Venturas in Canada 3: RCAF Western Air Command
SKU:
AOD48034
CA$13.39
CA$13.39
per item
• Decals to model any one (or possibly 2 if subject selection is done wisely) of eight different aircraft. One subject will require minor kit bashing (using Ventura B.II nose or aftermarket clear components) to model the earlier “window-nosed" GR.V.
• Eight 8.5 x 11in. pages of illustrated documentation.*
• Eight 8.5 x 11in. pages of illustrated documentation.*
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Aircraft covered in this set:
• Ventura GR.V 2177 as aircraft "H" of 8 (BR) Squadron, with nose art and yellow search panels applied when the aircraft had participated in Operation Polar Bear, February - March 1945.
• Ventura GR.V2185 as aircraft "M" of 149 (BR) Squadron, Terrace, British Columbia, March 1944, and 8 (BR) Squadron, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, mid 1944 through spring of 1945. Flew the squadron's final war patrol on 16 May 1945.
• Ventura GR.V2189 as aircraft "Q" of 8 (BR) Squadron, with nose art and yellow search panels applied when the aircraft had participated in Operation Polar Bear, February - March 1945.
• Ventura GR.V2192 as aircraft "A" of 8 (BR) Squadron Met Flight, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, late March (and possibly through summer with Station Met Flight?), 1945.
• Ventura GR.V (early nose) 2194 as aircraft "B" of 149 (BR) Squadron, Terrace, British Columbia, March 1944, and 8 (BR) Squadron, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, mid/late 1944.
• Ventura GR.V 2227 as aircraft "M" of 115 (BR) Squadron, Tofino, British Columbia, May 1944.
• Ventura GR.V 2244 as aircraft "D" of 8 (BR) Squadron Met Flight, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, late March (and possibly through summer with Station Met Flight?), 1945.
• Ventura GR.V 2265 of the stored reserve at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, marked as aircraft "S" of 8 (BR) Squadron when "rolled out" as a colourful background extra for the movie Son of Lassie which was filmed on the station in the summer of 1944.
*Black and white laser prints are supplied in the package, and a high resolution, home/office-printable, colour PDF version is made available via email after purchase.
Richly detailed Docs file – the Aviaeology "magazine article in a decal bag" you may have heard about – as a PDF that you can zoom in to high magnification on-screen, or print out. Internet-connected registered owners of the decal set get the colour docs PDF for free.
Documentation includes markings placement and painting instructions for all subject aircraft, plus a good number of reference photographs. Additional material in this particular set's Docs include a detailed article on the two schemes worn on Western Air Command's Ventura fleet, in addition to illustrated coverage of the in-service nose mods (made to prevent damage for nose gun firing concussion), the combination marker-range aerial fitted beneath the bomb bay, and the SCR-729A Rebecca III system used on the two Met aircraft that are featured in the set. The overall package is laced throughout with modeller-friendly notes and details related to each individual aircraft.
A separate general decal preparation / application instruction sheet completes the package.
• Ventura GR.V 2177 as aircraft "H" of 8 (BR) Squadron, with nose art and yellow search panels applied when the aircraft had participated in Operation Polar Bear, February - March 1945.
• Ventura GR.V2185 as aircraft "M" of 149 (BR) Squadron, Terrace, British Columbia, March 1944, and 8 (BR) Squadron, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, mid 1944 through spring of 1945. Flew the squadron's final war patrol on 16 May 1945.
• Ventura GR.V2189 as aircraft "Q" of 8 (BR) Squadron, with nose art and yellow search panels applied when the aircraft had participated in Operation Polar Bear, February - March 1945.
• Ventura GR.V2192 as aircraft "A" of 8 (BR) Squadron Met Flight, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, late March (and possibly through summer with Station Met Flight?), 1945.
• Ventura GR.V (early nose) 2194 as aircraft "B" of 149 (BR) Squadron, Terrace, British Columbia, March 1944, and 8 (BR) Squadron, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, mid/late 1944.
• Ventura GR.V 2227 as aircraft "M" of 115 (BR) Squadron, Tofino, British Columbia, May 1944.
• Ventura GR.V 2244 as aircraft "D" of 8 (BR) Squadron Met Flight, Patricia Bay, British Columbia, late March (and possibly through summer with Station Met Flight?), 1945.
• Ventura GR.V 2265 of the stored reserve at RCAF Station Patricia Bay, marked as aircraft "S" of 8 (BR) Squadron when "rolled out" as a colourful background extra for the movie Son of Lassie which was filmed on the station in the summer of 1944.
*Black and white laser prints are supplied in the package, and a high resolution, home/office-printable, colour PDF version is made available via email after purchase.
Richly detailed Docs file – the Aviaeology "magazine article in a decal bag" you may have heard about – as a PDF that you can zoom in to high magnification on-screen, or print out. Internet-connected registered owners of the decal set get the colour docs PDF for free.
Documentation includes markings placement and painting instructions for all subject aircraft, plus a good number of reference photographs. Additional material in this particular set's Docs include a detailed article on the two schemes worn on Western Air Command's Ventura fleet, in addition to illustrated coverage of the in-service nose mods (made to prevent damage for nose gun firing concussion), the combination marker-range aerial fitted beneath the bomb bay, and the SCR-729A Rebecca III system used on the two Met aircraft that are featured in the set. The overall package is laced throughout with modeller-friendly notes and details related to each individual aircraft.
A separate general decal preparation / application instruction sheet completes the package.