404 Sqn Beaufighters of the Dallachy Strike Wing – Black Friday & Later Beaux Part 1
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• Decals to model any one of six different aircraft (a total of 12 are covered in parts 1 & 2 of this series) with extensive "notebook" type treatment of each individual subject. Enough common markings for one complete model. Each aircraft's code lettering was applied by hand with a brush. This is reflected in the large number of variations (based on a detailed examination of the available photographs) of letters that they otherwise have in common. Rough "edges" are also supplied as decals to further individualize each aircraft's code letter presentation.
• Twelve 8.5 x 11in. pages of illustrated documentation (not all are shown above).
• Available as a standard set (as shown) or as a combo set with Beaufighter airframe stencil data markings set (AOD32s02) included.
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Aircraft covered in this set
All from 404 Squadron, RCAF, when with the Dallachy Strike Wing,
18 Group, RAF Coastal Command, Dallachy, Scotland, January-March 1945
• Beaufighter TF.X NE339 / EO•U
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X NE669 / EO•A
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X NE686 / EO•T
– Flown by the crew of F/O Flynn and P/O Michael on Black Friday, 9 February 1945.
• Beaufighter TF.X NE825 / EO•G
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X NT916 / EO•S
This aircraft was converted and had the modified tailplane with enlarged elevator and enhanced balance system during most of its 1945 ops.
– Flown by the crew of F/O Nelson and WO Gracie on Black Friday, 9 February 1945.
• Beaufighter TF.X NV177 / EO•Z "Zooperman"
– Flown by the crew of F/O Flynn, and P/O Michael on several operations in March, including the Squadron's final Beaufighter combat operation of the war 24 March 1945.
– Also flown on a 12 March anti-lighthouse combat op by the crew of W/C Pierce (the squadron OC) and F/L Corder (RAF), CGM, CdeG.
• Beaufighter TF.X NV291 / EO•H
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X NV416 / EO•J "Jezebel"
– Flown by F/O Savard when written off in an emergency landing not far from Dallachy on 22 January 1945. Savard was shot down in a different aircraft on Black Friday, 9 February 1945, survived and became a POW until liberated. "Jezebel" was his regular mount prior to her loss.
• Beaufighter TF.X NV427 / EO•L "Looie IV"
– Shot down during combat operations on 8 March 1945, with the loss of the crew of F/O Ridge and P/O McCartney.
• Beaufighter TF.X RD136 / EO•Q1
This aircraft had the modified tailplane with enlarged elevator and enhanced balance system, as well as the Mk.XII wing with its different tips and fuel system modifications – one of the earliest production TF.X's to have these features.
– Shot down during combat operations on Black Friday, 9 February 1945, with the loss of the crew of F/O Smook and WO Duckworth.
• Beaufighter TF.X RD421 / EO•V
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X RD427 / EO•O
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
*High resolution b&w copy of Docs supplied in the package. Home-printable colour PDF version available via email after purchase.
The richly detailed Docs file – the Aviaeology "magazine article in a decal bag" you may have heard about – is also available separately as a PDF e-publication that you can use to zoom in to high magnification on-screen, or print out in colour. Internet-connected registered owners of the decal set get the docs for free.
Additional material included in this particular set's Docs are detailed articles on:
1) The late-war rocket projectile (R/P) set-up used by these aircraft throughout 1945, complete with related scale drawings and paint/finishing notes (one full page);
2) The progressive array of features introduced on the Beaufighter TF.X by both the manufacturer and the service, from aerial particulars, to Mk.XII wings (!), and Hercules Mk.XVIII engines (two full pages of summary information, illustrations, and photos);
3) The (until now misunderstood) modified tailplane / elevator as retrofitted to a number of late-war Beaux and introduced on the production line. Extends from #2 above with a page all its own. Includes clear Aviaeology-original scale line-drawings plus maintenance manual excerpts to show details.
Laced throughout with technical / equipment notes on each individual aircraft, as well as summaries of the Dallachy-era highlights of each aircraft's career… specific aircrew and operations. A must for understanding the various "flavours" of late-war Beaufighter TF.Xs in Coastal Command service, especially those of the rocket-specialist squadrons.
