General Forums => Custom Skins => Topic started by: Kazan_HB on March 20, 2015, 03:32:03 PM
Title: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: Kazan_HB on March 20, 2015, 03:32:03 PM
The mission target was in the area of Cormeilles-Romilly. The squadron flew on 8,000 feet and crossing French coast came under AA fire. No damage done, Polish Mustangs continued toward Le Touquet. Near Beauvais W/O Slon broke the radio silence: "Central leader, this is central twenty-seven, low in front Focke-Wulfs!" Horbaczewski did not responded. Presuming that he must have had a broken radio, blue section leader Pietrzak took initiative. Not seeing the enemy himself ordered: "Attack central twenty seven!" Slon jumped forward and wiggled his wings. Whole squadron followed. At this moment, a group of 12 Fw-190 was taking off from a strip beside the forest, 7 miles NE of Beauvais-Tille; 24 Fw-190 were gathering immediately above that forest at 3,000 feet. Another pack of 24 Fw-190 was climbing 12 miles SE of Beauvais while separate 3 Fw-190 were spotted at 7,000 feet. Poles had advantage of speed and altitude over few groups of Fw-190s (JG26). They jettisoned their dropable tanks and in full swing down, swooped down on e/a. S/Ldr Horbaczewski led them, and his section was first to shoot. His wingman, F/O Nowosielski witnessed his commander destroying first Rotte of taking off Focke Wulfs, almost within seconds apart. A wild brawl erupted in which Poles had an upper hand. After seeing S/Ldr Horbaczewski destroying his third e/a, F/O Nowosielski lost sight of him. Polish commander did not return to airbase. Nobody saw what happened to him, and only after the war it became known what happened to him that day. F/Lt Pietrzak gathered his colleagues at 8K over Beauvais, and led them back to England.
Konrad Stembrowicz recalls: On 18 August 1944, at 5.45am, the intelligence officer of 315 Squadron, F/O Tomszyk, woke up S/Ldr Horbaczewski with information that the squadron was to carry out a sweep over France in the region of Beauvais and attack any ground targets that presented themselves. Dziubek had been ill for some days with flu and on that day he looked terrible. His face was grey, eyes sunk deep in his face, and he was breathing heavily and with difficulty. The squadron medical officer had forbidden Dziubek to fly some days previously and all who saw him that morning tried to stop him. Indeed, FIO Tomszyk begged him not to fly. Dziubek could be very stubborn when he felt like it and all our pleading was in vain. “I am going,” he said, looking like death warmed up. Collecting his maps and flying helmet Dziubek quietly whispered to Tomszyk: “I tell you, if we meet Germans I shall not come back, my legs are giving way and every time I lower my head I black out.” Tomszyk used some strong words, not the words to use to one’s squadron commander, but to no effect. “I am going,” was the short answer. At 07.20 hours 12 Mustangs, call sign “Central”, took off from Brenzett on Rodeo mission 385. In 15 minutes they crossed the “exit gate” over Brighton and set course for France. At 07.47 hours, at 8,000 feet, the squadron crossed the French coast over Le Touquet. Sweeping in a wide arc in the region of Beauvais, WIO Slon reported enemy aircraft taking off below (he noticed the waves of grass made by aircraft). F/Lt Pietrzak, the C/O’s deputy, heard the warning but Dziubek did not react. He assumed that the C/O’s radio was not functioning. He ordered W/O Slon to attack and followed with his four ordering the second and third four to cover them from above. As they saw the number of Fwl9O’s, some taking off, some already assembling in the air, the whole squadron attacked. Mustangs attacking from the light and with the element of surprise, created havoc. Dziubek’s No. 2 saw him shoot down three enemy aircraft but in the fight and himself attacked, soon lost sight of his C/O. F/Lt Pietrzak called on the radio for the squadron to reassemble over Beauvais at 8,000 feet. In due course single P-51 Mustangs joined him. That is, all but one the C/O was missing.
Title: Re: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: Devil 505 on March 20, 2015, 04:01:10 PM
Looks good, but it seems to me that your panel lines on the fuselage are all bumped instead of recessed (highlights are above the darker gap, not below.)
Title: Re: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: TwinBoom on March 20, 2015, 04:02:48 PM
:aok
Title: Re: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: Guppy35 on March 21, 2015, 11:56:46 PM
Are you doing his Mustang from the day of his last flight or pre-D-Day?
It definitely carried full D-Day stripes for the Invasion and no doubt would have had the lower half stripes well into the summer.
Title: Re: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: Kazan_HB on March 22, 2015, 07:31:13 AM
Are you doing his Mustang from the day of his last flight or pre-D-Day?
It definitely carried full D-Day stripes for the Invasion and no doubt would have had the lower half stripes well into the summer.
(http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/315/44/horba1.jpg) S/Ldr Horbaczewski and his a/c in the background, few days before his death(FB387). But he flow this day Mustang PK-K. Look here PK-G nr FB382 with D-day stripes (http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/315/44/Brenzett_Dziubek_mount.jpg)
Title: Re: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: Kazan_HB on March 22, 2015, 08:45:13 AM
Title: Re: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: Greebo on March 22, 2015, 12:38:53 PM
Great skin Kazan.
One thing that struck me as a little odd is the completely yellow wing leading edges. On most RAF fighters only the outer leading edges were painted that way. Is that correct for this aircraft?
Title: Re: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: Kazan_HB on March 22, 2015, 01:24:29 PM
One thing that struck me as a little odd is the completely yellow wing leading edges. On most RAF fighters only the outer leading edges were painted that way. Is that correct for this aircraft?
Thank you Greebo :salute
Yes it is correct
other RAF Mustang (http://www.haertle.de/out/pictures/master/product/1/revell-04872-p-51c-mustang-mk.iii-1.jpg)
(http://www.ace.elknet.pl/ftp/zdjecia/modele/P-51C_72/p-51b_revell_01.jpg) Mustang PK-K last plane E.Horbaczewski (http://www.polishsquadronsremembered.com/315/44/315_Coolham_erks_K.jpg)
Title: Re: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: Greebo on March 24, 2015, 05:40:11 AM
I figured you wouldn't make a mistake like that, but I was curious as I'd never seen that before. I guess they were concerned about friendly fire what with the USAAF-style white ID bands as well.
Title: Re: Mustang III 315 RAF Sq Sqd/Ldr E. Horbaczewski
Post by: Obie303 on March 24, 2015, 06:02:35 PM