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Fundekals has three decal releases featuring individual American pilots flying the P-51D, Spitfire Mk XVI, and Mosquito F-8. All are available in 1/48 and 1/72 scale and the two single engine aircraft are available in 1/32 scale also.
Maj. Raymond Wetmore, Kerman California.
“Daddy’s Girl” P-51D-10-NA 44-14733, CS-L Maj. Raymond Wetmore, 370th Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Group.
370th FS 359th FG 8th AF
East Wretham, Norfolk, England
November 1944 – January 1945
Raymond "X-Ray" Wetmore flew P-47s and P-51s with the 359th Fighter Squadron. By war's end he was its commander and leading ace with 21.25 confirmed aerial victories. Between 2 November 1944 and 14 January 1945 Wetmore made 9 kills while flying "Daddy's Girl" CS-L (plus 3 more in CS-H). We have included decals that allow for more than one version of "Daddy's Girl".
$4 – 1/72
$5 – 1/48
$6 – 1/32
Squadron Leader Henry Zary, RCAF, Manhattan, New York
Spitfire Mk XVI, KH-Z, TB752
No. 403 Squadron RCAF
Diepholz, Germany
April 1945
Acting S/L Henry Paul Michael Zary was a Polish-American who joined the RCAF in February 1941. He claimed 4 kills over France during the summer of 1944 flying Spitfires with 421 Sqn. On the 21st of February 1945 "Hank" Zary made ace with his fifth kill, a Bf 109. Zary TB752 had a short but interesting combat career. During the last months of the war she would shoot down 3 more enemy aircraft , put a bomb in a ship, and attack enemy targets right up to VE day.
$4 – 1/72
$5 – 1/48
$6 – 1/32
Maj. James Setchell (pilot) & Capt. Jerome C. Alexander (navigator)
F-8 Mosquito 43-324926 (ex KB135)
3rd Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) 12th AF
La Marsa, Tunisia
November 1943
Setchell and Alexander delivered Mosquito 43-324926 to the MTO via Canada, England, Tunisia, eventually Italy. Nicknamed "the Spook" after Setchell's son, 3324926 was the only de Havilland Canada built B.VII to be used in a combat theatre by the USAAF. In October the Spook arrived at La Marsa, and by December Setchell and the Spook were transferred to San Severo. On both the 15th and 16th of January 1944 "the Spook" flew through intense flak yet returned with valuable photographic reconnaissance, earning Setchell the DFC. The Spook met its demise during a crash landing 19 August 1944 with another crew.
$5 – 1/72
$7 – 1/48
For more information on the product above, please visit Fundekals.
Please remember, when contacting retailers or manufacturers, to mention that you saw their products highlighted here - on AEROSCALE
“Daddy’s Girl” P-51D-10-NA 44-14733, CS-L Maj. Raymond Wetmore, 370th Fighter Squadron 359th Fighter Group.
370th FS 359th FG 8th AF
East Wretham, Norfolk, England
November 1944 – January 1945
Raymond "X-Ray" Wetmore flew P-47s and P-51s with the 359th Fighter Squadron. By war's end he was its commander and leading ace with 21.25 confirmed aerial victories. Between 2 November 1944 and 14 January 1945 Wetmore made 9 kills while flying "Daddy's Girl" CS-L (plus 3 more in CS-H). We have included decals that allow for more than one version of "Daddy's Girl".
$4 – 1/72
$5 – 1/48
$6 – 1/32
Squadron Leader Henry Zary, RCAF, Manhattan, New York
Spitfire Mk XVI, KH-Z, TB752
No. 403 Squadron RCAF
Diepholz, Germany
April 1945
Acting S/L Henry Paul Michael Zary was a Polish-American who joined the RCAF in February 1941. He claimed 4 kills over France during the summer of 1944 flying Spitfires with 421 Sqn. On the 21st of February 1945 "Hank" Zary made ace with his fifth kill, a Bf 109. Zary TB752 had a short but interesting combat career. During the last months of the war she would shoot down 3 more enemy aircraft , put a bomb in a ship, and attack enemy targets right up to VE day.
$4 – 1/72
$5 – 1/48
$6 – 1/32
Maj. James Setchell (pilot) & Capt. Jerome C. Alexander (navigator)
F-8 Mosquito 43-324926 (ex KB135)
3rd Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) 12th AF
La Marsa, Tunisia
November 1943
Setchell and Alexander delivered Mosquito 43-324926 to the MTO via Canada, England, Tunisia, eventually Italy. Nicknamed "the Spook" after Setchell's son, 3324926 was the only de Havilland Canada built B.VII to be used in a combat theatre by the USAAF. In October the Spook arrived at La Marsa, and by December Setchell and the Spook were transferred to San Severo. On both the 15th and 16th of January 1944 "the Spook" flew through intense flak yet returned with valuable photographic reconnaissance, earning Setchell the DFC. The Spook met its demise during a crash landing 19 August 1944 with another crew.
$5 – 1/72
$7 – 1/48
For more information on the product above, please visit Fundekals.
Please remember, when contacting retailers or manufacturers, to mention that you saw their products highlighted here - on AEROSCALE
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