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Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I includes camouflage pattern paint mask and decals.
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.l, ( serial overpainted) LO-B No 611 Squadron, RAF Digby,
Lincolnshire, February 1940. Often during the alteration of the fuselage roundels
from the Red/Blue to the Red/ White /Blue style, the code letters. Note also the
name ' BOGUS' under the windscreen and the individual aircraft letter 'B' under the
nose, both in M...
Grumman Hellcat In the service of foreign armies. Part-1
1. Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat, 348/11.F.31, 11eme Flotille, Aeronavale, operating in Indo China, 1935.
2. Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat. 'S', GC ll/9 'Auvergne, Armee de I'Air, Tan Son Nhut (Vietnam), 1952. Sea Blue Gloss overall with white code over a black rectangle; unit badge carried on both sides of cowling.
3. Grumman F6F-5 Hellcat. A-401, Aviacion Naval, Uruguay. Dark S...
Civil Consolidated PBY Catalina
1. PBY-5A, C-FNJB, c/n CV-249. The now defunct Canadian airline Norcanair operated this modified Catalina in a fire-fighting role from its Saskatoon base. The aircraft is basically natural metal with large areas for better visibility during missions. Tail and elevators
are white, all titles in black. Note the Canadian flag on lower tail.
2. PBY-5A, N31235/98, c/n 48426. Slafco lnc. from M...
Percival Provost T.51/52
1. Provost T.51 M 13-06/TUDM of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Scheme is overall jasmin yellow, with red trim.
2. Provost T.51 FM 1035, of the Royal Malaysian Air Force. Aluminium overall finish, note dark blue cowling ring and Dayglo orange-red on the finish.
3. Provost T.52, WV 476, of the Muscat and Omani Air Force. Scheme is dark green and dark earth with aluminium undersides.
4. Provost...
Fairey Battle Part 2
1. Fairey Battle Trainer, L5659, RAAF No. 1 O.T.U Bairnsdale 1942. RAAF Foliage Green and RAAF Earth Brown uppersurfaces with
RAAF Sky Blue undersides. Note White 59 on fuselage sides.
2. Fairey Battle Mk.l, 988, 41 Air School SAAF, Collendale East London, South Africa. RAF colour scheme but with the SAAF Orange replacing the Roundel Red in the roundels. Note the larger size of the A.
3. Fairey Bat...
Focke-Wulf Fw-190A-8
1. Fw-190A-8; Black 11. Lt Gunther Heym; JG 51; Zichenau Airfield; Summer / Fall 1944. 74/75/76. The name "TANJA" is blow the cockpit.
2. FW190A-8 'Blue 8 + o', flown by Uftz. Dietrich of 12/JG 5 "Eismeer". The name "Erika" was carried under the cockpit, Herdla airfield (Norway), April 1945.
3. Fw-190A-8 W.Nr 175140, 6 + " (Brown outlined in black), of 7/JG 26 found in September 1944 at Melsbroek fi...
Republic F-105 Thunderchief Part 3
1. Republic F-105D Thunderchief 58-1158 of the 335 TFS, 4 TFW in 1965. Natural metal overall with OD anti-glare panels, Indian head on fuselage. Green nose and fin bands outlined in white.TAC 'Lightning' badge on fin band.
2. Republic F-105D Thunderchief 61-0192 of the 18 TFW in 1964. Natural metal overall with OD anti-glare panels. Yellow nose band. Pacific Air Force badge on fin.
3....
Russian Air Force Losses in the 2022 Ukraine Invasion
1. Sukhoi Su-25SM, RF-93026, Red 08.
2. Sukhoi Su-25 SM, RF-91969, Red 10.
3. Sukhoi Su-25 SM, RF-91961, Red 07.
4. Sukhoi Su-34 Red 24, possible 47th Combined Aviation Regiment.
5. Sukhoi Su-34, Red 06, RF-95070, possible 47th Combined Aviation Regiment.
6. Antonov An-26 RF-36074, Blue 19.
7. Mil Mi-24P RF-94966, Blue 24.
8. Mi-8AMTSh, RF-91165, Blue 58, 39th Heli...
Douglas Skyraiders Blue CAG SPADS. Carrier Air Group CO AD Skyraiders
1. AD-1 Skyraider (BuNo 09223), Modex C/500, flown by Cdr. Grafton B. "Soupy" Campbell, CVG-6, deployed on the USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42) from October-November 1949 (photographed at the National Air Races in Cleveland, Summer 1949).
