Tuesday, July 26, 2011 - 07:07 AM UTC
"Dear Mr. Stephen Lawson,
Greeting from sunny and very hot Kiev!
With this message I inform you that a parcel with one 1:48 Bee4chcraft Naval version model kits (# 447) have been sent to your address yesterday.
Sincerely,
Olga"
Greeting from sunny and very hot Kiev!
With this message I inform you that a parcel with one 1:48 Bee4chcraft Naval version model kits (# 447) have been sent to your address yesterday.
Sincerely,
Olga"
Planes which were delivered to Naval Aviation became the GB-1 and GB-2. There were no differences between the army and naval versions of the aircraft, except for the fact that navy aircraft were obliged to have on board a basic set of rescue equipment in case of emergency landing on water. The majority of the GB-2's joined the Naval Air Transport Service, where they were used until the final days of World War II. Their principal work during the whole period of war was the fast delivery of military staff and also important mail from the bases in Britain nearest to the continent. Often, navy planes with a characteristic marine blue coloration were based on airfields right next to military machines in their protective olive color, immediately distinguishable from them by their exterior. Britain's Royal Air Force and Fleet Air Arm received the Staggerwing under the Lend-Lease agreement. The British, traditionally, gave the plane their own name of Traveller, with the unusual spelling for an American of double 'L' letters.
Decals include profiles for:
Beechcraft Traveller Mk.II, FT461,Royal Navy, Aeroplane Armament Experimental Establishment (RAAEE), Boscombe Down, March 1944.
Beechcraft GB-2 Staggerwing, BuNo 23694/ "Black 2", Naval Air Station Atlantic City, U.S.Navy, August 1945.
Beechcraft GB-2 Staggerwing, BuNo unknown, Naval Air Station Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.Navy, 1944-1945.
Beechcraft GB-2 Staggerwing, BuNo unknown/ "Black 711", location unknown, U.S.Navy, 1943.
Beechcraft GB-2 Staggerwing, BuNo 12334/ "Black 334", VRF-3, Naval Air Transport Service, 1944.
Decals include profiles for:
Beechcraft Traveller Mk.II, FT461,Royal Navy, Aeroplane Armament Experimental Establishment (RAAEE), Boscombe Down, March 1944.
Beechcraft GB-2 Staggerwing, BuNo 23694/ "Black 2", Naval Air Station Atlantic City, U.S.Navy, August 1945.
Beechcraft GB-2 Staggerwing, BuNo unknown, Naval Air Station Vero Beach, Florida, U.S.Navy, 1944-1945.
Beechcraft GB-2 Staggerwing, BuNo unknown/ "Black 711", location unknown, U.S.Navy, 1943.
Beechcraft GB-2 Staggerwing, BuNo 12334/ "Black 334", VRF-3, Naval Air Transport Service, 1944.
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