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British Military Update set - AAC Selection Part 1 Aerospatiale SE3130 Alouette II AH.2 XR379 AAC Historic Flight Middle Wallop Aerospatiale SE3130 Alouette II AH.2 XN132 6 Flight AAC Netheravon 1972 Aerospatiale SE.3130 Alouette II AH.2 XR380 UN Flight (UNFICYP) Cyprus 1979 with Merry Xmas zap Westland Sioux AH.1 XT514 'A', 41 Commando Air Troop Royal Marines 1967 Westland Sioux AH.1 XT185, 42 Commando Air Troop, Singapore 1966 Westland Sioux AH.1 XT842 'X', 45 Commando Air Troop ACE Mobile Force Norway 1971 in Arctic Scheme Westland Sioux AH.1 XT511 Blue Angles Display Team, Middle Wallop 1972 Westland Sioux AH.1 XT140, ARWF AAC Middle Wallop 1977 Westland Sioux AH.1 XT109, 656 Squadron AAC, Borneo 1965 de Havilland Chipmunk T.10, WP964 Advanced Fixed Wing Training Flight AAC Middle Wallop 1978 de Havilland Beaver AL.1 XP821 'MCO' British Embassy Laos 1974. Grey and White scheme as displayed at AAC Museum Middle Wallop de Havilland Beaver AL.1 XP816, 19 Flight AAC UN Duties, Cyprus 1964 de Havilland Beaver AL.1 XP819, 15 Flight/653 Sqn, AAC Aden 1967 de Havilland Beaver AL.1 XP769, 1 Flight AAC Middle Wallop (Original Delivery scheme) Westland Scout AH.1 XP884 'F', ARTF, Middle Wallop 1973 (with dayglo panels) Westland Scout AH.1 XP890, 664 Sqn AAC on UN Duties, Cyprus 1964/65 Westland Gazelle AH.1 ZB668, UNFICYP Flight AAC, UN Duties Cyprus 1990 (Large white UN markings) Westland Gazelle AH.1, XX437/5F, 29 Flight BATUS Canada, 2015 (Sand and Green camouflage scheme) Westland Gazelle AH.1, XZ340/5C, 29 Flight BATUS Canada 2011 (Sand and Green with dayglo patches) Westland Gazelle XZ315/P, ARWF AAC Centre Middle Wallop 1982 (With Australian Kangaroo roundels) Agusta A109A, ZE410 8 Flight Special Forces Wing, Hereford 2009 (Grey and Dark Blue scheme)

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Curtiss SOC Seagull Part 2 1. SOC-3A Unit: VS-201, US Navy. Serial: 201-S-2. Scouting Squadron Two Hundred and One (VS-201) flew this Curtiss SOC-3A Seagull (201-S-2) for armed scouting missions from AVG-1 USS Long Island in early 1942. The SOC was usually equipped with floats for operating from cruisers. 2.SOC-3A Unit: VGS-1, US Navy. Serial: 1-GS-12. CVE-1E USS Long Island, circa 1942. 3. SOC-3 Unit: VO-4, US Navy. Serial: 4-O-4 (BuNo.1103) BB-45 USS Colorado, circa 1938. 4. SOC-2 Unit: VCS-7, US Navy. Serial: 7-CS-13 (BuNo.0387) Heavy cruiser CA-37 USS Tuscaloosa, circa 1939. 5. SOC-3 Unit: VMS-2, USMC. Serial: 2-MS-6 (BuNo.1126) NAS San Diego, circa 1939. 6. SOC-3 Unit: VMS-2, USMC Serial: 2-MS-7 (BuNo.1127) NAS San Diego, circa 1939. 7. SOC-1 Unit: VCS-5, US Navy. Serial: 5-CS-13 (BuNo.9866) Based at heavy cruiser CA-28 USS Louisville, circa 1938. 8. SOC-1 Unit: VCS-6, US Navy. Serial: 6-CS-8 Based at heavy cruiser CA-34 USS Astoria, circa 1941. 9. SOC-3 Unit: VO-2, US Navy. Serial: 2-O-4 (BuNo.1065). The battleship BB-44 California, circa 1938.

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Sopwith Pup by Matthew Willis (Hall Park Books Limited) By Matthew Willis The Sopwith Pup, as it is unofficially but universally known, was one of the first true British fighter aircraft, and one of the most significant of the First World War. It played a key part in maintaining control of the skies over the Western Front during and after the RFC's toughest period, Bloody April, 1917. Its superb flying qualities kept it competitive as ever-faster and more powerful opposition appeared, and it played an unglamorous but important role in the defence of the UK against zeppelin and heavy bomber attacks, and was fundamental to the development of ship-based aviation. With the very well-established categories of military aircraft that are familiar today, it is hard to comprehend the world in which the Pup was born, where these clear delineations did not exist. Certainly the idea of the fast, agile single-seat fighter was barely thought of when the Pup's outline was first chalked on the floor of the experimental workshop at Sopwith's Kingston-upon-Thames premises in 1915. The new aircraft was known as the 'Sparrow', was powered by a 50hp Gnome rotary. Test pilot Harry Hawker took the aircraft to Brooklands and amazed trainee RFC pilots by flying it under the bridge across the Byfleet Banking. It was fully aerobatic and capable of a speed just shy of 85mph despite the low engine power. It is unclear whether Sopwith intended the machine to form the basis of a military aircraft but in any event, its performance and handling, even on such low power, must have recommended it for that purpose. The 'Sparrow' therefore became the progenitor of the aircraft that would become the 'Pup'. It was around the time of the prototype's first appearance that the Pup seems to have gained its popular name. Brigadier-General SeftonBrancker, then the RFC's Director of Air Organisation, is reputed to have remarked, on seeing the prototype Scout beside its larger sibling at Brooklands, 'Your 1 Strutter has had a pup!' For all its value as a front line fighting aeroplane, the Pup had a potentially even greater impact on the development of naval aviation; in particular, the sometimes tortuous path of launching aircraft from, and returning them safely to, ships at sea. Moreover, the Pup became one of the more successful operational aircraft in this fledgling area of combat. This is the first WWI title in the series and includes all the usual Warpaint features historical text, modellers glossary, colour artwork by Richard Caruana and a three page colour walkaround by author Matthew Willis.

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