinner tips and letter “I” were painted yellow, which

  was the color of 6. Staffel. Yellow paint on the front

  of the engine nacelles, rudders and the fuselage tail

  were the Balkans campaign markings. Jabs‘ 6. Staffel

  was typically tasked with ground targets and Allied

  shipping attacks on Crete. The dogfights were rare.

  In the beginning of 1941, Felix-Marian Brandis served

  with JG 77 and was assigned to Bf 110 Zerstörerkette

  which flew the coastal reconnaissance missions out

  of the Kirkenes base in Norway. After the invasion

  of the Soviet Union the unit was enforced and rede

  -

  signed to 1.(Z)/JG 77. It was deployed in the northern

  sector of the front based on Rovaniemi in Finland and

  Leutnant Felix-Maria Brandis assumed its command.

  The target of the crews was the port of Murmansk. On

  September 1, 1941, returning from the combat missi

  -

  on over the Soviet Union, two Bf 110E got lost in bad

  weather and landed in Tärendö, Sweden. These crews

  were Lt. Felix-Maria Brandis and radio operator Fw.

  Albert Harnack with Bf 110E WNr. 4114, LN+FR and Uffz.

  Rudolf Reitz and radio operator Gefr. Guntram Weigl

  in the Bf 110E WNr. 4113, LN+KR. On September 7, 1941,

  all airmen were returned from Sweden and could

  continue their service in Luftwaffe. In the end of Sep

  -

  tember both aircraft were returned to Germans as

  well. Lt. Brandis was killed on February 2, 1942, after

  an emergency landing in Bf 110E, WNr. 2546, LN+AR on

  the frozen lake Pjaosero. His radio operator Fw. Her

  -

  bert Baus was thrown out of the cockpit and suffered

  the head wounds to which he later succumbed.

  After the attack on the Soviet Union in June 1941, Oblt.

  Tratt flew with SKG 210 on the central sector of the

  front. His unit focused on attacking the ground targets

  while the dogfights took place quite often. Until the

  end of 1941, Oblt. Eduard Tratt scored in total nine kills

  of the Soviet aircraft and in January 1942 assumed

  command of the 4./JG 26. On February 18, 1942, the

  crew of Oblt. Eduard Tratt and radio operator Uffz.

  Friedrich Gillert flying Bf 110E WNr. 4397, 3U+EM over

  Rzhev was hit by the AA fire and wounded. The aircraft

  carried ZG 26 insignia on the both sides of the nose and

  the II./ZG 26 insignia, the yellow clog on the outer sides

  of the engine nacelles. It also sports the Eastern Front

  markings, the yellow band on the fuselage and yellow

  wingtips on the lower surfaces. There are 18 kill marks

  (Abschussmarken) painted on the vertical stabilizer

  with white number 4397 above them. Oblt. Eduard Tratt

  was killed on February 22, 1944, on the Western Front.

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  Lt. Herbert Kutscha/Fw. Martin Heinz, 5./ZG 1, Soviet Union, 1942

  In the beginning of the war, Lt. Herbert Kutscha flew

  with II./JG 77 but soon was ordered to 5./ZG 1 equi

  -

  pped with Bf 110. During the French campaign he shot

  down several enemy aircraft including the Bf 109 of

  the neutral Switzerland’s air force. On the Eastern

  Front where his II./ZG 1 was redesigned to II./SKG 210,

  Kutscha enjoyed great successes as a fighter-bom

  -

  ber pilot. His II. Gruppe SKG 210 led by Hptm. Rolf Kad-

  rack specialized in the high-speed low level attacks

  which led to the unit’s designation the Fast Bombing

  Squadron (SKG

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  Schnellkamptgeschwader). Having

  scored 22 kills Lt. Herbert Kutscha was awarded the

  Knight’s Cross.

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  BS392, S/Ldr. Bernard Dupérier, CO of No. 340 Squadron, RAF Biggin Hill, United Kingdom, autumn 1942

  EN315, S/Ldr. Stanisław Skalski, Polish Combat Team, Northern Africa, spring 1943

  Bernard Dupérier, the CO of No. 340 Sqdn., instructed

  ground personnel to paint the Donald Duck artwork

  on several of his aircraft. Besides this Spitfire, the

  artwork was applied to his Douglas DB-7 and Spit

  -

  fire Mk.Vb, BM324. The CO´s aircraft is marked with

  a pennant brushed on the fuselage and the Lorraine

  Cross was used by Free French squadrons. Dupérier,

  an ace credited with seven victories, took command

  of No. 340 Sqdn, on April 10, 1942. That day, previous

  CO Phillipe de Scitivaux, was downed and captured

  by the enemy. Dupérier flew this Spitfire only rarely

  in the period from October 25 to November 7, 1942.

  Later on he became the CO of No. 341 Sqdn., and after

  the war was active in politics and supported General

  de Gaulle. Spitfire BS392 was used by various units,

  its fate being sealed on September 9, 1944. A mem

  -

  ber of No. 310 Sqdn., Sgt. Vojtěch Škreka – Baudoin

  overran the runway during a landing maneuver and

  BS392 had to be written off.

  This aircraft was one of ten Spitfires flown by Po

  -

  lish pilots in the north African sky. The independent

  unit was called the Polish Combat Team. Stanisław

  Skalski, the famous fighter pilot with eighteen kills

  to his credit, acted as Squadron Leader for the Team.

  He was one of the pilots who flew this Spitfire. Six

  swastikas on the fuselage probably symbolize the

  victories achieved by various pilots while flying the

  aircraft. The desert camouflage scheme consists of

  Mid Stone and Dark Earth uppersides and Azure Blue

  undersides

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  EN133, No. 611 Squadron, RAF Biggin Hill, United Kingdom, early 1943

  EN354, Lt. Leonard V. Helton, 52nd FG, 4th FS, La Sebala Airfield, Tunisia, June 1943

  This Spitfire flew for the first time on November 16,

  1942 and its first and only known affiliation is with

  No. 611 Squadron RAF. Among squadron members

  who were entrusted with this aircraft was Franz

  Ferdinand Colloredo Mansfeld, a member of Austrian

  nobility and a US citizen (three confirmed kills and

  four probables). EN133 was destroyed on March 14,

  1943 during an attack on Abbeville airfield in France

  (Operation Ramrod 188), when Spitfires clashed with

  Fw 190s from JG 26. The pilot of EN133 – W/Cdr. James

  H. Slater, the CO of No. 453 Sqdn RAAF – was killed

  in action.

  The US Army Air Force was one of the Spitfire Mk.IX

  operators in the Mediterranean Theatre of Ope

  -

  rations. The 52nd Fighter Group flew Spitfires till

  March/April 1944 when it was re-equipped with the

  P-51 Mustang. The Group came to northern Africa as

  a part of the invading Allied forces during Opera-

  tion Torch that was launched on November 8, 1942.

