Grizly Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 I have initiated a project to model four of the aircraft flown by Stocky Edwards. So far, I have built a model of his Spit XVIe and Fw-190F-8 (see below) and am looking towards his P-40 as the next project. The P-40 in question was 260 Squadron's HS*B FR350. My problem is that photos of 260 Squadron aircraft and at least one artist's impression of HS*B show it to be a short tailed P-40K whereas the book "British Military Aircraft Serials 1912 - 1969" show FR350 to be a long tailed P-40M. Would anybody care to point me in the right direction??? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tbolt Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Strangely this profile shows it as an M, but the photo clearly shows it as a short tailed K. Some of the profiles have probably just got confused with the Mk.III designation. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Sinclair Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Kittyhawk Mark III FR350 was ex P-40K-1 42-46143, Taken on Charge 18 September 1942, Struck Off Charge 8 March 1944 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buz Posted October 10, 2021 Share Posted October 10, 2021 Grizly As stated above it was a short tailed K model. Arrived at 260SQN straight from 107MU (basically it was new) I believe in Dec 1942 and stayed until Feb 1943 when it suffered an accident when the engine failed (so I suggest wear wouldn't be insane when it comes to the model finish) Also used at 2SAAF, 112 and 5SAAF post 260SQN Buz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizly Posted October 11, 2021 Author Share Posted October 11, 2021 So a P-40K it will be. Now all I have to do is find an example of the out-of-production Hasegawa 1/32 P-40E/K kit. Wish me luck. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crimea River Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 Perhaps the source of confusion is the tribute P-40N owned by Vintage Wings of Canada that is painted in Stocky's colours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrp Posted October 13, 2021 Share Posted October 13, 2021 The Vintage Wings P-40 has now been recently sold to Tim Savage and is now in Indiana USA. Not sure how long it will remain in Stocky's colours, but I'm sure it will retain his signature on the inside of the radio access door. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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