Todays gripes are that I was awoken at 0330 this morning by a policemen who informed my that a car had gone through my concrete wall, through some small trees, another low concrete wall and had embedded itself in the wall of my bungalow whilst I was 150 miles away on holiday. He explained that...
My wifes uncle, Eric Cartwright, was lost with all crew on 24th July 1942 flying EM N (for Nuts) after being shot down in the North Sea off Holland by Sayn-Witgenstein flying A JU88.
Only one body was recovered, being washed up at Ijmuiden some months later and is buried in Amsterdam cemetary...
Childproof caps are what annoys me! I tried to open a tin (I believe 'can' to our US friends) wood treatment today and the instructions on the cap indicated that I only had to squeeze the cap at two points and then unscrew it.
So I squeezed and turned only to find that the whole cap assembly was...
As has been mentioned earlier, gun ownership in England is made very difficult but I have a 2 barrelled pinfire, a pinfire revolver, A pinfire shotgun with a Damascus barrell and an unidentified bolt action rifle that has been turned into a shotgun and needs a new stock, which is why I bought it...
My wifes uncle was lost in 1942 flying EM N and I would like to build a model with these markings which, I believe would have been white or cream. Does anyone do custom decals in 1/72nd scale?
Many thanks,
Brian
Meeting a relative that I have not seen for 65 years and getting a picture of another relative who was posted as 'Missing' from an RAF raid on Germany in 1942. He is still 'Missing'.
Great shot. What are the marks around the edges of the wings and tailplane and along the spine? Are they an attempt to break up the edges and if so, was this an official scheme?
Brian