  The British camouflage is topped up with US natio

  -

  nal insignia. At least one British roundel was left on

  the left wing underside. The former markings were

  ovepainted with fresh colors that seem to be darker

  than the rest of the camouflage. The new code letters

  were added then. The yellow outline of the national

  insignia was applied during Operation Torch to dis

  -

  tinguish US aircraft and frequently seen in the Medi-

  terranean during the following months.

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  OVERTREES

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  #70122X

  Spitfire Mk.IXc early version

  1/72

  #70122-LEPT

  Spitfire Mk.IXc early version

  1/72

  Product page

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  Recommended:

  for Spitfire F Mk.IX 1/72

  72623 Spitfire Mk.IX landing flaps (PE

  -

  Set)

  72624 Spitfire Mk.IX (PE

  -

  Set)

  72641 Spitfire F Mk.IX (PE

  -

  Set)

  SS597 Spitfire Mk.IX seatbelts STEEL (PE

  -

  Set)

  SS651 Spitfire Mk.IX radiator grilles (PE

  -

  Set)

  BIG72117 SPITFIRE Mk.IX (PE

  -

  Set)

  672110 Spitfire exhaust stacks - fishtail (Brassin)

  672111 Spitfire exhaust stacks - rounded (Brassin)

  672112 Spitfire Mk.IX cockpit (Brassin)

  672121 Spitfire 500lb bomb set (Brassin)

  672123 Spitfire Mk.IX top cowl early (Brassin)

  672126 Spitfire Mk.IX engine (Brassin)

  672134 Spitfire Mk.IX legs BRONZE (Brassin)

  672150 Spitfire Mk.IXc gun bays (Brassin)

  672173 Spitfire Mk. VIII / IX / XVI radiator fairings (Brassin)

  D72008 Spitfire Mk.IX stencils (Decal Set)

  D72010 Spitfire - British WWII roundels late (Decal Set)

  CX454 Spitfire Mk.IX (Mask)

  Cat. No. 672112

  Cat. No. 672126

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  F4F-3 Wildcat

  1/48

  Re-release

  #82201

  Product page

  KITS 09/2022

  ProfiPACK edition kit of US carrier based fighter F4F-3 Wildcat

  in 1/48 scale. Kit presents aircraft from United States Navy

  and Marine Corps.

  plastic parts: Eduard

  marking options: 6

  decals: Eduard

  PE parts: yes, pre-painted

  painting mask: yes

  resin parts: no

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  BuNo. 1850, Lt. Charles Shields, VF-41, USS Ranger (CV-4), December 1940

  VMF-111, Army-Navy maneuvers, Louisiana, United States, November 1941

  Lt. Edward H. O´Hare, VF-3, USS Lexington (CV-2), Hawaiian Islands, April 1942

  The first production block of the Wildcat resulted in

  49 aircraft and was delivered in a prewar scheme,

  meaning that the fuselage and lower wing surfaces

  were sprayed in aluminum, and the upper wing sur

  -

  faces were yellow. Wing markings were carried in

  all four positions, and on the fuselage they were ei

  -

  ther applied near the front or on the engine cowling.

  The color of the tail surfaces designated the aircraft’s

  home carrier. In this case, the carrier in question is

  the USS Ranger (CV-4), which was the first to receive

  Wildcats, followed by the USS Wasp (CV-7). The bands

  on the fuselage and wings, including the engine cowl

  ring, indicated which unit section the aircraft was

  flown by, and in the case of white, this would have

  been Section No. 2. Photographs of this aircraft show

  it prior to being delivered to the unit, and without

  weapons or its telescopic gunsight. The first nineteen

  aircraft within this production block had the engine

  cowl split into upper and lower halves.

  December 30, 1940, saw the implementation of

  a new camouflage scheme that was to replace the

  between-the-wars scheme. It required all aircraft

  flying off ships to be given an overall coat of FS

  36440 Light Gray. It was in this scheme that Marine

  Corps Wildcats from VMF-111 took part in large scale

  military exercises, and also sported red crosses on

  both upper and lower surfaces of the wings, as well

  as on both sides of the fuselage. These crosses were

  used to designate combat units during these mane

  -

  uvres.

  Edward Henry O’Hare was born on March 13, 1914 in

  St. Louis, Missouri, and after concluding his stint at

  the US Naval Academy in 1937, he was assigned to

  the battleship USS New Mexico (BB-40) as an Ensign.

  He initiated his pilot training in June 1939, which he

  successfully concluded in May 1940. This was fo

  -

  llowed by assignment to VF-3, operating off of the

  USS Saratoga (CV-3). In February 1942, the US Navy

  wanted to attack the base at Rabaul on the island

  of New Britain. The carrier Lexington led Task Force

  11, and VF-3 flew off of her. The ship was discove

  -

  red on her approach to the target, and the Japane-

  se sent two Betty units to intercept. The second of

  these units was only countered by ‘Butch‘ O’Hare and

  his wingman. O’Hare shot down three of the Bettys

  and seriously damaged another two, leading to the

  disruption of the attack force. The discovery of the

  attacking fleet caused the abandonment of the tar

  -

  get being Rabaul, and other targets were attacked...

  The Wildcat flown by O’Hare became a major point of

  interest on his return to the Hawaiian islands, and

  many photographs were taken of it. The plane’s lower

  surfaces were painted FS 36440 Light Gray, and upp

  -

  er and side surfaces were in FS 35189 Blue Gray. The

  national markings on the fuselage and in four positi

  -

  ons on the wings were complemented by thirteen red

  and white stripes on the rudder. Edward O’Hare did

  not see the end of the war, having likely been shot

  down flying a Hellcat during night combat on Novem

  -

  ber 26, 1943. His body was never found in the water,

  despite some witnesses claiming to have spotted

  a parachute. O’Hare settled in Chicago before the war,

  and in 1949 the city named its airport after him.

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  BuNo. 4019, Capt. Henry T. Elrod, VMF-211, Wake Island, December 1941

  BuNo. 2531, Lt. Elbert S. McCuskey, VF-42, USS Yorktown (CV-5), May 1942

  BuNo. 4006 (4008), Capt. John F. Carey, VMF-221, Midway Island, June 1942

  The first Japanese attempt to occupy Wake Island was

  made December 11, 1941. After the first initial bombard-

  ments, VMF-211 possessed only four airworthy Wildcats.

  One of the pilots that played a role in deflecting the

  attack was Captain Henry Talmadge Elrod that earlier

  had shot down a pair of G3M Nells, and during a raid

  on the invading Japanese flotilla he hit the destroyer

  Kisaragi with a 45kg bomb, causing the ship to explode

  shortly thereafter. According to some sources, he hit

  a depth charge storage area, the detonation of which

  sent the destroyer to the bottom with all 157 men aboard.