2. AD-4Q Skyraider (BuNo 124056) flown by Cdr. William " Bill" Leonard, CAG-17, from November 1950 to February 195...
Lockheed F-104 Starfighter
1. F-104G 20+02 belonged to JBG 32. The code 'A' was unusual on Luftwaffe fighter-bombers at that time. (via Terry Panapolis).
2. RF-104G Starfighter,AE-235,AG51, Federal German Air Force (Luftwaffe). Dark Grey RAL 7012 (FS 26152) and Dark Green RAL 6014 (FS 34079 upper surfaces with Light Grey RAL 7001 (FS 26373) undersides. National markings in six positions; note fin fiash
covered over by C...
Supermarine Spitfire Mk.1
1. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.l, K9817 , QJ-R of No 616 Squadron, RAF Rochford, Essex, May/June 1940. One of the unexplained, (at least as yet), markings anomalies of this period was the use by No 616 Sqn of the codes QJ which were the squadron's pre-war codes but had been allocated to No 92 Sqn upon the outbreak of war in September 1939.
2. Supermarine Spitfire Mk.l, (serial overpainted), RN-N of No...
Blackburn Buccaneer Part-2
1. Blackburn Buccaneer S.1. XK533/LM-682 of 700Z Squadron during 1962.Gloss extra dark sea grey and white finish with coding and underwing serial numbers in pale blue.'Royal Navy' title on fin is in black. White fuselage serial number with national insignia being pale red, white and pale blue. Ejection seat markings are pale red whilst nose radome is pale grey/green.
2.Blackburn Buccaneer S.1. XN...
Blackburn Buccaneer Part-1
1. Blackburn Buccaneer S.2D. XV866/LM-653 of 736 Squadron. Gloss extra dark sea grey overall with all serial numbers and code in pale blue. Underwing pylons are white.
2. Blackburn Buccaneer S.2. XV344/LM-325 of 809 Squadron during 1969. Gloss finish of extra dark sea grey overall with pale blue serial numbers, codes and ' Royal Navy' titles.
3. Blackburn Buccaneer S.2 . XT287/H-230 of 801 Sq...
Gruman F4F Wildcat
1. F4F-4 Unit: VGF-29, US Navy Serial: 29-GF-10. CVE-29 USS Santee for Operation Torch in November 1942.
2. FM-2, white 16, VC-79, Lt. Francis P. McElroy, USS Sargent Bay, May 1945.
3. F4F-4. Unit: VF-3, US Navy. Serial: 23 (BuNo.5093) Lt.Cdr John S.Thach, Commander of VF-3. flew this F4F-4 from CV-5
USS Yorktown during the Battle of Midway, 4-6 June 1942. VF-3's 'Felix the Cat' insignia is painted ...
Gloster Javelin. Part 5 In the complete set 2 sheets
Javelin F(AW) Mk.7, XH 835, 'NP', No.33 Squadron. Standard Scheme and national markings; black serial and silver air intake lips. Code in light blue, outlined in red; light blue, red and blue tail stripes. Wing Commander's pennant above code
on nose (note slightly different position on the starboard side).
Javelin F(AW) Mk.8, XH 979, Air Fighting Development Squadron. ...
Gloster Javelin Mk.5, Mk.6, Mk.7. Part 4
1. Javelin F (AW) Mk 5, XA 654, No. 23 Squadron, 1958 (the only Mk 5 on the squadron). Standard scheme and national markings; white serial with blue/red/blue bars above. Unit badge on a white disc on fin.
