Hurricane Mk.I Trop V7826 flown by Roald Dahl
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1 14 May 2020, 08:36
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Hi Alex, I'm uploading the most relevant pictures related to Hurricanes in Greece. Pictures of my build will follow, but it's less interesting...
14 May 2020, 10:48
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Thanks. If you have anything to add, let me know. The build is finished, but i am still interested.
I was also tempted to build the crashed Me109 that Dahl photographed after it was shot down in Eleusis. But that's another project !
15 May 2020, 09:37
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I've already checked and the truth is that the totality of RAF-Hurricanes-in-Greece photos I know of / have copies of are of wrecked Hurricanes after the Luftwaffe attacks - you know the kind, the wrecks found at Argos etc... e.g. the famous V7773 "Surrey" etc. (btw, here's the 1/72 rendition of that one by a good friend [or rather: mentor...] of mine: ipernity.com/doc/elias_k/album/1245960 ) - so I don't know (also given the diversity of little details per each different example, as you pointed out) if these could be of any help for this particular project - but of course I will be happy to share, if you are interested!
15 May 2020, 17:34
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As for the Me 109 "Black Ten" brought down in Eleusis airfield, yes, that's a nice idea (I knew that the photo appeared in "Going Solo" - and there's a second one in Shores & Cull "Air war for... etc" - interestingly enough, they misidentify the example as the one shot in Larissa, while it is definitely the one shot down at Eleusis!). While I'm not a fan of Luftwaffe aircraft, such Me 109s shot down during the Greek campaign (the above Black 10 at Eleusis, White 5 at Larissa, Black 4 and Black 1 in Crete) are indeed interesting subjects... maybe I might me tempted some day... Needless to say, it is a real pleasure having a scale-mate interested and knowledgeable in the '40-'41 Greek campaign! 🙂
15 May 2020, 17:45
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Hi Alex,
I have several pictures of Functional Hurricanes in Greece, in case you are interested :
V7288 with Cullen before his last flight
V7419 in Larissa with the pilots of 33 Sqn posing in front.
V7599 in Eleusis earlier, with a few pilots in front
V7804 (?) in Paramythia
And of course, the Megara Hurricane in Dahl's book labeled "My Hurricane" (whether correct of not). It's definitely not V7826, since it has exhaust light deflectors visible.
The pictures of the wrecked ACs at Argos were obviously taken by a German photographer. I'd love to see hi-quality versions of those photos from the Bundesarchiv and such !
Regarding the Me109, it is a far off project, and rather unlikely. Not a big fan of Axis airplanes either, and I would try to do it crashed, as in the pictures. There is a set of decals for it in 1/48 :
Bf 109's of the Balkans (Eagle Strike Productions 48120, 1:48)
16 May 2020, 16:40