Col Walter E Kurtz Posted March 13, 2022 Author Share Posted March 13, 2022 9 minutes ago, RMCS said: Stunning, what history, did ye fly Typhoons? As far as I know he went straight from Texans in Canada to Tempest Vs at OTU..then Tempest V . Post war he flew Tempest II s. Thanks for the compliment! Regards, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corsaircorp Posted March 14, 2022 Share Posted March 14, 2022 What a great model and moving story !! You can be proud of both !! Congratulations !! Sincerely. CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Dyck Posted March 15, 2022 Share Posted March 15, 2022 Hi Andy , thats a nice addition and the tabletop turns out very nice! Cheers Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reg Gibson Posted May 7, 2022 Share Posted May 7, 2022 Great build, great story , good luck with your search 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted May 8, 2022 Author Share Posted May 8, 2022 16 hours ago, Reg Gibson said: Great build, great story , good luck with your search Thank you Reg. I'm glad you enjoyed this post. You know only too well how emotional a journey this kind of thing is. Regards, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ColinChipmunkfan Posted May 8, 2022 Share Posted May 8, 2022 What a beautifully finished Tempest. It was clearly an important journey for you in making it. Thank you for sharing the story with us. In the Hardback first edition of the Big Show by Pierre Closterman I think there is a photograph of Peter Brown taking off on a mission. I don't know whether the picture picture is in any later editions.🙂 Colin 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted May 9, 2022 Author Share Posted May 9, 2022 8 hours ago, ColinChipmunkfan said: What a beautifully finished Tempest. It was clearly an important journey for you in making it. Thank you for sharing the story with us. In the Hardback first edition of the Big Show by Pierre Closterman I think there is a photograph of Peter Brown taking off on a mission. I don't know whether the picture picture is in any later editions.🙂 Colin Thank you so much Colin. I'll have to investigate this further I seem to recall PC describes taking off for a sweep in snow and ice and describes having little confidence in one new , young and inexperienced pilot's ability to take off in formation safely.. think he refers to this pilot as 'Brown'. There were no other pilots on the squadron named Brown at that time . seems likely it's my uncle. It's a great regret that i never got to talk to uncle as an adult about his service. Wish i could time travel back to 1980 and sit down with him. Regards, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Notty Posted May 21, 2022 Share Posted May 21, 2022 Firstly, what an absolutely amazing story! My heart sank when I read the bad news early on, but so pleased your Uncle survived the war. That generation were quite amazing, and it is sad that he passed so young despite seeing through the storm. Your Tempest is exemplary, and the diorama is perfect, just busy enough to bring it all to life. And thank you for giving a name ("Rebecca") to my pain; I am right now seeking something similar for a bubble Spit! Andy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted May 21, 2022 Author Share Posted May 21, 2022 14 hours ago, Notty said: Firstly, what an absolutely amazing story! My heart sank when I read the bad news early on, but so pleased your Uncle survived the war. That generation were quite amazing, and it is sad that he passed so young despite seeing through the storm. Your Tempest is exemplary, and the diorama is perfect, just busy enough to bring it all to life. And thank you for giving a name ("Rebecca") to my pain; I am right now seeking something similar for a bubble Spit! Andy Hello again Notty! Thank you for your compliments on my Diorama and the Tempest. it's Boys Own stuff... his story for sure.. I think it is the Rebecca aerial. Though that might also be the short 'pole' that sticks out of the bottom of the fuselage! i did find information somewhere that stated Tempest Vs had Rebecca fitted and used as a RDF tool. Having done a quick search online i can't find any pictures / articles to support my naming explicitly.. maybe it's a VHF radio 'whip' then? ... but for sure the guitar string method worked an absolute treat for me. It was an absolute pleasure to build this model for the personal story behind it. I'm humbled by people's reactions to my modest efforts. Cheers, Andy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted June 6, 2022 Author Share Posted June 6, 2022 Happy 98th Birthday Uncle Peter! Up The Firebirds ! Raised a glass to you today! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col Walter E Kurtz Posted January 16 Author Share Posted January 16 On 16/05/2021 at 00:55, Col Walter E Kurtz said: I know this is an old post but.. amazingly I managed to find some gun-camera film of Uncle Peter in combat on 26th March 1945 on the IWM website I'm still gob-smacked and have verified and cross referenced my latest discovery against the official sources. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Remus389 Posted January 16 Share Posted January 16 The model turned out very good, well worth your effort! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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