Hobby 2000 H2K72705

Pre & Early WWII Serial and Cocarde Markings, 1938 a�é-' 1940. This set of Decals provides under-wing and fuselage serial numbers along with fuselage and wing markings for the early fabric wing Hawker Hurricane MKI. The serials can also be used on Spitfire, Gloster Gladiator, Hawker Fury, Hind etc. and Blenheim light bomber. This style of marking was used up till the Dunkirk evacuation just before the Battle of Britain period when large under-wing serials were long gone and underside colour was standardised(!) as 'Sky' on RAF Fighter Command aircraft. Gas-patch markings are also included, usually carried on the upper port wing where the pilot could easily see it, the idea being it would change colour if exposed to gas, which was thankfully never used

More

Bucker Bu-131 Jungmann Bucker Bu.131 Jungmann / 72-350 / 1. Bu.131. Unit: FFS(A)43. Serial: CW+BG (50, W.Nr.483). Backer Bu.131. CW+BC. Werk Nummer 483. was flown by a pupil from FFS(A)43 at Crailsheim (Germany), who landed at Basle, Switzerland, on 14 June 1944, having mistaken the city for Strassburg. Finished in overall RLM 71 Dunkelgrun with RLM 65 undersides, the machine is a classic example of a late-war trainer. It is exceptionally fully marked by virtue of its unit emblem, school number (50) and white outlined Stammkenzeichen fuselage codes and fuselage crosses. The German pilot expressed a preference for internment and the aircraft was consequently flown back to Freiburg by a Swiss pilot. 2. Bu.131B. Unit: LKS7 (Luftkriegsschule-Airwarschool). Serial: CC+NZ (W.Nr.4262). Tulln (near Vienna), Austria 1944. 3. Hauptmann Hans Philippe. Krasnogvardeiskoe, March 1942. 4. Bu.131. Unit: 1/3 Koz Asz (Ace of Hearts). Serial: G-154 Overall Light Grey painting. 5. Bu.131. Unit: III.Kozelfelderito szdzad. Serial: I-333. This overall RLM 02 Grungrau machine served as a trainer, courier and Liaison machine with the Hungarian III.Kozelfelderito szdzad - III Tactical Reconnaissance squadron - whose falcon emblem can he seen on the fuselage. Sole the chevron-style national markings used only until 1st March 1942. The original picture on which this illustration is based does not show the code absolutely clearly, but notes that the serial number is I-333, as shown. This is of interest as it is outside the range of numbers officially allocated to the type. This could mean therefore that the serial is actually I-233. Photographic evidence exists, however, for other out-of- sequence numbers for the type in Hungarian service, possibly indicating that those machines were impressed civilian aircraft. 6. Bu.131. Serial: I-421. The national colours were also painted on the upper and lower surfaces of the elevator. 7. Bu.131. Unit: Comando Aeronautico dell'Albania. Serial: No.947. Tirana, Albania, Autumn 1941. 8. Bu.131. Unit: 1st Pilot School. Serial: 7 4th Air Base Borovo. Late 1943. It has blue outlined Swallow emblem of Pilot School, and School`s internal number '7'. 9. Bu.131. Unit: 1st air base Zagreb, 1943. Light Grey overall painting scheme. Note insignia of the Castle is badge of the 1st air base. 10. Bu.131. Unit: Schweizer Fliegertruppe (Swiss Air Force). Serial: A-4 The aircraft in wartime WWII colours with the flashy colors for German productions airplanes flew in borderland controls. 11. Bu.131. Serial: GD+EU (W.Nr.4497) Aircraft belonged to Luftdienst. On 29th April 1941 it was stolen in Caen by two former French Arme de l'Air pilots and flown to Somerford, England. In use with RAF as DR626.

More

Hawker Fury and Nimrod Author: William Harrison The first RAF front line fighter to achieve more than 200 mph was the Hawker Fury, and its naval counterpart the Hawker Nimrod. These two attractive fighters came from the design office of the late Sydney Camm, Hawker's chief designer. The Fury started life as a private venture known as the Hornet but when this machine exceeded expectations the name was changed to Fury. Although only ordered in small numbers owing to financial constraints during the Great Depression production eventually exceeded 260 machines with orders from the RAF, Royal Navy, Persia (now Iran), Portugal, Spain, Yugoslavia and more than 30 supplied (ex-RAF) to the South African Air Force. The Fury entered service with No.43 Squadron who accepted 16 during May 1930 and stayed in front line service until January 1939 when it was replaced by the Gloster Gladiator, although quite a few remained in the training role until mid-1941. The Furies were used in combat during WWII by Yugoslavia where they were quickly despatched by the more modern fighters of the Luftwaffe. South Africa used Furies in the East African war until 1941 and the three supplied to Spain were in action, one of them serving on both sides! The Nimrod, while bearing a distinct resemblance to the Fury, flew early in 1930. Changes for the RN included longer exhaust pipes extending down both sides of the fuselage as far as the pilot's cockpit; an oil cooler fitted beneath the engine bay and at a later date arrester gear was fitted for carrier use. Later series Nimrods featured a larger tail surface to improve inverted spinning characteristics when fitted with floats. Deliveries of Nimrods started in September 1933 and they remained in use until May 1939. Only a small number of Nimrods found their way abroad, two went to Denmark to act as pattern aircraft for licensed production, one was shipped to Japan and one to Portugal. Although one Fury managed to survive in the scrapyard of a London dealer it fell to John Isaacs, a draughtsman from Vickers Armstrong, to design and build both a 1/7th scale Fury and Spitfire, both of which continue to be built by members of the Light Aircraft Association, nee the Popular Flying Association. This book is written by William Harrison and is superbly illustrated by Richard J.Caruana.

More