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Eagle Squadron Spitfire Mk.VBs: The American Volunteers of 71, 121, & 133 Sqns

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• Includes decals to model at least 2 (if subjects featuring each variant of national markings are chosen) of 10 photo-documented subjects, based on carefully interpreted graphic reconstructions.

 

• Six 8.5 x 11 in. pages of illustrated documentation*

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​Aircraft covered in this set:

71  Squadron 
•  AB875  /  XR•X,  Martlesham  Heath,  February  1942  aircraft  nicknamed  ‘Little  Joe’  with  Eagle  Squadron  motif  nose  art,  P/O  Joe  Kelly.

•  AB908  /  XR•Y,  Kirton-in-Lindsey,  November  1941  P/O  Carrol  ‘Red’  McCoplin.

•  AD196  /  XR•Q,  Martlesham  Heath,  February  1942  aircraft  nicknamed  ‘Miss  North  Dallas’  with  Victor  France  originated  nose  art,  various  pilots.

•  BL287  /  XR•C,  Martlesham  Heath,  March  1942  ‘Sioux  Chief’  nose  art,  P/O  Leo  Nomis.  Choice  of  three  (white  as  printed,  or  Sky  or  light  blue  as  overlays)  background  colour  interpretations  are  provided  for.

121  Squadron 
•  W3711  /  AV•H,  Kirton-in-Lindsey,  December  1941  P/O  Richard  Patterson  (features  neat  dice  gambler-themed  “tail  art”  adjacent  to  serial  number  on  port  side).

•  BM405  /  AV•J,  Southend,  June  1942  aircraft  nicknamed  ‘Barry’,  P/O  “Barry” Mahon.

•  BM581  /  AV•P,  Southend,  July  1942  Uncle  Sam’s  Hat  +  13  stars  nose  art,  P/O  Bill  Kelly.

•  BM590  /  AV•R,  Southend,  July  1942 aircraft  nicknamed  ‘Olga’,  P/O  Gilbert Halsey.

133  Squadron  

•  BM263  /  MD•A,  Kirton-in-Lindsey,  April  1942  ‘Mine’s  a  Bitter’  nose  art  with  Squadron  Leader’s  rank  pennant,  S/L  Eric  Thomas.
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•  EN951  /  MD•U,  Biggin  Hill,  late  summer  1942  P/O  Don Blakeslee.

*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 (automatically sent for direct-purchase customers).

Documentation includes subject specific (i.e. not generic) decal placement and comprehensive painting instructions compete with multi-view colour depictions clarifying propeller, exhaust, and canopy variations for all subject aircraft plus select photographs.


A separate general decal preparation / application instruction sheet completes the package.
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