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Category: Feature Article

Feature Articles comprise the subject’s biography with the machine’s historical context as well as a full description of the model’s completion.

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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 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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Not Just Pretty Nose Art; The Black Widows of Iwo Jima and Ie Shima, March-August 1945

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on September 18, 2019December 7, 2021

The men of the 348th, 349th and 6th Night Fighter Squadrons were more than the nose art on their P-61’s.

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Rudolf “Rudi” Müller’s Bf 109 G-2/R6 of 6/Jg5, April 1943

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on September 1, 2019December 7, 2021

An old model, a new set of pictures and a potentially controversial op-ed comprise this piece on Rudolf Müller’s Bf109G-2/R6.

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The Greatest Air Battle; Dieppe, 19th August, 1942

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on July 6, 2019December 7, 2021

The largest single-day air engagement of the war; simultaneously a tactical loss and strategic victory.

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“The Little Friends” – Fighter Escorts of the Eighth Air Force, USAAF in the ETO 1944/45

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on June 2, 2019December 7, 2021

This one is a multifaceted Feature Article containing a biography of the pilot, a description of the build and a piece describing the importance of the ground attack role the “Little Friends” played in addition to the bomber escort role they are more widely known for.

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The “Convertible” F-14D of USN’s VF-213 “The Black Lions”

  • by Mark Beckwith
  • Posted on May 21, 2019March 18, 2021

Something a little different; a jet for one thing. However, this one is a little lighthearted compared to most and I hope you enjoy it.

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