  Incoming aircraft and fire from 5-inch coastal batteries

  persuaded the Japanese to withdraw. A second attempt

  was made by the Japanese on December 23, 1941, at

  a time when there wasn’t a single airworthy Wildcat on

  the island. For that reason, Capt. Elrod took part in the

  ground fighting, and led a Marine unit until he fell, for

  which he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

  Wildcat coded 211-F-11, on which he had gained his vic-

  tories, was painted FS 36440 Light Gray underneath and

  FS 35189 on the upper and side surfaces. The national

  markings were in only the two positions on the wings,

  and the fuselage markings were complemented by

  a small marking at the rear.

  Elbert Scott McCuskey was born February 8, 1915 in Little

  Rock, Arkansas, and after attending universities in Alabama

  and Arkansas, he signed up for naval aviation training on

  May 28, 1938. After successfully undergoing pilot training, he

  was assigned to VS-41 on the USS Ranger as an Ensign in

  October 1939. In July 1941, he was reassigned to VF-42 on the

  USS Yorktown, on which he would serve until July 1942. Then,

  until June 1943, he trained young Naval Aviators in the art

  of flying, floowing this up with a return to operational flying

  as a unit commander, first with VF-6, and then, from March

  1944, with VF-8. Both of these units were flying the Hellcat

  by then. During his combat career in the Second World War,

  he gained 13.5 kills. He remained loyal to the Navy after the

  war, not retiring until July 1965. He died of a heart attack on

  June 15, 1997. With this Wildcat, he shot down a Zero in the

  Battle of the Coral Sea. The aircraft was camouflaged in the

  same way as the Wildcat flown by Lt. Edward O’Hare, and

  even the markings were similar, with one difference being

  the application of large American markings on the fuselage

  and wings. An interesting facet to this aircraft was the origi-

  nal markings on the wings being visible under the new ones.

  During the pivotal Battle of Midway, which swung the

  fortunes of the war in the Pacific to the Americans

  from the Japanese, aircraft did not fly exclusively

  from aircraft carriers. Some flew off of Miday Island

  itself. One of the units to do so was VMF-221, which

  did so with their Wildcats and Buffalos. Wildcat coded

  22 was flown by John Francis Carey, who managed

  to shoot down a B5N Kate while intercepting the

  incoming Japanese force. His Wildcat was, however,

  damaged by an escorting Zero. Carey himself was

  wounded in the foot, but managed to put down at

  Midway safely. He returned to duty and survived the

  war, and remained faithful to the USMC after war’s

  end. He took part in the wars in Korea and Vietnam,

  and finally went into a well deserved retirement on

  June 30th, 1965 with the rank of Colonel. He passed

  away on December 12, 2004. The Wildcat with which

  Capt. Carey achieved the aforementioned kill, was

  camouflaged with Blue Gray and Light Gray, and

  the national markings, in accordance with an order

  dated May 15, 1942, had their red components remo-

  ved. Similarly, the red and white stripes on the ruder

  were overpainted with the appropriate camouflage

  colour.

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  Recommended:

  for F4F-3 Wildcat 1/48

  481086 F4F-3 landing flaps (PE

  -

  Set)

  FE1290 F4F seatbelts STEEL (PE

  -

  Set)

  648766 F4F-3 exhausts PRINT (Brassin)

  648767 F4F-3 wheels early (Brassin)

  648768 F4F-3 wheels late (Brassin)

  648769 F4F gun barrels PRINT (Brassin)

  648777 F4F-3 cockpit w/ reflector gun sight PRINT (Brassin)

  3DL48076 F4F-3 late SPACE (3D Decal Set)

  EX878 F4F-3 TFace (Mask)

  Cat. No. 648777

  Cat. No. 3DL48076

  Cat. No. 648769

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  BRASSIN

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for F4F-3 in 1/48 scale.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 1 part

  - 3D print: 1 part

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted

  - painting mask: no

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for EA-18G in 1/48 scale.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Meng

  Set contains:

  - resin: 3 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted

  - painting mask: no

  644171

  F4F-3 early LööK

  1/48 Eduard

  644173

  EA-18G LööK

  1/48 Meng

  Product page

  Product page

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  Collection of 4 sets for Su-25 in 1/48 scale.

  Recommended kit: Zvezda

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboards & Steelbelts)

  - TFace painting mask

  - undercarriage wheels

  - ejection seat

  Collection of 3 sets for A-1H in 1/48 scale.

  Recommended kit: Tamiya

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboards & Steelbelts)

  - TFace painting mask

  - undercarriage wheels

  644175

  Su-25 LööKplus

  1/48 Zvezda

  644176

  A-1H LööKplus

  1/48 Tamiya

  Product page

  Product page

  BRASSIN 02/2022

  BRASSIN

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  BRASSIN

  Collection of 3 sets for A-1J in 1/48 scale.

  Recommended kit: Tamiya

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboards & Steelbelts)

  - TFace painting mask

  - undercarriage wheels

  Brassin set - the life raft for F4F-3 in 1/48 scale.

  The set consists of the raft and an open space for storing

  the raft. Made by direct 3D printing.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D parts: 10 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painting mask: no

  644177

  A-1J LööKplus

  1/48 Tamiya

  648770

  F4F-3 life raft PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

  Product page

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  BRASSIN 02/2022

  BRASSIN

  Brassin set - the cockpit for F4F-3 in 1/48 scale.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble, replaces

  plastic parts. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 13 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted

  - painting mask: no

  648765

  F4F-3 cockpit w/ telescopic gun sight PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

  INFO Eduard

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  BRASSIN

  Brassin set - the wing gun bays for A6M2

  in 1/48 scale. The set consists of the bays

  for both wings. Made by direct 3D printing.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D parts: 16 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painting mask: no.

  648771

  A6M2 gun bays PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  648772

  A6M2 tailwheel PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

  Product page

  Brassin set - the tailwheel for A6M2 in 1/48 scale.

  The set consists of the tailwheel and separate tailcone.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D parts: 4 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: yes

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  BRASSIN 02/2022

  BRASSIN

  Brassin set - the ejection seats for F/A-18F

  in 1/48 scale. The set consists of two seats.

  Recommended kit: Meng

  Set contains:

  - resin: 6 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the undercarriage wheels for F/A-18F

  in 1/48 scale. The set consists of the main wheels

  and nose wheels. Easy to assemble, replaces plastic

  parts. Recommended kit: Meng

  Set contains:

  - resin: 6 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: yes

  648775

  F/A-18F ejection seats

  1/48 Meng

  648776

  F/A-18F wheels

  1/48 Meng

  Product page

  Product page

  INFO Eduard

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  BRASSIN

  Brassin set - the seat for F4F in 1/48 scale.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble,

  replaces plastic parts. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 1 part

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the undercarriage wheels for

  P-38J in 1/48 scale. The set consists of the main

  wheels and nose wheel. Easy to assemble,

  replaces plastic parts. Recommended kit: Tamiya

  Set contains:

  - resin: 7 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painting mask: yes

  648781

  F4F seat early PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  648782

  P-38J wheels

  1/48 Tamiya

  Product page

  Product page

  INFO Eduard64

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  BRASSIN 02/2022

  BRASSIN

  Brassin set - landing flaps for P-38J in 1/48 scale.

