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RAF No. 142 Squadron Fairey Battles photo gallery

Fairey Battle I RAF 142Sqn QTD L5502 RH Edwards crew shot down near Brussels July 29th 1940 01

Photo 01: The crew took-off from Binbrook on the 28th July 1940 at 2350 to bomb aerodromes in the Brussels area. They where later shot down by flak and crash landed in France. The crew all became POW's F/L R H Edwards, Sgt R W Cornwell and Sqt R E Hotchkiss. However F/L R H Edwards was later shot whilst trying to escape on Sep 26th 1942 from a prison camp near Poznam (possibly Stalag 21D). Unfortunatley he now rests in the Poznan Old Garrison Cemetery in Poland.

Fairey Battle I RAF 142Sqn QT not WT L5231 force landed near Luxembourg 10th May 1940

Photo 01: Fairey Battle RAF 142Sqn QT L5231 force landed near Luxembourg 10th May 1940. The Squadron took-off at 1200 from Berry-au-Bac to attack troop columns heading out of Luxembourg towards Dippach but was shot down in the target area. The crew of three F/O MH Both, Sgt WF Algie and Sgt H Morris all became POW's

Photograph Source: Flugzeug Classic 2010-01

Fairey Battle I RAF 142Sqn QTx L4937 at Berry au Bac 1940 IWM C755

Fairey-Battle MkI RAF 142 QT? L4937 at Berry-au-Bac 1940 IWM C755

Ground crew use a combination of netting and frames of tree branches in an attempt to camouflage Fairey Battle, L4937, of No. 142 Squadron RAF on the snow-bound airfield at Berry-au-Bac.

Imperial War Museum IWM C 755 https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205211869

IL-2 Sturmovik Cliffs of Dover - COD/CLOD skins
 

Sad to say there is No 3d model for this type

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    Magazine References: +

  • Airfix Magazines (English) - http://www.airfix.com/
  • Avions (French) - http://www.aerostories.org/~aerobiblio/rubrique10.html
  • FlyPast (English) - http://www.flypast.com/
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  • Flugzeug Classic (German) - http://www.flugzeugclassic.de/
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  • Osprey (English) - http://www.ospreypublishing.com/
  • Revi Magazines (Czech) - http://www.revi.cz/

    Web References: +

  • History of RAF Organisation: http://www.rafweb.org
  • Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/

 

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