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Post by dewobz on Jul 6, 2014 15:56:45 GMT 12
Hi Everyone
Expert assistance sought.
I am beginning a 1/48 Tamiya Mosquito FB Mk VI build with the aircraft depicted as 487 Squadron Mosquito coded EG-T flown by P/Os Max Sparks and A.C. Dunlop in Operation Jericho, 18 Feb 1944.
I'll be posting the build on here. Apparently MM417 EG-T (as per the Tamiya kitset) was actually the replacement for the EG-T damaged in the Jericho raid.
I wish to clarify exactly what the serial number of this aircraft was?
Osprey Combat Aircraft Mosquito Bomber/Fighter Bomber units 1942-45 by Martin Bowman (who apparently is the worldwide guru on WW2 Mosquito ops) records the Serial Number of EG-T as HX982 on both occasions it is mentioned.
However on Wikipedia the serial number is recorded as HX892 with the reference being -
Key Publishing (2009). Mosquito Flypast Special. Key Publishing. ISBN 978-0-946219-18-6
I'm hoping someone can absolutely confirm the exact serial number ?
Maybe there's a photo? I can't find one although one in ADF Serials Image Gallery comes tantalizingly close with EG-C clearly showing the serial HX965
Hope to hear from yous. Many Thanks in advance.
Regards,
Wally.
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Post by nuuumannn on Jul 6, 2014 17:22:58 GMT 12
Hi Wally, I've got HX982 as T-Tommy's serial during the Amiens raid, piloted by Plt Off Max N. Sparks. This is from Mosquito by C Martin Sharp and Michael J.F. Bowyer and is confirmed by Osprey's Mosquito Bomber/Fighter Units 1942 - 1945. Hope this helps.
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Post by McFly on Jul 6, 2014 17:51:14 GMT 12
A couple of photos of EG-T from a previous thread.  Negative Number: MUS980439 Caption: Air to air view of three Number 487 Squadron Mosquitos in formation. EG-T, EG-V, EG-D. Unknown location. Further Information: Year of Image: 1944 Image Date Information: Format: Negative-Medium Format-B&W  Negative Number: MUS980952 Caption: Air to air of three 487 Squadron Mosquitos in formation. Front aircraft has a 250 (?) pound bomb under the wing Further Information: Front to back: EG-T, EG-V, EG-D. Year of Image: Image Date Information: Circa WW2 Format: Negative-Medium Format-B&W (Photos Air Force Museum) |
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Post by Dave Homewood on Jul 6, 2014 21:19:55 GMT 12
Except that is MM417 in the photos
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Post by nuuumannn on Jul 7, 2014 14:08:03 GMT 12
Yep, those were taken during a photo shoot on 28 February 1944. The aircraft are EG-T MM417, EG-V LR299 and EG-D LR335. There was yet another T-Tommy with 487 Sqn, PZ339, which had the name Apanui on its nose just ahead of the cockpit.
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Post by dewobz on Jul 8, 2014 11:35:37 GMT 12
Thanks people. With two respectable published references there, Sharp/Bowyer and Bowman, I think we'll go with HX982.
Aren't they beautiful machines?
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Post by hamfists on Jul 8, 2014 15:16:47 GMT 12
Yeah it was HX982 later written off. It had whip aerials too..not the ones in the kit..some of that squadron had lighter (duck egg?) spinners in some of the resource books.
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Post by McFly on Jul 8, 2014 18:16:21 GMT 12
Except that is MM417 in the photos Ok I know it's MM417, but still a cool photo nevertheless...    Negative Number: MUS9400511 Caption: Air to air view of Number 487 Squadron Mosquito MM417, EG-T. Further Information: Year of Image: Image Date Information: Circa WW2 Format: Negative-35mm-B&W (Photo- Air Force Museum) |
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Post by hamfists on Jul 16, 2014 20:42:49 GMT 12
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Post by dewobz on Jul 22, 2014 11:34:19 GMT 12
Thanks everybody and thanks hamfists for the profile. I was wondering exactly what the whip aerials looked like. Cheers
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Post by dewobz on Aug 7, 2014 16:36:42 GMT 12
Thanks again for your input folks. My client and I decided to go mostly with the suggestions made here and with this profile sent me by hamfists on here. Many thanks for that hamfists.  03-DSCN0418 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr Serial HX982 EG-T with whip aerials and Sky spinners, although the camo scheme follows the kitset pattern  26-DSCN0515 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr The build used parts of Aires resin MG Bay with Master Models barrels, but I also adapted and scratched-up some kit parts to avoid the drastic surgery involved in "all out" Aires -  13-DSCN0428 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr Also UltraCast main wheels, tail wheel and wheel bays (a real weakness in the Tamiya kitset) -  DSCN0416 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr Eduard provided canopy masks and Zoom Interior detail, plus BarracudaCals stencils which included cockpit data plates & even radio dials -  19-DSCN0434 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr And so the finished aircraft -  56-DSCN0549 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  10-DSCN0499 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  14-DSCN0503 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  12-DSCN0501 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  17-DSCN0506 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  20-DSCN0509 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  22-DSCN0511 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  27-DSCN0516 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  29-DSCN0519 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  37-DSCN0529 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  35-DSCN0526 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  38-DSCN0530 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  40-DSCN0532 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  41-DSCN0533 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr  50-DSCN0543 by Wally Hicks, on Flickr Thanks again Regards Wally. |
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Post by flyjoe180 on Aug 12, 2014 11:38:47 GMT 12
Wonderful work Wally, very well done indeed.
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