  The set consists of the deployed flaps for both wings.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Recommended kit: Tamiya

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 12 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - undercarriage legs for P-38J

  in 1/48 scale. The legs are made of bronze.

  Recommended kit: Tamiya

  Set contains:

  - resin: 1 part

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  - bronze: 3 parts

  648783

  P-38J landing flaps PRINT

  1/48 Tamiya

  648784

  P-38J undercarriage legs BRONZE

  1/48 Tamiya

  Product page

  Product page

  INFO Eduard

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  BRASSIN

  Brassin set - bollards for USN vessels

  in 1/350 scale. The set consists of 16 bollards.

  Made by direct 3D printing.

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 16 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the seat for Ki-84 in 1/72 scale.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble,

  replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Arma Hobby

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 1 part

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted

  - painting mask: no

  653010

  WWII USN battleship bollards PRINT

  1/350

  672295

  Ki-84 seat PRINT

  1/72 Arma Hobby

  Product page

  Product page

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  Brassin set - the exhausts for Ki-84

  in 1/72 scale. Made by direct 3D printing.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Arma Hobby

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 2 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  672297

  Ki-84 exhaust PRINT

  1/72 Arma Hobby

  Product page

  BRASSIN 02/2022

  BRASSIN

  Brassin set - the undercarriage wheels for Ki-84

  in 1/72 scale. The set consists of the main wheels.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble,

  replaces plastic parts. Recommended kit: Arma Hobby

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 2 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: yes

  672296

  Ki-84 wheels PRINT

  1/72 Arma Hobby

  Product page

  INFO Eduard

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  BRASSIN

  SIN64890

  Sopwith Camel Bentley engine

  1/48 Eduard

  Product page

  Collection of 6 sets for Sopwith Camel in 1/48 scale.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  - Bentley engine PRINT

  - wheels

  - seat PRINT

  - Vickers Mk.I gun

  - Rotherham air pumps PRINT

  - 20lb bomb carrier PRINT

  All sets included in this BIG SIN are available separately,

  but with every BIG SIN set you save up to 30 %.

  Vickers Mk.I gun

  wheels

  20lb bomb carrier PRINT

  seat PRINT

  Rotherham air

  pumps PRINT

  Bentley engine PRINT

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  3DL32008 Yak-9T SPACE 1/32 ICM

  3DL48080

  F4F-3 early SPACE 1/48 Eduard

  Product page

  Product page

  EASY

  Application

  INFO Eduard70

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  SPACE

  3DL48081 P-38J SPACE 1/48 Tamiya

  3DL48082

  Spitfire F Mk.XVIII SPACE 1/48 Airfix

  3DL48083

  F-86F-40 SPACE 1/48 Airfix

  Product page

  Product page

  Product page

  INFO Eduard

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  Yak-9T

  1/32 ICM

  32998

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  SEPTEMBER 2022

  INFO Eduard72

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  landing flaps

  Yak-9T (interior)

  Yak-9T seatbelts STEEL

  32478

  33299

  33300

  BRASSIN 02/2022BRASSIN 02/2022

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  INFO Eduard

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  Bf 109G-6

  1/35 BORDER MODEL

  32999

  33331

  33332

  Bf 109G-6 (interior)

  Bf 109G-6 seatbelts STEEL

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  INFO Eduard74

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  36486

  Jagdtiger

  1/35 HOBBY BOSS

  36487

  Jagdtiger fenders

  BRASSIN 02/2022BRASSIN 02/2022

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  INFO Eduard

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  T-70B

  1/35 Zvezda

  36488

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  INFO Eduard76

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  Coyote TSV

  1/35 HOBBY BOSS

  36489

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  INFO Eduard

  77

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  491294

  P-38J

  1/48 TAMIYA

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  INFO Eduard78

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  P-38J seatbelts STEEL

  FE1294

  FE1295

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  INFO Eduard

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  F-86F-40

  1/48 AIRFIX

  491298

  FE1298

  FE1299

  F-86F-40 seatbelts STEEL

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  INFO Eduard80

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  491300

  Yak-9D

  1/48 ZVEZDA

  FE1300

  FE1301

  Yak-9D

  seatbelts

  STEEL

  PHOTO

  -

  ETCHED

  INFO Eduard

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  BIG ED

  All sets included in this BIG ED are available separately,

  but with every BIG ED set you save up to 30%.

  BIG49336 OH-13 1/48 Italeri

  BIG49337

  Su-25 1/48 Zvezda

  491275 OH-13 1/48

  FE1276 OH-13 seatbelts STEEL 1/48

  EX860 OH-13 1/48

  491277 Su-25 1/48

  FE1278 Su-25 seatbelts STEEL 1/48

  EX858 Su-25 1/48

  Product page

  Product page

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  BIG49339 D3A Val 1/48 Hasegawa

  491281 D3A1 Val 1/48

  FE1282 D3A1 Val seatbelts STEEL 1/48

  EX135 D3A Val 1/48

  Product page

  All sets included in this BIG ED are available separately,

  but with every BIG ED set you save up to 30%.

  BRASSIN 02/2022BRASSIN 02/2022

  BIG ED

  BIG49338 AH-1G 1/48 Special Hobby

  491279 AH-1G 1/48

  FE1280 AH-1G seatbellts STEEL 1/48

  EX862 AH-1G 1/48

  Product page

  INFO Eduard

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  MASKS

  IT FITS!

