Tony Osborne Posted May 3, 2016 Share Posted May 3, 2016 On 21/12/1940 Whitley T4273 DY-O of 102 Sqn was being flown by Sgt Robert Aubrey Doherty RAFVR when returning from a raid to Turin it crash landed at Topcliffe. Doherty was from Dundonald on the outskirts of Belfast and had been a pupil at Regent House School ,Newtownards. The crew were uninjured and Doherty went on to fly Wellingtons with 104 Sqn and Mosquitos with 608 Sqn, he was awarded the DFC on the 7/8/1942 when with 104 and Mentioned in Despatches on the 1/1/44. Aubrey Doherty ,by 1945 a Flt Lt, was killed on a mission to Berlin on the 23/2/45 , his body was never recovered. The Airfix kit finished as his aircraft, certainly one of the best kits I have ever built but you really do need the Eduard masks for the glazing !!/media/tinymce_upload/0eaddd73e28ce78f8ef7a28b9bdaba10.JPG/media/tinymce_upload/4c9bc841e11725b4d5eb25df20e52563.JPG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matthew72 Posted May 5, 2016 Share Posted May 5, 2016 Love it! A great model of a really unique aircraft. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rael Posted May 6, 2016 Share Posted May 6, 2016 Very good, really bold and contrasting! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dad Paul B Posted May 7, 2016 Share Posted May 7, 2016 This is a pretty obscure subject outside WW2 plane buffs and looks fantastic. Since they were based at my local RAF station (Abingdon) during the war I ought to consider doing one of these. Still, there are a lot I want to get round to.A nice piece of work and I agree about the paint masks (I used them on the He111 and Valiant - an absolute godsend, especially for the mass of windows on the Heinkel) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcxman78 Posted May 31, 2016 Share Posted May 31, 2016 great build ! How did you make the "O" in the DY-O? Reason I'm asking is because I'm building DY-O too. However mine isbDY-OnN1276 lost at Gelsinkirchen May 1940. My wife's grandfather flew his one and only mission on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howard Wright1707820367 Posted June 7, 2016 Share Posted June 7, 2016 Very nicely done. Having seen yours, I'm thinking I just might get one of these. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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