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Otto Shultz’s Jg 27 Bf 109F-4/Trop

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on June 2, 2020December 7, 2021

This piece is an addendum to the article on S/Ldr E. M. “Imshi” Mason, DFC; Otto Shultz was Mason’s victor, along with three others.

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“Imshi”

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on May 2, 2020December 7, 2021

One Christmas my parents gave me Chaz Bowyer’s “The History of the RAF”. Within its pages is a captivating photo of a pilot resting on the ground, smiling. The pilot’s name was S/Ldr Ernest M. Mason DFC, known to all as “Imshi”. This is his story.

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“Rescue Me”

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on April 12, 2020December 7, 2021

The little told story of the USAAF’s 5th ASR and how they rescued war weary P-47’s and in turn, rescued almost a thousand downed airmen in the North Sea and English Channel.

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Earning Their Stripes

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on March 20, 2020December 7, 2021

How does a squadron of trainee pilots return to base in the event bad weather when they don’t have radios in their aircraft? The recall bird goes up; here’s mine.

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Mrs. Yarra’s Boys

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on February 10, 2020December 7, 2021

Two brothers, two Spitfires; Ft/Lt. John Yarra and his brother, P/O Robert Yarra from rural NSW and their No.453 Sqn. Spitfires.

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A Balkans Bf 109 E-4/B

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on January 19, 2020December 7, 2021

Ever since I first saw a picture of the “crazy paving” camouflaged 109’s of JG 54 I’ve wanted to make one. After many a year of procrastination, here it is…

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A War Weary Spitfire MkV of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Mount Farm

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on January 7, 2020December 7, 2021

What to do with a spare Spitfire?

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The RAAF’s New Guinea Boston Tea Party

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on December 28, 2019December 7, 2021

This is the story of an aircraft the RAAF didn’t want to use and a model I didn’t want to finish.

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The RCAF’s No.404 “Buffalo” Squadron

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on November 28, 2019December 7, 2021

Coastal Command’s war against the elements as well as the enemy as experienced by the RCAF’s No.404 “Buffalo” Squadron.

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A Late War Bf 109G-10

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on November 24, 2019December 7, 2021

How a model I began a decade ago was rescued from overseas storage to become a JG(K)27 Bf 109G-10

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The Captive Wulf is finished, link in bio.

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