  JX291 Bf 109G-6

  1/35 Border Model

  JX292 Bf 109G-6 TFace

  1/35 Border Model

  JX293 Yak-9T

  1/32 ICM

  JX294 Yak-9T TFace

  1/32 ICM

  EX883 P-38J

  1/48 Tamiya

  EX884 P-38J TFace

  1/48 Tamiya

  EX885 Spitfire F Mk.XVIII

  1/48 Airfix

  EX886 Spitfire F Mk.XVIII TFace

  1/48 Airfix

  EX887 F-86F-40

  1/48 Airfix

  EX888 F-86F-40 TFace

  1/48 Airfix

  EX889 Yak-9D

  1/48 Zvezda

  EX890 Yak-9D TFace

  1/48 Zvezda

  EX891 F3F-2

  1/48 Academy

  EX892 F3F-2 TFace

  1/48 Academy

  CX626 Ki-84

  1/72 Arma Hobby

  CX630 Tu-2T

  1/72 ICM

  JX291 Bf 109G-6

  JX293 Yak-9T

  EX883 P-38J EX883 P-38J

  JX293 Yak-9T

  JX291 Bf 109G-6

  JX292 Bf 109G-6

  JX294 Yak-9T

  EX884 P-38J

  EX884 P-38J EX884 P-38J

  EX884 P-38J

  JX294 Yak-9T

  JX294 Yak-9T

  JX294 Yak-9T

  JX292 Bf 109G-6 JX292 Bf 109G-6

  JX292 Bf 109G-6

  CX626 Ki-84

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  MASKS

  EX887 F-86F-40 EX887 F-86F-40 EX887 F-86F-40

  EX888 F-86F-40

  EX888 F-86F-40

  EX888 F-86F-40

  EX888 F-86F-40

  EX888 F-86F-40 EX888 F-86F-40

  EX889 Yak-9D

  EX891 F3F-2

  EX891 F3F-2 EX891 F3F-2

  EX889 Yak-9D

  EX889 Yak-9D

  EX890 Yak-9D

  EX892 F3F-2

  EX892 F3F-2 EX892 F3F-2

  CX630 Tu-2T

  CX630 Tu-2T CX630 Tu-2T

  EX892 F3F-2 EX892 F3F-2

  EX890 Yak-9D

  EX890 Yak-9D

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  RELEASES

  SEPTEMBER 2022

  KITS

  PE

  -

  SETS

  ZOOMS

  MASKS

  70152 Avia S-199 ERLA canopy 1/72 ProfiPack

  82141 Fw 190A-3 light fighter 1/48 ProfiPack

  11164 The Ultimate Tempest 1/48 Limited

  7464 Bf 110E 1/72 Weekend

  70122 Spitfire F Mk.IX Re-release 1/72 ProfiPack

  82201 F4F-3 Wildcat Re-release 1/48 ProfiPack

  32478 Yak-9T landing flaps 1/32 ICM

  32998 Yak-9T 1/32 ICM

  32999 Bf 109G-6 1/35 Border Model

  36486 Jagdtiger 1/35 Hobby Boss

  36487 Jagdtiger fenders 1/35 Hobby Boss

  36488 T-70B 1/35 Zvezda

  36489 Coyote TSV 1/35 Hobby Boss

  481087 Spitfire F Mk.XVIII landing flaps 1/48 Airfix

  491294 P-38J 1/48 Tamiya

  491296 Spitfire F Mk.XVIII 1/48 Airfix

  491298 F-86F-40 1/48 Airfix

  491300 Yak-9D 1/48 Zvezda

  33299 Yak-9T 1/32 ICM

  33300 Yak-9T seatbelts STEEL 1/32 ICM

  33331 Bf 109G-6 1/35 Border Model

  33332 Bf 109G-6 seatbelts STEEL 1/35 Border Model

  FE1294 P-38J 1/48 Tamiya

  FE1295 P-38J seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Tamiya

  FE1296 Spitfire F Mk.XVIII 1/48 Airfix

  FE1297 Spitfire F Mk.XVIII seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Airfix

  FE1298 F-86F-40 1/48 Airfix

  FE1299 F-86F-40 seatbelts 1/48 Airfix

  FE1300 Yak-9D 1/48 Zvezda

  FE1301 Yak-9D seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Zvezda

  JX291 Bf 109G-6 1/35 Border Model

  JX292 Bf 109G-6 TFace 1/35 Border Model

  JX293 Yak-9T 1/32 ICM

  JX294 Yak-9T TFace 1/32 ICM

  EX883 P-38J 1/48 Tamiya

  EX884 P-38J TFace 1/48 Tamiya

  EX885 Spitfire F Mk.XVIII 1/48 Airfix

  EX886 Spitfire F Mk.XVIII TFace 1/48 Airfix

  EX887 F-86F-40 1/48 Airfix

  EX888 F-86F-40 TFace 1/48 Airfix

  EX889 Yak-9D 1/48 Zvezda

  EX890 Yak-9D TFace 1/48 Zvezda

  EX891 F3F-2 1/48 Academy

  EX892 F3F-2 TFace 1/48 Academy

  CX626 Ki-84 1/72 Arma Hobby

  CX630 Tu-2T 1/72 ICM

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  RELEASE

  BIG-EDBIG-ED

  BIG ED

  BRASSIN

  LöökPLUS

  BIG SIN

  SPACE

  BIG49336 OH-13 1/48 Italeri

  BIG49337 Su-25 1/48 Zvezda

  BIG49338 AH-1G 1/48 Special Hobby

  BIG49339 D3A Val 1/48 Hasegawa

  644171 F4F-3 early LööK 1/48 Eduard

  644173 EA-18G LööK 1/48 Meng

  648765 F4F-3

  cockpit w/ telescopic gun sight PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648770 F4F-3 life raft PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648771 A6M2 gun bays PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648772 A6M2 tailwheel PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648775 F/A-18F ejection seats 1/48 Meng

  648776 F/A-18F wheels 1/48 Meng

  648781 F4F seat early PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648782 P-38J wheels 1/48 Tamiya

  648783 P-38J landing flaps PRINT 1/48 Tamiya

  648784 P-38J undercarriage legs BRONZE 1/48 Tamiya

  653010 WWII USN battleship bollards PRINT 1/350

  672295 Ki-84 seat PRINT 1/72 Arma Hobby

  672296 Ki-84 wheels PRINT 1/72 Arma Hobby

  672297 Ki-84 exhaust PRINT 1/72 Arma Hobby

  644175 Su-25 LööKplus 1/48 Zvezda

  644176 A-1H LööKplus 1/48 Tamiya

  644177 A-1J LööKplus 1/48 Tamiya

  SIN64890 Sopwith Camel Bentley engine 1/48 Eduard

  3DL32008 Yak-9T SPACE 1/32 ICM

  3DL48080 F4F-3 early SPACE 1/48 Eduard

  3DL48081 P-38J SPACE 1/48 Tamiya

  3DL48082 Spitfire F Mk.XVIII SPACE 1/48 Airfix

  3DL48083 F-86F-40 SPACE 1/48 Airfix

  SEPTEMBER 2022

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  BUILT

  Cat. No. 11162

  marking G

  Built by Patrik Pěcha

  Product page

  1/48

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  POSTAVENO

  JK891, No. 335 (Greek) Squadron, Hassani, Greece, February 1945

  No. 335 (Greek) Squadron was a Greek fighter

  squadron deployed in the Mediterranean, Bal-

  kans and over Aegean Sea from 1941 till the end

  of WWII. While the Allied armies advanced to the

  West No. 335 (Greek) Squadron remained in the

  East and flew reconnaissance missions off the co-

  ast of Libya. In the fall of 1944 the squadron was

  re-equipped with Spitfires and in September was

  transferred to the bases in Italy. The Spitfires were

  flown in the offensive attack missions over Alba-

  nia and Yugoslavia. In November 1944 the unit was

  transferred to the homeland and from September

  1945 was based at Hassani. The squadron flew re-

  connaissance missions over Crete and remaining

  German bases in the Aegean Sea. In September

  1945 the unit was transferred to Thessaloniki in

  north-eastern Greece and remained there until its

  dispersal on July 31, 1946. Spitfire JK891 flew with

  No. 335 (Greek) Squadron from November 16, 1944

  till February 27, 1945 when it was destroyed in an

  emergency landing. This Spitfire carried the type

  "A" British camouflage with non-standard, rever-

  sed color pattern. The British national insignia on

  the fuselage were repainted with Greek ones. The

  standard British type C1 roundels on the wings

  were retained.