In addition to being loaded with a number of technical illustrations (both Aviaeology originals and aircraft manual outtakes), the usual markings placement and painting instructions for all subject aircraft variations, plus fourteen reference photographs, completes the exhaustive subject-specific coverage.
A separate general decal preparation / application instruction sheet completes the package.
All from 404 Squadron, RCAF, when with the Dallachy Strike Wing,
18 Group, RAF Coastal Command, Dallachy, Scotland, January-March 1945
• Beaufighter TF.X NE339 / EO•U
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X NE669 / EO•A
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X NE686 / EO•T
– Flown by the crew of F/O Flynn and P/O Michael on Black Friday, 9 February 1945.
• Beaufighter TF.X NE825 / EO•G
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X NT916 / EO•S
This aircraft was converted and had the modified tailplane with enlarged elevator and enhanced balance system during most of its 1945 ops.
– Flown by the crew of F/O Nelson and WO Gracie on Black Friday, 9 February 1945.
• Beaufighter TF.X NV177 / EO•Z "Zooperman"
– Flown by the crew of F/O Flynn, and P/O Michael on several operations in March, including the Squadron's final Beaufighter combat operation of the war 24 March 1945.
– Also flown on a 12 March anti-lighthouse combat op by the crew of W/C Pierce (the squadron OC) and F/L Corder (RAF), CGM, CdeG.
• Beaufighter TF.X NV291 / EO•H
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X NV416 / EO•J "Jezebel"
– Flown by F/O Savard when written off in an emergency landing not far from Dallachy on 22 January 1945. Savard was shot down in a different aircraft on Black Friday, 9 February 1945, survived and became a POW until liberated. "Jezebel" was his regular mount prior to her loss.
• Beaufighter TF.X NV427 / EO•L "Looie IV"
– Shot down during combat operations on 8 March 1945, with the loss of the crew of F/O Ridge and P/O McCartney.
• Beaufighter TF.X RD136 / EO•Q1
This aircraft had the modified tailplane with enlarged elevator and enhanced balance system, as well as the Mk.XII wing with its different tips and fuel system modifications – one of the earliest production TF.X's to have these features.
– Shot down during combat operations on Black Friday, 9 February 1945, with the loss of the crew of F/O Smook and WO Duckworth.
• Beaufighter TF.X RD421 / EO•V
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
• Beaufighter TF.X RD427 / EO•O
The decals for this aircraft are provided in Part 2
*High resolution b&w copy of Docs supplied in the package. Home-printable colour PDF version available via email after purchase.
The richly detailed Docs file – the Aviaeology "magazine article in a decal bag" you may have heard about – is also available separately as a PDF e-publication that you can use to zoom in to high magnification on-screen, or print out in colour. Internet-connected registered owners of the decal set get the docs for free.
Additional material included in this particular set's Docs are detailed articles on:
1) The late-war rocket projectile (R/P) set-up used by these aircraft throughout 1945, complete with related scale drawings and paint/finishing notes (one full page);
2) The progressive array of features introduced on the Beaufighter TF.X by both the manufacturer and the service, from aerial particulars, to Mk.XII wings (!), and Hercules Mk.XVIII engines (two full pages of summary information, illustrations, and photos);
3) The (until now misunderstood) modified tailplane / elevator as retrofitted to a number of late-war Beaux and introduced on the production line. Extends from #2 above with a page all its own. Includes clear Aviaeology-original scale line-drawings plus maintenance manual excerpts to show details.
Laced throughout with technical / equipment notes on each individual aircraft, as well as summaries of the Dallachy-era highlights of each aircraft's career… specific aircrew and operations. A must for understanding the various "flavours" of late-war Beaufighter TF.Xs in Coastal Command service, especially those of the rocket-specialist squadrons.
In addition to being loaded with a number of technical illustrations (both Aviaeology originals and aircraft manual outtakes), the usual markings placement and painting instructions for all subject aircraft variations, plus fourteen reference photographs, completes the exhaustive subject-specific coverage.
A separate general decal preparation / application instruction sheet completes the package.