Two new Beauforts done, and I should have them on Classic Files this weekend. The first of these is the requested N1016 a/c which truly deserves to be done based off that remarkable story. This a/c belonged to No.22 Squadron and I believe the attack took place in April 1941. Very brave men indeed, one can only imagine coming through that fog to find you are the only a/c in the attack, then facing all that flak. It must have taken an iron nerve to press it home rather than turn tail...
Good on the crew for sticking it...
The second is a training a/c from No.2 Torpedo Training Unit, September 1943.
No problem, Ian Hind kindly pointed me to several models, and I ended up with the William Renwick models on FS Warbirds. It's a CFS2 model which seems to work fine on 2002/04.
Many thanks for producing X-OA, very much appreciated. A superb job, very well done.
Not only does your repaint reproduce a piece of aviation history of a very fine WWII warbird, but it serves to remind us all of events that happened over a generation ago.
Flying such aircraft in FS9 may give us some pleasure, but for those pilots and aircrew who actually flew these aircraft, it was all too real. Lest we Forget.
Hello John, you are most welcome regarding the repaint, I do enjoy doing requests as you know at least one person is going to use your effort at the end of the day! Nice shot there by the way, low level and we'll imagine its the Gneisnau.
It is funny how 60+ years on from the event people like us are re-creating these things for fun (and respect of course). Many ex-groundcrew I've spoken to assure me that while it seems glamourus and interesting to me was 'just a job' to them - something that does not cross the generation gap easily!
