JV44's "Papagei" Staffel only existed as an operational unit for a couple of weeks, but they live forever (whatever one may think of that...) in plastic. Here's mine.
“Papagei” Staffel
鍾馗 “Shoki”
After the VLR P-51 I felt like doing something quick and easy. Here's my Hasegawa Ki44-II as a straight up modelling piece.
Running On Fumes
Seven hours, covering 1300NM over open ocean, limited fuel, one engine, enemy fighters; there were few missions more relentlessly hazardous, nor with so many different hazards to face.
Two Weeks in January, 1945
If you read to the end, a sense of fatigue wouldn't be unexpected. It will pale though when compared to the fatigue these men must have endured. I don't know how they did it.
Otto Shultz’s Jg 27 Bf 109F-4/Trop
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.
“Imshi”
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.
“Rescue Me”
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.
Earning Their Stripes
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.
Mrs. Yarra’s Boys
Two brothers, two Spitfires; Ft/Lt. John Yarra and his brother, P/O Robert Yarra from rural NSW and their No.453 Sqn. Spitfires.
A Balkans Bf 109 E-4/B
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...
