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  1. Is it a bomb rack or is it for an external fuel tank?
  2. Thank you very much, a cracking reference and a really good build - beyond anything I could manage. Thanks again.
  3. Just reviving an old thread here as I'm interested in this aircraft which I believe is FN854 Q 4H of 854 Squadron aboard HMS Illustrious around the time of the attack on Palembang. I believe that the VI marking relates to the one shot down by Lt Voak in August 1944. Are there any other photographs or info? Is Roundel Blue still the best guess at the anti glare panel?
  4. I hadn't looked at the appendices and yes he includes L4823 as a MKI but he has captioned the photo on page 73 as L6823
  5. I should have have searched just a little longer as I think Chaz Bowyer in his book correctly identifies the aircraft as L6823 which is a MKI serial. The only other info that he provides is that the aircraft was later sent to Yugoslavia.
  6. The link provided in the first post is not the only one to identify it as a MKIV, the photo appears in several books which also identify it as such which is odd as clearly it isn't. Another little mystery is provided by Graham Warner in his book The Bristol Blenheim - The Complete History. On page 422 he provides this: MKIV 11/06/1940 L4823 113 Squadron Mk IV: FTR; shot-down by fighters on return from El Adem, F/l.t D. Beauclair, W/0 H. Owen, and Sgt J. Dobson all injured (burns) and became PoWs. and on page 424: 11/06/1940 L4823 203 Squadron Mk IV-F: FTR; lost on patrol over Red Sea in unknown circumstances. The Air Britain serials lists L4823 as the first in a batch of MK IVs.
  7. The Duxford Blenheim is silver, possibly matt aluminium. That said it is based on a Canadian built Bolingbroke which had some minor differences to the Blenheim.
  8. Below is a photo of Z5970 of 5 AOS found on the IWM site. The colours would be standard Blenheim colours IE, green/dark earth top sides and Sky undersides. Unless I'm mistaken the aircraft appears to be fitted with a gun pack. I hope find this useful. ROYAL AIR FORCE FLYING TRAINING COMMAND, 1940-1945.. © IWM (CH 4858)IWM Non Commercial Licence
  9. A couple of photo's from Eyes Of The Phoenix which show the camera ports. The book also has some details of camouflage and markings.
  10. Stu, does this close up of the aircraft you are modelling help? This aircraft was built pre war so the under sides would be all black. This would mean that the black would remain as it was with white added to the underside of the starboard fuselage and wing. In this case as you can see a straight demarcation line was used and they have left the black black triangle above it. On the port side the black would be as per the prewar pattern.
  11. Looks like it to me and I have seen photo's of similar mods as shown below. Note also that this one appears to have the gun pack from a MKI including the blast troughs. I think Z7610 may also have the gun pack hidden behind the oil drum.
  12. The MKIII had the same wing as the MKII so it would be metal skinned as per the photo.
  13. MKIV was I believe an unofficial designation as the aircraft were MKII's fitted with a canopy in Canada.
  14. Yes it did though the difference in appearance is not all that obvious.
  15. L8011 was delivered to the squadron in August 1937 whilst they were still in the UK. The camouflage I believe was only applied after the arrival in the Middle East. It's a MKI and I believe the under side of the top wing was left aluminium which was standatd practice and the undersides of the lower wing were black and white. This paticular aircraft was transferred to the Greek Air Force when 80 Squadron's aircraft were replaced by MKII's. Other MKIs known to have been flown by Pattle include K7009 (his regular pre-war mount and the one in which he carried out a one wheel landing), K7910 abandoned pre-war in Palestine and burnt by bandits, KI7910, K7913 which is believed to have carried the crest but that's not to say that it wasn't put on others, K7941 YK-X also transferred to RHAF in Dec 1940, and K8009 which was also flown by Wykeham-Barnes. The only identified MKII flown by Pattle is N5832 but I think it is more than likely that he flew others. I have seen the photo with the crest but I haven't been able to find evidence as to which aircraft it is. Hope that helps.
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