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.
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.
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.
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
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.
wrapping the 1/144th scale kit from Sweet in aluminium foil …
September 1944, Fano, Italy: the ground crew of No 601 Sqn maintaining and reloading their Spitfires – 1/144 Vignette
USAAF pilot Maj. Garth Jared inspects his Supermarine Spitfire Mk. IXc “Eleonor” at Anzio, Italy, late January 1944 – 1/144 scale vignette