1/48 Westland Whirlwind Mk.I
User Name: Wayne Little
Name : Wayne
Category : Non Competing Judge
Kit : Trumpeter Westland Whirlwind
Scale : 1/48
Accessories : Eduard Cockpit and seatbelt set, canopy masks Exterior Details and Barracuda Cast Resin Wheels.
The subject of this build will be HE-Z, P6974 of No.263 Squadron, where new identification markings were added for Operation Starkey in September of 1942.
Operation Starkey was originally planned as a large-scale invasion hoax, by the time it was actually executed it was considerably downsized. In its final form Operation Starkey was visualised as a feint against the Boulogne beaches and intended to divert German troops from Italy and draw the Luftwaffe into large-scale combat with RAF fighters over the channel. Unfortunately, as the operation reached its climax on September 9 1943, it became obvious that operation Starkey aroused nothing but a supreme lack of interest from the Germans. In spite of all the aerial and Naval activity only two German aircraft were shot down. Whatever the Allies were selling the Germans were not buying.
User Name: Wayne Little
Name : Wayne
Category : Non Competing Judge
Kit : Trumpeter Westland Whirlwind
Scale : 1/48
Accessories : Eduard Cockpit and seatbelt set, canopy masks Exterior Details and Barracuda Cast Resin Wheels.
The subject of this build will be HE-Z, P6974 of No.263 Squadron, where new identification markings were added for Operation Starkey in September of 1942.
Operation Starkey was originally planned as a large-scale invasion hoax, by the time it was actually executed it was considerably downsized. In its final form Operation Starkey was visualised as a feint against the Boulogne beaches and intended to divert German troops from Italy and draw the Luftwaffe into large-scale combat with RAF fighters over the channel. Unfortunately, as the operation reached its climax on September 9 1943, it became obvious that operation Starkey aroused nothing but a supreme lack of interest from the Germans. In spite of all the aerial and Naval activity only two German aircraft were shot down. Whatever the Allies were selling the Germans were not buying.
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