  POSTAVENO

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  481086 F4F-3 landing

  flaps (PE

  -

  Set)

  648770 F4F-3

  life raft PRINT

  POSTAVENO

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  ACCESSORIES USED:

  648766 F4F-3 exhausts PRINT

  648768 F4F-3 wheels late

  648769 F4F gun barrels PRINT

  644172 F4F-3 late LööK

  648770 F4F-3 life raft PRINT

  648781 F4F seat early PRINT

  481086 F4F-3 landing flaps (PE

  -

  Set)

  POSTAVENO

  Product page

  INFO Eduard

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  ON APPROACH

  OCTOBER2022

  644164

  F4F-4 LööK

  1/48 Eduard

  644174

  F/A-18F LööK

  1/48 Meng

  644178

  P-38J LööK

  1/48 Meng

  632182

  Yak-9T exhaust stacks PRINT

  1/48 ICM

  BIG5366 USS Constellation CV-64 PART I 1/350 Trumpeter

  BIG49344 A-1H 1/48 Tamiya

  BIG49345 Su-27K 1/48 Minibase

  BIG49346 Go 242B 1/48 ICM

  632182 Yak-9T exhaust stacks PRINT 1/32 ICM

  644164 F4F-4 LööK 1/48 Eduard

  644174 F/A-18F LööK 1/48 Meng

  644178 P-38J LööK 1/48 Tamiya

  648756 F4F 42gal ventral drop tank PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648786 A6M3 seat PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648787 A6M3 tailwheel PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648788 A6M3 cannon barrels & cockpit guns PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648789 P-38J gun barrels PRINT 1/48 Tamiya

  648790 P-38J nose gun bay PRINT 1/48 Tamiya

  648791 P-38J superchargers PRINT 1/48 Tamiya

  648795 F4F-3 wheel bay PRINT 1/48 Eduard

  648797 F/A-18E,F exhaust nozzles PRINT 1/48 Tamiya

  653009 OS2U-3 Kingfisher PRINT 1/350

  672298 FM-2 exhaust PRINT 1/72 Arma Hobby

  672299 F4F wheels late PRINT 1/72 Arma Hobby

  672300 F4F wheels late w/rims PRINT 1/72 Arma Hobby

  672301 Hurricane Mk.I exhaust stacks 1/72 Arma Hobby

  672302 Hurricane Mk.I wheels 1/72 Arma Hobby

  644179 EA-18G LööKplus 1/48 Meng

  644180 F4F-3 late LööKplus 1/48 Eduard

  SIN64891 Sopwith Camel Le Rhone engine 1/48 Eduard

  SIN64892 F/A-18E/F armament 1/48

  BIG ED (October)

  BRASSIN (October)

  LöökPlus (October)

  BIGSIN (October)

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for F4F-4 in 1/48 scale.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - resin: 1 part

  - 3D print: 1 part

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details:

  yes, pre-painted

  - painting mask: no

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts for F/A-18F in 1/48 scale.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Meng

  Set contains:

  - resin: 3 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details:

  yes, pre-painted

  - painting mask: no

  LööK set - Brassin pre-painted dashboard

  and STEEL seatbelts forP-38J in 1/48 scale.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Tamiya

  Set contains:

  - resin: 1 part

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details:

  yes, pre-painted

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the exhaust stacks for Yak-9T in 1/32

  scale. Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble,

  replaces plastic parts. Recommended kit: ICM

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 2 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

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  648756

  F4F 42gal ventral drop tank PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  ON APPROACH

  Brassin set - 42gal ventral drop tank for F4F in 1/48 scale.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble, replaces

  plastic parts. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 2 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  648786

  A6M3 seat PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  648787

  A6M3 tailwheel PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  Brassin set - the seat for A6M3 in 1/48 scale.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble,

  replaces plastic parts. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 1 part

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes, pre-painted

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the tailwheel for A6M3

  in 1/48 scale. The set consists of the tailwheel

  and separate tailcone. Made by direct 3D printing.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D parts: 4 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: yes

  INFO Eduard

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  ON APPROACH

  OCTOBER 2022

  648788

  A6M3 cannon barrels & cockpit guns PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  648789

  P-38J gun barrels PRINT

  1/48 Tamiya

  648790

  P-38J nose gun bay PRINT

  1/48 Tamiya

  Brassin set - the cokpit machine guns and wings gun

  barrels for A6M3 in 1/48 scale. Suitable for A6M3 Model 32, 22 and 22a.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D parts: 6 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the gun barrels for P-38J in 1/48 scale.

  Three variants of the barrel of the far left machine

  gun are included. Made by direct 3D printing.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Tamiya

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 5 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the nose gun bay for P-38J

  in 1/48 scale. The cowlings are included.

  Made by direct 3D printing.

  Recommended kit: Tamiya

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 30 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painting mask: no

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  ON APPROACHOCTOBER 2022

  648791

  P-38J superchargers PRINT

  1/48 Tamiya

  648795

  F4F-3 wheel bay PRINT

  1/48 Eduard

  648797

  F/A-18E,F exhaust nozzles PRINT

  1/48 Tamiya

  Brassin set - the superchargers for P-38J

  in 1/48 scale. Made by direct 3D printing.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Tamiya

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 2 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the wheel bay for F4F-3

  in 1/48 scale. Made by direct 3D printing.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 13 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - exhaust nozzles for F/A-18E

  or F in 1/48 scale. Made by direct 3D printing.

  Recommended kit: Meng

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 6 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

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  ON APPROACH

  653009

  OS2U-3 Kingfisher PRINT

  1/350

  677298

  FM-2 exhaust PRINT

  1/72 Arma Hobby

  672299

  F4F wheels late PRINT

  1/72 Arma Hobby

  Brassin set - OS2U-3 Kingfisher a/c for USN vessels

  in 1/350 scale. The set consists of 2 a/c.

  Made by direct 3D printing.

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 2 parts

  - decals: yes

  - photo-etched details: yes

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the exhausts for FM-2 in 1/72 scale.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble,

  replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Arma Hobby

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 1 part

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the undercarriage wheels for F4F

  in 1/72 scale. The set consists of the main wheels.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble,

  replaces plastic parts. Recommended kit: Arma Hobby

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 2 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: yes

  OCTOBER 2022

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  ON APPROACH

  672300

  F4F wheels late w/rims PRINT

  1/72 Arma Hobby

  672301

  Hurricane Mk.I exhaust stacks

  1/72 Arma Hobby

  672301

  Hurricane Mk.I wheels

  1/72 Arma Hobby

  Brassin set - the undercarriage wheels for F4F

  in 1/72 scale. The set consists of the main wheels.

