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Part II here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2021/07/28/chance-vought-f4u-corsair-mishaps-part-ii/
Part III here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2021/07/07/chance-vought-f4u-corsair-color-photographs-part-iii/
Part II here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2021/05/12/grumman-f6f-hellcat-color-photographs-part-ii-drones/
Part I here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2020/07/15/grumman-tbm-avenger-color-photographs-part-1/
This is the Pavla Sea Gladiator of Lt A. N. Young, 813 NAS Fighter Flight aboard HMS Eagle, Mediterranean Sea, Summer 1940. These are still nice kits, but with all the quirks you would expect from a limited run molding. One big asset is the Pavla decal sheet provides six sets of markings. The Pavla fuselage is a little more bloated than the newer Airfix molding, but I don’t really notice it much on the finished model. I had intended to model this one with a closed canopy, but the vacuformed kit canopy was far too small to fit properly and looked better open.
Part II here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2019/09/04/f4f-wildcat-mishaps-part-ii/
Part II here: https://inchhighguy.wordpress.com/2019/08/21/grumman-f4f-wildcat-in-color-part-ii/
Taranto 1940: The Fleet Air Arm’s precursor to Pearl Harbor
by Angus Konstam, illustrated by Peter Dennis
Series: Osprey Campaign Book 288
Paperback, 96 pages
Published by Osprey Publishing November 2015
Language: English
ISBN-10: 1472808967
ISBN-13: 978-1472808967
Dimensions: 7.2 x 0.3 x 9.9 inches
The raid on the Italian fleet anchorage at Taranto was an example of how the actions of a small group of men can have a profound impact on a military campaign. On the night of 11 November 1940 twenty one Swordfish torpedo bombers launched from the HMS Illustrious conducted a nighttime raid and sank three Italian battleships, crippling their fleet and altering the balance of power in the Mediterranean.
This is book number 288 in Osprey’s very successful Campaign series. It follows the established format with a plethora of photographs, maps, and three double page illustrations by Peter Dennis. It is only 96 pages in total and thus a quick read, but the subject is covered well and the writing is interesting. I found the complexity of the overall British plan fascinating, and the individual actions of the flight crews are described in detail. Recommended.
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