2. Javelin F (AW) Mk.5, XA 710, 'Y', No. 151 Squadron, RAF Leuchars. Standard scheme and national markings; St Andrew's cross outlined in black, on fin. Serial in black and code i...
Gloster Javelin Mk.4 Part 3
1. Javelin F(AW) Mk.4, XA 756, '756', No. 141 Squadron, RAF Coltishall, 1957. Standard scheme and national markings; black/white fin markings with unit badge superimposed. Fuselage serial in black, with '756' repeated in white on fin.
2. Javelin F(AW) Mk4, XA 636, '636', No. 41 Squadron, RAF Coltishall, 1958. Standard scheme and national markings; black serial on engine nacelles, with the last ...
Yakovlev Yak-7
1. Yak-7B.Unit: 29th GvIAP. Serial: 14. Pilot - Hero of the Soviet Union A.V.Tchirkov. Leningrad Front, Summer 1943. Note the Order of the Red Banner of Combat painted on the fuselage spine.
2. Yak-7B (late series) "For Nikolay!" Unit: 43rd IAP. Serial: 22. Pilot assistance of squadron commander 1st.Lt.V.I.Merkulov. Summer 1943. On 26th September 1943 he was shot down during protecting of his leader commande...
Petlyakov Pe-2
1. Pe-2 "Leningrad-Kenigsberg". Unit: 34th GvBAP. Serial: 26. Crew commander is 1st.Lt.N.D.Panasov. Poland, August 1945.
2. Pe-2 (265th series). Unit: 125th GvBAP, 4th GvBAD. Serial: 95 (c/n.7/256). Crew commander: Gv.2nd Lt.Shelikova (woman).
Balbasovo airfield, early Summer 1944.
3. Pe-2. The crew of Lt.Ovsyannikov, photographed in August 1945 (probably at Far East Front), flew 107 missions with this ...
Vought F4U Corsair Salvador
1. FG-1D. Unit: Escuadrilla 2, Escuadron Caza Bombardeo, Fuerza Aerea Salvadorena. Serial: FAS-205. Circa 1965. The second batch of FG-1D's supplied to El Salvador wore a camouflage in dark blue. It remains unclear if this was the same 'mid-nite' as used on FAH Corsairs, or some other shade. The example depicted here, serialled '205', also had the FAS insignia applied behind the engine cowling. De...
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 ...
Royal Navy Hawker Hunter
1. Hawker hunter T. Mk.8 XL 580:719 VL of the Air Direction Training Unit, FAA., Yeovilton, September 1970.
2. Hawker hunter T.8 XF 289:738 VL , of Heron Station Flight, Yeovilton, September 1972.
3. Hawker hunter T. Mk 8 C XF 985:811 BY , of 759 Squadron FAA, Brawdy, in the late 1960s.
4. Hawker hunter T. Mk 8 XF 357:634 LM , of 738 Squadron FAA, Lossiemouth, September 1962.
5. Hawker...
Hawker Sea Fury Part 2
1. Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 UB-471 of Burma Air Force, January 1959. Aluminium laquer scheme overall (not natural metal), with Red spinner and white and red chequered rudder. Note lack of arresting hook.
2. Hawker Sea Fury FB.11 FAR42 of Cuban 'Fuerza Aerea Revolucionaria' (Revolutionary Air Force), probably 1963. Dark Green scheme overall with yellow stencilled serial number on rudder. Note lack of ar...
Bristol Beaufort Part 2
1. Bristol Beaufort Mk.ll T9540,the first Beaufort assembled in Australia, Fisherman's Bend, 1941. Type A scheme of Dark Green end Dark Earth over Aluminium lower surfaces.
2. Bristol Beaufort Mk.V A9-66:66 of No. 1 OTU, RAAF, 1943. Type A scheme of Foliage Green and Earth Brown over Sky Blue lower surfaces. Note early RAF roundel and yellow codes.
3. Bristol Beaufort Mk.V A9-27:B of No. 6 OTU,...