  Made by direct 3D printing. Easy to assemble,

  replaces plastic parts. Recommended kit: Arma Hobby

  Set contains:

  - 3D print: 2 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: yes

  Brassin set - the exhausts for Hurricane Mk.I

  in 1/72 scale. Easy to assemble, replaces plastic

  parts. Recommended kit: Arma Hobby

  Set contains:

  - resin: 2 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: no

  Brassin set - the undercarriage wheels

  for Hurricane Mk.I in 1/72 scale. The set

  consists of the main wheels and a tailwheel.

  Easy to assemble, replaces plastic parts.

  Recommended kit: Arma Hobby

  Set contains:

  - resin: 3 parts

  - decals: no

  - photo-etched details: no

  - painting mask: yes

  OCTOBER 2022

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  ON APPROACH

  644179

  EA-18G LööKplus

  1/48 Meng

  Collection of 4 sets for EA-18G in 1/48 scale.

  Recommended kit: Meng

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboards & Steelbelts)

  - TFace painting mask

  - ejection seats

  - undercarriage wheels

  OCTOBER 2022

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  BRASSIN 02/2022BRASSIN 02/2022

  ON APPROACH

  644180

  F4F-3 late LööKplus

  1/48 Eduard

  Collection of 4 sets for F4F-3 in 1/48 scale.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  - LööK set (pre-painted Brassin dashboards & Steelbelts)

  - TFace painting mask

  - exhausts

  - undercarriage wheels

  OCTOBER 2022

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  ON APPROACH

  SIN64891

  Sopwith Camel Le Rhone engine

  1/48 Eduard

  Collection of 6 sets for Sopwith Camel in 1/48 scale.

  Recommended kit: Eduard

  - Le Rhone engine PRINT

  - wheels

  - seat PRINT

  - Vickers Mk.I gun

  - Rotherham air pumps PRINT

  - 20lb bomb carrier PRINT

  All sets included in this BIG SIN are available separately,

  but with every BIG SIN set you save up to 30 %.

  OCTOBER 2022

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  SIN64892

  F/A-18E/F armament

  1/48

  Collection of 6 sets for F/A-18E/F in 1/48 scale.

  - AIM-9M/L

  - AIM-120C AMRAAM

  - GBU-24

  - AGM-65

  - GBU-16

  - AIM-9X

  All sets included in this BIG SIN are available separately,

  but with every BIG SIN set you save up to 30 %.

  BRASSIN 02/2022BRASSIN 02/2022

  ON APPROACHOCTOBER 2022

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  PE

  -

  SETS

  53286 Schnellboot S-38 1/350 Fore Hobby

  321000 Ju 87G-1/2 1/35 Border Model

  36490 BT-2 1/35 Hobby Boss

  481088 Mi-35M exterior 1/48 Zvezda

  481089 Mi-35M cargo interior 1/48 Zvezda

  481090 Spitfire Mk.XII landing flaps 1/48 Airfix

  481091 A6M3 Zero landing flaps 1/48 Eduard

  481092 A6M3 Zero 1/48 Eduard

  491302 Spitfire Mk.XII 1/48 Airfix

  491304 F3F-2 1/48 Academy

  491306 P-47N 1/48 Academy

  491308 Mi-35M interior 1/48 Zvezda

  491310 Su-30SM 1/48 Great Wall Hobby

  73779 A-4M 1/72 Hobby Boss

  ZOOMS

  33333 Ju 87G-1/2 1/35 Border Model

  33334 Ju 87G-1/2 seatbelts STEEL 1/35 Border Model

  FE1302 Spitfire Mk.XII 1/48 Airfix

  FE1303 Spitfire Mk.XII seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Airfix

  FE1304 F3F-2 1/48 Academy

  FE1305 F3F-2 seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Academy

  FE1306 P-47N 1/48 Academy

  FE1307 P-47N seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Academy

  FE1308 Mi-35M 1/48 Zvezda

  FE1309 Mi-35M seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Zvezda

  FE1310 Su-30SM 1/48 Great Wall Hobby

  FE1311 Su-30SM seatbelts STEEL 1/48 Great Wall Hobby

  SS779 A-4M 1/72 Hobby Boss

  MASKS

  JX295 Ju 87G-1/2 1/35 Border Model

  JX296 Ju 87G-1/2 TFace 1/35 Border Model

  EX893 P-47N 1/48 Academy

  EX894 P-47N TFace 1/48 Academy

  EX895 Mi-35M 1/48 Zvezda

  EX896 Mi-35M TFace 1/48 Zvezda

  EX897 Spitfire Mk.XII 1/48 Airfix

  EX898 Spitfire Mk.XII TFace 1/48 Airfix

  EX899 A6M3 Zero TFace 1/48 Eduard

  CX631 I-16 Type 5 1/72 Clear Prop

  CX632 A-4M 1/72 Hobby Boss

  SPACE

  3DL48084 Yak-9D SPACE 1/48 Zvezda

  3DL48085 Me 262A SPACE 1/48 Tamiya

  3DL48086 Spitfire Mk.XII SPACE 1/48 Airfix

  3DL48087 P-47N SPACE 1/48 Academy

  3DL48088 A6M3 SPACE 1/48 Eduard

  DECALS

  D48103 P-38J Pacific Lighting 1/48 Tamiya

  D48106 Ju 87 stencils 1/48 Hasegawa/Airfix/Italeri

  EDDIE THE RIVETER

  ER48003 P-38J raised rivets & surface details 1/48 Tamiya

  ON APPROACH

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  BRASSIN 02/2022BRASSIN 02/2022

