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Hi all just a placeholder for my entry which will be a Tamiya 1/48 De Havilland FB Mk.VI Mosquito. Am currently busy with my 2nd Thunderbolt for the P-47 group but thats on the finishing straight now. Have bought some decals and bits from Hannants for the project. Looking forward to the off as will be my first twin-engined aircraft built since I returned to the hobby last year. 🙂 Many regards Matt
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After my Abysmal performance in group builds in the second half of last year, I’m getting my 2021 builds underway (post completion of a Gladiator for another GB) with a 1/72 Mosquito. Continuing my theme of mostly building aircraft of aircrew that failed to return as a tribute to them, my build will be HX912 ‘SB-F’ which “Took off from RAF Sculthorpe at 1116 hours on the 9 October 1943 to attack the aero engine works at Woippy near Metz, France. Twelve aircraft from the Squadron took part in the raid and two of these including HX912 failed to return. The ORB recorded : “The weather was hopeless over the sea, coast and target, with very poor visibility and ten- tenths cloud at 500 feet...HX912 was last seen in a shallow dive towards the target having taken over as lead aircraft from the CO.” Crew: RAAF 405106 Flt Lt Kerr, P C C (Pilot), 25 of Harrisville, Queensland, Australia RNZAF FO Hannah, B J E (Navigator), 31 of Wellington, New Zealand Both now rest together in Schoonselhof Cemetery (Alan Storr, 2006, 464 Squadron RAAF World War Two Fatalities,p.14) - Photo of Aircraft is from the ADF serials website