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Plain Grass (Worn). 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
A base of worn grass that can serve a number of functions. Applications could include military and civilian airfields and aerodromes from the dawn of flight to the present day and even bases for vehicle displays. The base can also be used for 1/72nd displays, is large enough to be cut into smaller sections to create a number of separate bases.
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Plain Grass (Solid). 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
A base of solid grass that can serve a number of functions. Applications could include military and civilian airfields and aerodromes from the dawn of flight to the present day and even bases for vehicle displays. The base can also be used for 1/72nd displays, is large enough to be cut into smaller sections to create a number of separate bases and as it's s...
1st Strategic Air Depot, USAAF, (RAF Honington) Suffolk, England, 1942-46. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
Honington was established in 1937 as a Royal Air Force base operating under RAF Bomber Command. It was passed over to the USAAF in June 1942 as Station 375. Stationed at the base were the 383rd, 384th and 385th Fighter Squadrons of the 364th Fighter Group, which arrived in early 1944 operating P-51 Musta...
Aalborg Air Base (Flyvestation Aalborg), Royal Danish Air Force, 1983-2001. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
Aalborg Airport was opened in 1938. In April 1940, the base was captured by Fallschirmjager during Operation Weserubung, the German invasion of Denmark and Norway. Once captured, the Germans used the airport as a main location for troops and equipment for the invasion of Norway and also as a refuelling ...
Eighth Air Force, England 1942-45. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
The Eighth Air Force started offensive operations against German targets in July 1942 when crews of the 15th Bombardment Squadron (Light) flying RAF Douglas A-20 Bostons attacked targets in the Netherlands. The 'Mighty Eighth' commenced operations with the Boeing B-17E Flying Fortress in August of the same year, flying from RAF Grafton Underwo...
RAF Wildenrath, West Germany, 1967. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
Construction of RAF Wildenrath began in 1950, with the station coming onto 'active' status in 1952. It was the first of four 'clutch' bases operated by the RAF in West Germany; the others being Geilenkirchen, Bruggen and Laarbruch.
From 1953, the first units to operate from Wildenrath were Nos. 67 and 71 Squadrons flying North-American F-8...
RAF Marham, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 2018-. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RAF Marham can trace its history back to 1916 when it started service as a night landing ground near RNAS Narborough, and also as an airfield to launch defensive operations against German Zeppelin attacks against Norfolk. The first unit stationed here was No. 51 Squadron, Royal Flying Corps flying Royal Aircraft Factory B.E.2 and B.E....
Da Nang Air Base, 1970-71. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
Armee de l'Air:
The history of the air base at Da Nang goes back to the days of French Indochina. Tourane Airfield as it was then called, was constructed during the 1930's. In 1940, the French Vichy Government agreed to let Imperial Japan use the base as a stationing post for Japanese troops along with several other bases in the area including Cam ...
RAF Dispersal 150ft 'Frying Pan' type. 675mm(W) x 450mm(H) 26 inches x 17 inches(H)
There were a number of aircraft dispersals employed during, and indeed after the Second World War.
The subject of this base is the 'Frying Pan' (FP) type. So named for obvious reasons, they came in two sizes, 125ft diameter and 150ft diameter and could be used by the largest RAF bombers in service. They were circular in shape and with eit...
USS Enterprise (CV-6), 250N Blue Flight Deck Stain, November 1943. 675mm(W) x 450mm(H) 26 inches x 17 inches(H)
The Enterprise was one of three Yorktown-class carriers, the others being the Yorktown (CV-5) and Hornet (CV-8). She was laid down on July 16th 1934, and launched on October 3rd, 1936, and was the seventh ship to that date to be named Enterprise.
Nicknamed The Big E, the Enterprise was commissioned in May 1938 ...
