1/144 scale, Allied, Civilain, Emil and Mammoth, European Theatre, Luftwaffe, Messerschmitt Bf-109E (Emil), Models & History, Vehicle

Battle of Britain: On 24 August at 15:45, Luftwaffe pilot Herbert Bischoff, 1st/JG52, crash-lands his Bf-109 E-1 “white 9” near Margate, Kent due to engine failure. The pilot is taken prisoner of war, the wreckage of his Emil is transported away on the flatbed of a civilian AEC Mammoth Major – 1/144 scratch-built AEC Mammoth Major 6 Mk II and the Beacon Models Messerschmitt Bf 109 E-1.

1/144 scale, Allied, Civilain, Emil and Mammoth, European Theatre, Messerschmitt Bf-109E (Emil), Modelling & Kits, Vehicle, WW2

In January 2023 I had found two photos of (what I later identified as) an AEC Mammoth Major 6 Mk.II lorry, with the Bf-109E-1 on it’s flatbed. A scene photographed in August 1940 near Margate, Kent, UK. I searched the internet for plans or more precise references but couldn’t find much.

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Axis, European Theatre, Fiat G.50bis Freccia, Models & History, Regia Aeronautica, Regia Aeronautica Italiana, Small Scale History, WW2

Heavily chipped Fiat G.50bis Freccia of the °20 Gruppo are maintained in Ursel, Belgium, in November 1940 to take part in the Battle of Britain. However, with little impact – 1/144 scale vignette.

Invasion Stripes, 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, Models & History, Royal Air Force, Small Scale History, Spitfire MK IX

Somewhere in the UK, some day in june 1944. RAF personel paint or repaint invasion stripes on a heavily weathered Spitfire MK IX – 1/144 scale vignette

Models & History, 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, P-47 Thunderbolt, Small Scale History, USAAF, War-Weary Savior, WW2

May 1944: An old P-47 Razorback armed with lifeboats and smoke markers circles above a ditched B-17 crew – the USAAF Air Sea Rescue unit detachment B of the 65th fighter wing, later known as the 5th Emergency Rescue Squadron was born.

Modelling & Kits, 1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, USAAF, WW2

wrapping the 1/144th scale kit from Sweet in aluminium foil …

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, Pacific Theater, USNavy, WW2

Afternoon of June 4, 1942: This Douglas SBD-3 Dauntless, coming from USS Yorktown, is about to attack IJN carrier Hiryū. It’s the famous Battle of Midway – 1/144 scale vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, Post War, Royal Air Force, South-East Asian Theatre, WW2

1945/1946 – After the end of the Pacific War, the RAF FEAF’s service was by no means over: Spitfire FR Mk XIVs of No.11 and No.273 Squadron over Singapore and Saigon – 1/144 scale models

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Axis, Eastern Front, Luftwaffe, Models & History, WW2

Bf-109F-4 of Gruenherzgeschwader, belly landed at Eastern Front in 1942 – 1/144 scale Vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, Models & History, Royal Air Force, WW2

September 1944, Fano, Italy: the ground crew of No 601 Sqn maintaining and reloading their Spitfires – 1/144 Vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, USNavy, WW2

October 1943: Pilot Lieut. J. R. Brownstein ditched „Fox 5“ of VC-13 aboard of USS Core into the North Atlantic Ocean – 1/144 scale vignette

Aircraft, 1/144 scale, Allied, Models & History, P-47 Thunderbolt, Pacific Theater, USAAF, WW2

Saipan, 1944: Ground personell of 19th Fighter Squadron, 318th Fighter Group, 7th Air Force during gun harmonisation prozess on Republic P-47D-15-RA Thunderbolt 42-23289 “Lady Ruth” – 1/144 scale vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Axis, Imperial Japan, Models & History, Pacific Theater, USNavy, WW2

November 1943: The USS Saratoga, together with the USS Princeton, attacks the city of Rabaul, an important stronghold of the IJN forces, several times – 1/144 scale Models

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, European Theatre, Models & History, USAAF, WW2

USAAF pilot Maj. Garth Jared inspects his Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc “Eleonor” at Anzio, Italy, late January 1944 – 1/144 scale vignette

1/144 scale, Aircraft, Allied, Models & History, Pacific Theater, USNavy, WW2

March 1945: two Corsairs of USS Shangri-la – 1/144 scale models