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I wonder if anyone can help me, First the background, I have always been interested in planes from as far back as I can remember and when I was about 12 years old I had a book on the Battle of Britain that told me what happened day to day. In it I saw that a pilot named Homer was killed in action, yes I know a lot of pilots died, but this one stopped with me as he had the same surname as me. At the time I was making models of aircraft as lads do, but looking back I was just bashing through them. I am now 64 and I have started to make the odd model car or two but this young man is still at the back of my mind, we now have the internet, and I have some time to take things slower. So I decided to do some research on him. I have found all I need to know to be able to make an attempt at modeling him, but there is still one or two bits of the jigsaw I need. This is all I have on him so far, the information has come from more than one site but I have put it all together to build a better picture. http://www.acesofww2.com/UK/aces/bader/ He is second from the right in white. Born 1919 Service Number : 33409 Education - Eagle House, 1930 – 1933, Wellington and Royal Air Force College, Cranwell. The Day: Major efforts by massed Bf 110's and Bf 109's are aimed at London and Bristol in the morning. Only a few get through with heavy German losses. Flying officer Michael Homer DFC, of 242 Squadron, which was led by flying ace Douglas Bader, was just 21 when he was shot down in combat with Bf109s and crashed in flames by a German fighter plane over Sittingbourne, in Kent at 12.25 hrs. He was flying Hurricane I, P2967. His badly damaged Hurricane, which was based with the rest of the squadron in Duxford, crashed into the garden of a small cottage in the village of Milstead on 27th of September 1940. FO Homer's remains were taken from the wreck and buried in Godlingston Cemetery, in Swanage, and his family planted a tree and mounted a plaque in his memory at the crash site.at Bluetown, Mintching Wood. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I have the Italeri Kit, with the Eduard 49594 set for the detail and Revell 1/48 ground crew for the pilot so far. The only fly in the ointment at the moment is trying to find the letter code after the roundel on the side. The squadron code is obviously LE, but does anyone know of a link to find the code to replace the A in this picture of PO Willie McKnight for my pilot? I cannot find any photograph with the P2967 showing, to tell me, (P2961 in this shot is close but no cigar), If I cannot find a letter could make one up do you think, Or I could leave it blank maybe. As to the colour of his flying kit, I was thinking white as on the left. (If I can get the revell bits to play ball and look something like). Anyone got any suggestions? Thanks.