Red Aussie Mossie

[Dave Homewood]

Does anyone know what the story was behind the colour scheme on this model? It wears overall red and an Australian civil registration VH-KLG. Was it a postwar racer? Or used in some other way?

apma.org.au/membersmodels/ian_wrenford/wrenford216.jpg

Ths comes from this page where there are several more shots of the model near the bottom of the page
apma.org.au/membersmodels/ian_wrenford/wrenford.html

[Martin Edwards]

from www.adf-serials.com/2a52.shtml

Completed as a PR41 and renumbered as A52-324. 07/05/48 2 AD. 28/05/48 3 AD Archerfield QLD. Stored. 06/11/52 Sold to A Oates DFC to compete in the England to New Zealand Air Race. It became VH-KLG in recognition of the spark-plug manufacturer who sponsored the flight. 10/53 Ditched off the coast of Burma due to fuel exhaustion when en-route to England for the start of the race (Wilson p.192).

[Dave Homewood]

Thanks Martin, much obliged. It looked really cool.