Aircraft covered in this set:
• Sunderland GR.III DD859 as aircraft 3•G of 423 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Castle Archdale, Ireland, August 1943
4 August 1943, Flying Officer A.A. Bishop and crew sank U-489 but AA fire from the U-boat shot the aircraft down. Six of the 11-man crew survived.
• Sunderland GR.III ML825 as aircraft AB•D of 423 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Castle Archdale, Ireland, September 1944
11 September 1944, Flying Officer J.N. Farren and crew joined HMCS Dunver and HMCS Hespeler in sinking U-484.
• Sunderland GR.III EK591 as aircraft 2•U of 422 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Castle Archdale, Ireland, early-mid 1944
10 March 1944 (while based down the road from Castle Archdale at St. Angelo) Warrant Officer 2nd Class W.F. Morton and crew, sank U-625, while on W/O Morton’s first operational mission as an aircraft commander.
*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.
This set's documentation includes decal placement and painting instructions for all subject aircraft variations, plus reference photographs. , Additional material in this set's Docs includes a detailed article, complete with colour scale drawings, on the Sunderland-specific bomb racks and the associated universal bomb carriers and depth charges that comprised the anti-submarine warload for 1943-1944 era operational Sunderlands. Complete with scale drawings and paint/finishing notes. Additional technical / equipment notes specific to each individual aircraft are laced throughout.
A separate general decal preparation / application instruction sheet completes the package.
• Sunderland GR.III DD859 as aircraft 3•G of 423 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Castle Archdale, Ireland, August 1943
4 August 1943, Flying Officer A.A. Bishop and crew sank U-489 but AA fire from the U-boat shot the aircraft down. Six of the 11-man crew survived.
• Sunderland GR.III ML825 as aircraft AB•D of 423 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Castle Archdale, Ireland, September 1944
11 September 1944, Flying Officer J.N. Farren and crew joined HMCS Dunver and HMCS Hespeler in sinking U-484.
• Sunderland GR.III EK591 as aircraft 2•U of 422 Squadron RCAF, RAF Coastal Command, Castle Archdale, Ireland, early-mid 1944
10 March 1944 (while based down the road from Castle Archdale at St. Angelo) Warrant Officer 2nd Class W.F. Morton and crew, sank U-625, while on W/O Morton’s first operational mission as an aircraft commander.
*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.
This set's documentation includes decal placement and painting instructions for all subject aircraft variations, plus reference photographs. , Additional material in this set's Docs includes a detailed article, complete with colour scale drawings, on the Sunderland-specific bomb racks and the associated universal bomb carriers and depth charges that comprised the anti-submarine warload for 1943-1944 era operational Sunderlands. Complete with scale drawings and paint/finishing notes. Additional technical / equipment notes specific to each individual aircraft are laced throughout.
A separate general decal preparation / application instruction sheet completes the package.