RAF Coltishall, Norfolk, United Kingdom, 1950's-1970's. 875mm(W) x 450mm(H) 34 inches x 17 inches(H)
Scottow Aerodrome was built in 1939. Renamed Coltishall, it was activated in May 1940 and one of the first units to operate from the station was No. 242 Squadron flying the Hawker Hurricane and led by Douglas Bader. 242 Squadron left for RAF Duxford shortly afterwards. The station became a night fighter base for most of the ...
Wood planked revetments, Finland/Russia: Winter War/Eastern Front/Continuation War, 1940-1944. 675mm(W) x 450mm(H) 26 inches x 17 inches(H)
Life during the war on the Eastern Front was primitive to say the least. Many roads were little more than dirt tracks, which, although fine for travel during the hot summer months, became nigh impassable during the spring and autumn periods known as the Rasputitsa, or more commonly to t...
Great War Battlefield. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
The war witnessed an unprecedented horror never before seen and bought war on an industrial scale to mankind. The trench system came into effect as early as September 1914, when the Allied and Central Powers Commands began to realise that war would not be the short-term battle they had initially envisioned. As the war drew on, the trench system expanded, ...
Desert- Blurred. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
This base can be used for a number of applications and theatres involving civil and military aviation from the Great War (Egypt, Mesopotamia, Palestine etc), through to the Second World War (Middle East, Persia), the Cold War (Middle East and Iran/Iraq conflicts, Indo-Pakistan conflicts etc), to the present day (Gulf Wars, Middle East wars, United States advers...
RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2000-2021. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RAF Scampton's location can trace its ancestry back to the Great War when, named Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, it served as a landing field for the Royal Flying Corps. From here operated No. 3 Squadron 'A' Flight equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b albeit briefly in the anti-Zeppelin role. This unit was...
RAF Scampton, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 2000-2021- Main runway- blurred. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RAF Scampton's location can trace its ancestry back to the Great War when, named Home Defence Flight Station Brattleby, it served as a landing field for the Royal Flying Corps. From here operated No. 3 Squadron 'A' Flight equipped with the Royal Aircraft Factory F.E.2b albeit briefly in the anti-Zeppel...
RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire, United Kingdom, 1960s. 450mm(W) x 450mm(H) 17inches(W) x 17inches(H).
RAF Waddington began as a training base for the Royal Flying Corps in 1916. Between this time and 1919, the station was home to a number of squadrons both under RFC, and later, RAF control. Nos. 82, 97, 105, 117 and 123 Squadrons RFC between 1917 and 1918, and Nos. 23, 203 and 204 Squadrons RAF throughout 1919 were based at ...
Stencil Masks
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, MK421/FU-Z, No. 453 (Australian) Squadron, based at B.11, Longues, France, June 1944.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, MJ250/UF-Q, flown by Flight Lieutenant Desmond Ibbotson, No. 601 (County of London) Squadron,
based at Fano, Italy 1944.
Stencil Masks
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, BS119/YO-A, flown by Flight Lieutenant Donald Morrison, 1:24 scale No. 401 Squadron, based at RAF Lympne, Kent, summer 1942.Morrison described the aircraft as having a non-standard two-tone 'grey' scheme. This scheme is based on that report.
1:24 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, MH894/WZ-JJ, flown by Lieutenant John E Fawcett, 309th Fighter Squadron, based at Castel Volturno, Ital...
Stencil Masks
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, MK915/V, No. 16 Squadron, 2nd Tactical Air Force based at A.12 Bayeux, France, September 1944.
1:24 scale Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, EN250/FL-A, flown by Squadron Leader Colin Gray, No. 81 Squadron, Tunisia, spring 1942. Gray was New Zealand's highest scoring ace of World War II.
Stencil Masks
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, MH358/YT-JAS, flown by Squadron Leader James E. Storrar, No. 65 Squadron, RAF Kingsnorth, Kent, summer 1943.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.IXc, EN354/WD-W, 'Doris June II', flown by 1st Lieutenant Leonard V. Helton, 4th Fighter Squadron, 52nd
Fighter Group, based at La Sabala, Tunisia, summer 1943.