Here is the first
part about my B-17F 1/72 scale model from Academy. When I bought this kit it was for
a good reason......it was in order to make a diorama representing the B-17F #42-3190
of the 94th Bomb Group in a wheat field at Bérengeville-la-Campagne near
Evreux in Normandy. The loss of the B-17 was on Bastille Day, 1943. This
aircraft made a crash landing in a wheat field after it was shot down by the Ace
of JG2 Egon Mayer. All the crew managed to survive the crash. This crew included
:
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Capt Kee Harrison
(P)
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2nd Lt David Turner
(CP)
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2nd Lt Roscoe Greene
(B)
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2nd Lt Robert Conroy
(N)
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T/Sgt James Curtis (EG)
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T/Sgt Charles
McNemar (RO)
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S/Sgt Jefferson Polk
(BTG)
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S/Sgt Richard Lewis
(RWG)
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S/Sgt Earl Porath (LWG)
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S/Sgt Eino Asiala
(TG)
Porath & Curtis
were captured the first day and Lewis & Asiala were later captured in Paris
betrayed by a spy. All the other crew managed to evade capture with the help of
the French Underground. I wrote a book about this B-17's crew story and it will
be available in September 2008. The book is in a French language and untitled
"Bel atterrissage Capitaine!" but I will make an update for an
English version for who will want.
For the kit I had
use photo etched for Landing Flaps & Interior from Eduard. All glasses parts had
made from my self with the thermo technics. This kit was a pleasure to
build. Paint for aircraft was the Olive Drab from Tamiya. The damage parts are
make with aluminium paper. I had open all the doors of the aircraft. A lot of
scratch built items were used of course...
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Here above the cockpit and
the interior of the aircraft before the painting.
Here below the final
phase of the assembling fuselage part.
In a second part we
will take a look at creating the diorama....
Cheers !
Loïc
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