Koralik64 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Something with a propeller this time. Hawker Hurricane Mk.II, 309 Sqdn. Peterhead 1944. Set: Trumpeter 1:24 scale, model made as always straight from the box. Model quite simple to build, decals are a Techmod set. 32 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Delta 210 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 I'm no expert, but it looks very good to me! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Law Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Excellent build. Pity they don't do a good one of these in 1/48 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colin Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Beautifully painted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevej60 Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Beautiful build and finish,great work all round. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EpicPlastic Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Oh wow, what a beauty. Congrats on a great build & beautifully painted indeed! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMCS Posted August 18, 2019 Share Posted August 18, 2019 Superb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wojtek2 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Very nice, but why did they choose those toilet letters for the squadron back then ? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J Sherratt Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 That looks great - nice work. John 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
One 48 Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 Superb, awesome weathering, you nailed the exhaust especially 👌 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
303sqn Posted August 19, 2019 Share Posted August 19, 2019 (edited) 9 hours ago, Wojtek2 said: Very nice, but why did they choose those toilet letters for the squadron back then ? They weren’t chosen, they were allocated by the Air Ministry. 309 squadron was originally an army co-operation squadron and under direct command of the 1st Polish Corps and allocated the letters AR. On 23 June 1942, a letter was sent from the Deputy Director of Air Tactics at the Air Ministry to Bomber Command, Fighter Command, Coastal Command and Army Co-operation Command, headed 'Squadron Code letters on Aircraft’. The letter stated that the Deputy Director of Air Tactics had been directed to refer to the use of squadron code letters on aircraft and to inform the Commands that it was now considered that the application of such markings were defeating all efforts by W/T security to conceal the Order of Battle. Unless there were overriding reasons to the contrary, the squadron code letters were to be abandoned and the views of the Commands were therefore sought as a matter of urgency. Following consideration of all the replies received from the Operational Commands, on 26 September 1942 a letter was sent to all Operational Commands at home and overseas which stated that with the exception of Bomber and Fighter Commands it had been decided to dispense with the two-letter squadron codes as a means of identification on security grounds. When it became clear that the 1st Polish Corps would not fight on the Continent in its entirety, and therefore there was no longer a need for a co-operation/tactical reconnaissance squadron, it was decided that 309 Squadron would become a fighter squadron and existing personnel left to become the nucleus of the newly forming 318 Squadron that would become the tactical reconnaissance squadron for 2nd Polish Corps. In theory, at least, 309 Squadron no longer had squadron codes so that when it transferred to Fighter Command they were allocated a new code, WC. Edited August 19, 2019 by 303sqn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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