Way back in January 2015, I asked whether anyone would be willing and able to create IL-2 skins for any of the aircraft my cousin Stanley Roland Chambers flew during and after WWII.
Original Spitfire and Tempest skin request
https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php?topic=44333.msg497380#msg497380
I had gracious responses, with terrific information from vpmedia (which transformed the scope of what was possible) and offers from Phas3e and HBPencil to create actual skins. Almost two whole years have passed since my original request. I hope that vpmedia, Phas3e and HBPencil are still on the forum and that they and others will forgive the long silence.
You see, while I have been quiet on SAS, here at home I have been working away at my cousin’s life-story, which became a major undertaking. I have this week finally finished writing his biography [see https://www.sas1946.com/main/index.php/topic,52945.0.html].
My cousin will be 100 on the 21st November, and I will present him with a handsome bound copy of his biography.
Noting VP media’s request, I am supplying a selection of aircraft flown by F/Sgt – P/O - F/Lt – Master Pilot (post-war) Stan(ley) Roland Chambers during his career.
He flew all these types:
Airspeed Oxford
Avro Anson
Bristol Beaufighter (once, as co-pilot, Dec. 1942)
de Havilland Tiger Moth
Fairey Battle
Gloster Meteor (once as co-pilot, May 1951)
Hawker Tempest V TT & VI TT
Miles Martinet
Miles Master
North American Harvard I, IIB
North American Mustang III (P-51C)
Percival P.40 Prentice
Supermarine Spitfire, I, IV PRU, Va, Vb, VI, IXa, IXe 25lb, XVI, 18
Westland Lysander III
Specific Aircraft of Particular Interest:
No. 1406 Met Flight, RAF Wick, Caithness
Spitfire VI K Flown 24 May 1943 to 42,000 ft
Spitfire VI L Flown 26 May 1943 to 42,000 ft
‘C’ Flight, No. 1 PRU, Mount Farm, RAF Benson
Spitfire PR IV AB128 LY (Flown May 5th 1942to Emden & Wilhelmshaven)
Spitfire PR IV AA789 LY (Flown June 20th 1942 to Cambrai last and longest PRU mission [4hrs 20mins))
No. 165 Squadron
Spitfire IXB MK471 SK-N (flown on Rodeo over France, D-Day)
Spitfire IXB MJ580 SK-Y (flown 27th June 1944 – shot down V-1)
Spitfire IXB ML 139 SK-Q (flown 28th July 1944 – shot down V-1)
Station Flight, Sylt
Tempest V (EJ875) Suffered engine failure shortly after takeoff (22nd April 1952) – performed ‘remarkable wheels up landing. Very little damage to aircraft, which was recovered, repaired and ended life in open-air museum. http://www.aviationphotocompany.com/p678099683/e541e5ee8
Is anyone prepared to create skins for any of these aircraft please? Obviously not by November 21st! :-)
You may be interested in a pair of twins who flew with Stanley in 165 Squadron, and with the postwar association of one with Erich Hartmannn:
http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/warrentwins.html http://spitfiresite.com/2007/12/the-incredible-spitfire-twins.html http://spitfiresite.com/2010/04/the-duke-spitfires.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erich_Hartmann http://www.bombercommandmuseum.ca/warrentwins.html I look forward to hearing from you.
Cheers,
Bruce
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