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Airfix 1:48 Hurricane US-A P3549 flown by F/Sgt Fredrick "taffy" Higginson DFM


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Its been a while since i did any real modelling, so i offered to make my friend and colleague, a model of one of his fathers hurricanes which he flew during the B-o-B.

This was partly to say thanks to him for all the help he has given me over the last year, and partly a way to get back into the modelling groove.

His father was Welsh RAF fighter ace Fredrick Higginson, who sadly passed away a few years ago now.

I was lucky enough to have an evening reading through his flight log and i have posted a few interesting photos of that also.

For which hurricane to make, I was spoilt for choice.

I chose to Make US-A P3549.

This was the only aircraft which had its letter recorded with the tail number in the log, so that was one less thing to try and research.

Also he flew it on the 16th Aug 1940, shot down a Do17 for his 7th kill and crash landed his own aircraft in flames, so it had a bit of a story to it as well.

Not the best model i have ever made, but I think it was good enough for my mate.

I did manage to get his dads tache painted on.

Tamiya and xtracrylics used, with flory models washes.

As you can read later on down the page, he was truly one of 'the few' who deserve the respect and gratitude of everyone in the UK.

There are hundreds of fascinating entries in the log, but i have only added a couple.

I didn't take a picture, but his assessment as a fighter pilot in 1938 was given the result "average"

FLAP means they were scrambled with the bell.

I hope you enjoy.

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This is the entry in the log that i used.

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here are some more interesting entries

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"practice new formation"

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"cowling fell off"

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"escorting damaged destroyer"

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My favourite entry

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