@johnb I hope It will be less visible... Time to choose painting. I bought special Kits-world letters and numbers decals to make my own painting. Roundels I have from from my spare box.
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I choose three Liberators:
Two from 31 SAAF squadron
EW105 "G" damaged by FlaK over Warsaw after dropping supply (two engines was destroyed) but safety belly landed in German occupied Warsaw Airfield Crew: "8 - POW, 1 MIA". Plane of aimer/navigator faimoust (later pastor) Bryan Dave Jones.
KG939 "A". Damaged by FlaK (two gunners KIA on board. One of members of crew destroyed by waist MG fire anti-aircraft searchlights) and made Air Drop with engines partly on fire. After that they turned to East to Red Army positions. After fact that three from four engines was stopped skipper give order to bail out. 2 pilot Robert G. Hamilton unfortunetly has bailed out too low and hit the ground (he bailed out as last). rest of crew bailed out safetly, and RTD via Odessa, with help of British Consul in Moscow.
EW 266 L. crew W/Cdr. Steele, Sgt. Holmes, F/O Edwards, F/S Richardson, Sgt. Perryer, Sgt. Heizby, F/S Davies. Very less informations. I suspect that they survived flights over Warsaw. Plane was withdrawn from service for reasons I could not find on August 30 or November 30, 1944. Plane was from flight A, from Australian 178 squadron.
What one will be best choose? Both of 31 squadron Liberators has own a commemorative plaque at the site of the crash.
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