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A story, 1940 France


bsarnoffca

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As my collection is growing I've got to make space. Here's a three part story I thought up that will have to move to make way for new models so I thought I'd take and post some pics. Research showed that all the units listed actually used this area from 1940-1944. The rest is fiction.

 

 

Scene I

 

It is June1940. In the final days of the air war a pilot of GC I/3 2e, flying a D 520 from Meaux is separated from his unit. He finds himself far north and in desperate need of a place to land his damaged aircraft. Near Crepon he has located an airfield occupied by Hurricane Mk I of 501 Sq. The British ground crewmen examining the damage to the D 520 have determined that it is not repairable and must be abandoned. A British pilot is convincing the Frenchman to return with them to England and join other Free French pilots.

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Scene II

 

August 1940. II/JG 27 has taken over the field occupied by 501 Sq; the Germans have adopted the D520 as a “hack”. While a Bf 109E –3 prepares for an engine change, the D520 has had its battle damage repaired, the HS12y engine replaced and is in the process of being repainted.

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Scene III

 

June 1944. The Free French 301 Sq. have landed their Spitfire Mk IX c on the very same airfield. The original French pilot has discovered his old D520 abandoned by the Luftwaffe, worn, faded but still standing

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