  ON APPROACH

  A6M3 Zero Type 32 #82213 1/48

  Ldg. Sea. Kenji Yanagiya, Kōkūtai 204,

  Rabaul base, New Britain, April 1943

  PO1c Kyoshi Itō, 3. Kōkūtai, Koepang airfield,

  Timor Island, September 1942

  CPO Takeo Tanimizu, Tainan Kōkūtai (II), Tainan airbase,

  Taiwan, September 1944

  c/n 3018, Tainan Kōkūtai, Buna airfield,

  New Guinea, August 1942

  Zuikaku Fighter Squadron, aircraft carrier Zuikaku,

  October 1942

  OCTOBER 2022

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  ON APPROACH

  MIDWAY 1/48#11166DUAL COMBO

  F4F-3, BuNo. 1865, VF-72, USS Wasp (CV-7),

  December 1940

  F4F-3, BuNo. 4022, Capt. Herbert Casper Freuler,

  VMF-211, Wake Island, December 1941

  F4F-3A, BuNo. 3920, Lt. James Seton Gray, VF-6,

  USS Enterprise (CV-6), February 1942

  OCTOBER 2022

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  ON APPROACH

  F4F-3, Lt. Frank Bernard Quady, VF-6,

  USS Enterprise (CV-6), April 1942

  F4F-4, BuNo. 5171., Lt. Cdr. John Smith Thach,

  VF-3, USS Yorktown (CV-5), May/June 1942

  F4F-3, BuNo. 3986, Lt. Albert Ogden Vorse,

  VF-2, USS Lexington (CV-2), May 1942

  F4F-4, VF-8, USS Hornet (CV-8),

  May/June 1942

  F4F-4, Ens. Ralph McMaster Rich, VF-6,

  USS Enterprise (CV-6), April/June 1942

  BuNo. 5244, Lt. William Nicholas Leonard, VF-3,

  USS Yorktown (CV-5), June 1942

  F4F-4, Lt. Walter Albert Haas, VF-8,

  USS Hornet (CV-8), June 1942

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  ON APPROACH

  Z-326M, No. 612, private owner, Točná airfield,

  Czech Republic, 2022

  Z-326, No. 908, private owner, Reykjavik,

  Iceland, 2020

  Z-326MF, No. 925, private owner, Yverdon,

  Switzerland, 2018

  Z-326, No. 933, Burdigala Flying Group, Bordeaux-Léognan-Saucats Aérodrome,

  France, 2016

  Z-326 Trenér Master 1/48

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  C-306, No. 572, Czechoslovak People's Army,

  Czechoslovakia, 1970

  Z-326, No. 915, private owner, Chichester airfield,

  Great Britain, 2021

  Z-326, No. 876, private owner, Germany, 2018

  Z-326MF, No. 861, Fundació Parc Aeronàutic de

  Catalunya, Spain, 2005

  Z-326M, No. 604, Aeroklub Josefa Františka

  Prostějov, Prostějov airfield, Czech Republic,

  2010

  Z-326MF, No. 931, private owner, Slaný airfield,

  Czech Republic, 2022

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  Fw 190A-8 1/48#84116

  ON APPROACH

  WNr. 170050, Lt. Heinz-Günther Lück, 1./JG 1,

  Bad Lippspringe, Germany, April 1944

  WNr. 732217, Uffz. Heinz Birk, 12./JG 5,

  Herdla, Norway, February 1945

  WNr. 733700, Uffz. Günther Pape, 3./JGr. 10,

  Jüteborg, Germany, November 1944

  WNr. 171189, Maj. Karl Kennel, CO of II./SG 2,

  Kitzingen, Germany, May 1945

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  Re-release

  Jagdfliegergeschwader 1, základna Holzdorf / Drewitz,

  Německo, 1990–1991

  921. stíhací pluk, základna Noi Bai,

  Vietnamská demokratická republika, 1968

  11. stíhací letecký pluk, Československé letectvo,

  Žatec, Česká a Slovenská federativní republika, jaro 1990

  Egyptské vojenské letectvo, základna Inšas,

  Egyptská arabská republika, začátek 80. let

  11. stíhací letecký pluk, Československé letectvo,

  Žatec, Česká a Slovenská federativní republika,

  březen 1991

  MiG-21PFM

  1/72

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  When I put together a Tail End Charlie ar-

  ticle a few months back with the theme

  centred around a unique case involving

  an airworthy Hawker Hurricane operated

  over the Czech Republic, one I had the in-

  credible luck of meeting in the air, I had

  no idea I would be returning to the matter

  so soon. Little did I know that this gem,

  forever connected with Czechoslovak

  fighter pilots serving in the RAF, would

  again come to mind as a Tail End Charlie

  theme. Unfortunately, the circumstances

  behind the thought’s revival are vastly di-

  fferent now. I won’t go into an analysis of

  the tragedy that occured on August 14th,

  2022 during an airshow in Cheb, Czech

  Republic, nor will I add my name to the

  list of people who don’t quite realize that

  they have nothing to add on the matter but

  will make their opinions abundantly clear

  with those little guarantees of expertise

  all over the internet forums. I just want

  to take this opportunity to reminisce

  about an aircraft that as Eduard, we

  had the honor of getting up close

  and personal with during our Inti-

  mate Walkaround in Plzen just a year

  ago. I also want to reflect within the

  pages of our newsletter on the me-

  mory of the pilot, Petr Pačes, who did

  not survive in the wreck of the ‘Czech‘

  Hurricane. As opposed to the other

  two pilots of this aircraft, Radim Voj-

  ta and Jiri Horak, I did not know Mr.

  Pačes personally. I do know, from

  others who knew him, that he was

  a great friend and an excellent pilot

  who will be dearly missed. So plea-

  se, pause and give a thought to those

  several months when the Czech skies

  were home to a Czech Hurricane, and

  to the hopes and disappointment of

  the people who had dreams and lives

  connected to this airplane. Those of

  One More Time...

  Jan Zdiarský

  On the Pilsen Walkaround 2021 an unusual

  oportunity was offered to me and my boys – to

  clean up the Hurricane from oil sprayed over

  the fuselage and wings underside during the

  recent flight. How often you can have such an

  opportunity?

  Eduard Walkaround 2021 (photo M. Pruskavec)

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  you that can, think back fondly on the occassions

  that you were able to watch Petr Pačes either at

  the controls of the Hurricane or another aircraft,

  to see him at various airshow events, and at the

  airfields of Czech aeroclubs.

  P.S. The Hawker Hurricane Mk.IV in the markings

  of the famous aircraft flown by Karel Kuttelwas-

  cher, belonged to the collection of aircraft at Toč-

  né. It was also closely associated to the airfield

  at Line, where many of you had the opportunity to

  admire this aircraft at the above mentioned Walka-

  round in 2021, which we put together with Classic

  Trainers in their hangar at Plzen-Line. The airport

  holds significance for current and future aviation,

  but is undergoing an existential crisis, defined by

  the megalomaniacal plan by Volkswagen to shut

  it down and replace it with a plant to build batte-

  ries for electric cars. This plan has its supporters

  within political and lobby groups, but thankfully

  also has its opponents from the airport itself, its

  users, and from local municipalities, professionals

  and special interest circles. Should you feel incli-

  ned to help support the preservation of the airport,

  please sign the petition that strives to achieve this

  end. That THE AIR IS OUR OCEAN can only be true

  as long as we are able to find in ourselves to ne-

  ver forget the airmen and the aircraft they flew co-

  nnected with our collective histories, including the

  Točenské Hurricane and Petr Pačes. This, in this

  specific case, applies to the places where Czech

  aviation can live, grow and thrive from its admi-

  rable roots and past accomplishments and sew the

  seeds for future ones.

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  Eduard Walkaround 2021 (photo M. Pruskavec)

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