Here
is my Tamiya 1/48 scale Spitfire MK Vb. This model was built OOB except for seat belts from Lion Roar and
later style exhaust pipes from Ultracast. Paints were from old series
Authentic Colors by Humbrol, HX-5 light aircraft grey underside, HB -1
dark green and HB-6 medium sea grey to topside.
Decals are from IPMS Canada: Canadian aces decals sheet 1/48 and 1/72
scale.
This model represent the aircraft flown by Wing Commander Lloyd
Vernon Chadburn of Canadian fighter wing number 127 RCAF. Chadburn was born in Montreal in 1919, he grew up in Oshawa Ontario.
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After
two refusals by the RCAF in 1939, he was finally accepted in 1940. He flew with
402, 412 and 416 squadrons. He won the DFC over Dieppe. In January 1943, he commanded Digby Wing
and later number 127 RCAF Wing in early 1944. One
week after D-Day during a patrol Chadburn was killed in a mid-air
collision over Caen; he was only 24 years old. His records included 14 enemy planes destroyed and two German E-Boats
sunked.
His personal markings was a black disk below the nose of his aircraft with
the initials LVC and the legend City of Oshawa below the port windscreen
with further forward a wing commander pennant.
Serge
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