BobCNutt Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 (edited) Hello all Just a note to outline a project and to recruit some general help. The aircraft I'm modelling is the one that crashed on Buckden Pike on 30th Jan 1942. Referenced here - http://www.buckdenpike.co.uk/ It's a "Polish" aircraft of 18 OTU, RAF. I'm hoping to complete it to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the crash and because the site is one I've visited quite often as a keen Yorkshire Dales hillwalker. I'm basing my model on Airfix's kit - https://uk.airfix.com/products/vickers-wellington-mk1ac-a08019 I'm keen on reasonable accuracy but don't have a fortune to spend on (or the skill for) extensive modifications/after-market parts. I am keen to get the scheme and markings right (in the absence of any picture, that I know of) and need to confirm and obtain some decals. The "buckdenpike" website says the plane didn't carry a code but http://www.yorkshire-aircraft.co.uk/aircraft/yorkshire/york42/jan42.html suggests "G" *might* be possible? Which seems most likely? Would the aircraft have carried its N2848 serial number? What colour would it have been? Where can I get hold of the Polish red/white check insignia for the nose (and the right codes/serials if needed)? Really, anything else that might be accomplished straightforwardly to enhance the models accuracy. I feel I'm asking a lot so thanks so much in advance. Edited September 11, 2021 by BobCNutt Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Sinclair Posted September 11, 2021 Share Posted September 11, 2021 N2848 Wellington Ic. Taken on Charge 6 August 1940, 48 MU 13 August, 21 OTU "B" 12 March 1941, 18 OTU "A" 7 May, 43 Group Deposit Account 5 June, 18 OTU "A" 10 September, Repaired on Site? 27 October, 18 OTU 12 November, Struck off Charge 6 February 1942. W.R. Chorley in Bomber Command Losses says the aircraft was on a night cross country exercise, 30/31 January 1942, the aircraft letter was G, no indication if it was carrying the unit codes of XW. It would have had the serial number N2848 painted on it. Encountered icing, one out of the six on board survived, later he was also the sole survivor when his aircraft was shot down. He returned in 1972 and placed a remembrance stone, 246 squadron Air Training Corps are reported to do a yearly visit. It should be a standard Ic in terms of equipment, camouflage and markings as of January 1942, the Ic was still in production at the time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobCNutt Posted September 11, 2021 Author Share Posted September 11, 2021 Thanks Geoffrey. Joe Fusniak's war exploits were remarkable. His escape from the wreckage of N2848 from the summit of Buckden Pike in a nighttime blizzard is a local legend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossington 2 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 Not easy finding pictures of any wartime Finningley aircraft. Someone decided to junk all of 18 & 25 OTU's memory post war. Alas. Very little between Wellesleys and 616's Mosquitos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobCNutt Posted September 12, 2021 Author Share Posted September 12, 2021 Thanks Ossington The kit includes another OTU scheme so I'm fairly confident that I can get a fair "best guess" to what N2848 would have looked like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ossington 2 Posted September 12, 2021 Share Posted September 12, 2021 You may find something, or nothing, in the crash report at the National Archives under reference AIR81/11866. Alas, it is not visible online, and it may be dear to purchase. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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