Aviaeology have released a second comprehensive set of custom-printed decals for Canadian fighter-reconnaissance Spitfires in three major aircraft modelling scales:

RCAF Fighter Recce Spitfires - Canadians in Fighter Command #2

• Small series screen-printed production
• available in 1/72, 1/48, and 1/32 scale versions
• decals to model 1 of ?? distinctive FR.IXC aircraft and additional material for additional subjects, including:
• 3 distinctive FR.IXC (FRU conversions) aircraft and additional material for a possible 4th example.
• 2 distinctive FR.XIVE (FRU conversions) aircraft and additional material for a possible 3rd example.
• 2 distinctive factory-standard FR. XIVE aircraft.
• four of the subjects feature personalized inscriptions on the nose.
• eight 8.5 x 11in. pages of illustrated instructions, including detailed (and updated as compared to our previous release) drawings for the straightforward FR conversion.

Hi resolution b&w printed documentation is supplied in the package and a home-printable colour PDF version is made available via email after purchase. The PDF can be magnified on your computer screen, tablet, or smart phone for better detail while modelling.

Aircraft covered in this set:
• Spitfire FR.IX MJ351 as aircraft S of 414 Squadron RCAF, RAF 2 TAF, Base B.90 Petit Brogel, Belgium, March 1945.
• nicknamed “Violet-Dorothy” as flown by F/L Ken Lawson.
• Spitfire FR.IX MK202 as aircraft Q of 414 Squadron RCAF, RAF 2 TAF, Base B.78 Eindhoven, Netherlands, January 1945.
• as flown by S/L Gordon Wonnacott DFC and Bar, 414 Squadron Commander.
• Notes and an illustration based on late-breaking research and interpretation are also included for Spitfire FR.IX MK374 as aircraft R of 414 Squadron RCAF, 2 TAF, Base B.78 Eindhoven, Netherlands, 1 January 1945. Wonnacott was flying this aircraft when he downed two Bf109’s and damaged an Fw190 during the New Year’s Day Bodenplatte attack on B.78. Markings features “invasion” stripes.
• Spitfire FR.IX MJ518 as aircraft O of 414 Squadron RCAF, RAF 2 TAF, Base B.78 Eindhoven, Netherlands, January 1945. Markings features “invasion” stripes.
• nicknamed “Helen II” as flown by F/L Mile Carr as Wonnacott’s wingman.
• Spitfire FR.XIVE (FRU conversion) RN114 as aircraft W of 430 Squadron (specially marked as RC•W, the 39 Wing commander’s aircraft), RAF 2 TAF, January-May 1945.
• as flown by W/C Robert C. A. “Bunt” Waddell – 39 Wing Commander, Operations.
• Notes and an illustration based on late-breaking research and photographs are also included for Spitfire FR.XIVE (FRU conversion) RM818 as aircraft C of 430 Squadron RCAF, 2 TAF, Base B.78 Eindhoven, Netherlands, December 1944. This aircraft, was flown by Waddell prior to its loss 31 December 1944.
Paint scheme features earlier “invasion” stripes.
• Spitfire FR.XIVE RM876 (FRU conversion) as aircraft H of 430 Squadron RCAF, 2 TAF January-May 1945. Paint scheme alternates include the earlier “invasion” stripes scheme as well as the later 2 TAF scheme.
• as flown by F/L Warren Middleton during a successful combat with and Fw190, 8 February 1945.
• Spitfire FR.XIVE MV348 as aircraft S of 414 Squadron RCAF, 2 TAF, Base B.154 Soltau, Germany, May 1945.
• nicknamed “Violet-Dorothy III” as flown by F/L Ken Lawson
• Spitfire FR.XIVE NH648 as aircraft P of 414 Squadron RCAF, 2 TAF, Base B.116 Wunsdorf, Germany, April 1945.
• nicknamed “Lazy Lady IV” as flown by S/L James Prendergast DFC, 414 Squadron Commander.

Prices:
Item AOD32009m - $22.69
Item AOD48009m - $14.99
Item AOD72009m - $10.89

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