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Offline Greebo

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ADLS Hurricane
« on: August 24, 2014, 03:28:37 AM »
Thanks to Lyric1 for finding the info on this aircraft. There is a photo of it here.

After D Day the RAF's Air Despatch Letter Service shuttled mail between Normandy and England. As the first Allied airfields in France were only a few miles from enemy territory fully armed Hurricane Mk IICs were used for the job. The mail was carried in modified drop tanks that could be jettisoned in the event of interception by enemy fighters.






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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #1 on: August 24, 2014, 09:13:37 AM »
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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #2 on: August 24, 2014, 09:43:23 AM »
Beautiful Greebs how is that 38-H skin coming?
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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #3 on: August 24, 2014, 11:36:36 AM »
Stunning.  :O
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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #4 on: August 24, 2014, 01:25:59 PM »
Bad a!
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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #5 on: August 24, 2014, 02:55:46 PM »
That weathering doe
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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #6 on: August 24, 2014, 05:56:13 PM »
It's, it's beautiful........
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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #7 on: August 24, 2014, 10:01:09 PM »
Those Hurri's were still trucking the mail in the winter of 44-45

This photo taken at Eindhoven.  Looks to be 2 Group markings with the black spinner.  D-Day stripes long gone by that time and no doubt the sky fuselage band gone as well.  Wish there was enough of the image to show the serial and markings.

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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #8 on: August 24, 2014, 10:40:11 PM »
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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #9 on: August 24, 2014, 10:47:04 PM »
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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #10 on: August 25, 2014, 08:50:45 AM »
Thanks guys, glad you like it.

Its interesting to see they were still being used that late Guppy, although its the D Day stripes that make it an good scheme for a skin.

Beautiful Greebs how is that 38-H skin coming?

Well there is good news Twinboom, I'm planning on doing one some time in the next few weeks from the 167 Volksgrenadier Division. Wait....you did mean a Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer didn't you?
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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #11 on: August 25, 2014, 06:52:50 PM »
Very nice.
There must also be a flyable computer available for Nefarious to do FSO. So he doesn't keep talking about it for eight and a half hours on Friday night!

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Re: ADLS Hurricane
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2014, 07:54:39 PM »
Thanks guys, glad you like it.

Its interesting to see they were still being used that late Guppy, although its the D Day stripes that make it an good scheme for a skin.

Well there is good news Twinboom, I'm planning on doing one some time in the next few weeks from the 167 Volksgrenadier Division. Wait....you did mean a Jagdpanzer 38 Hetzer didn't you?


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