kkarlsen Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 (edited) For this Navy GB I will try to revive this project. (A year ago, I started on the interior, but somehow it got shelved) It's one of those rare occasions were a Wingnuts Kit actually has a 'Danish angle'. On 19 July 1918, Bernard A. Smart was sent from HMS Furious ca. 15 miles west of Lyngvig lighthouse as leader of the attack on the airship base in Tønder, where the air ships L 54 and L 60 were burned in the big Toska hall. Smart's Camel. Kent Edited March 1, 2021 by kkarlsen MikeC, RLWP, LSP_Kevin and 15 others 18 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Out2gtcha Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Lovely! Looking forward to the build kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 That's a beautiful illustration of the plane - looking forward to seeing you translate it to 3D! kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Looking forward to this one. You may already know that there's an excellent two-part account of the raid in the Cross and Cockade International journal, issues 49/2 and 49/3. https://www.crossandcockade.com/store/Product.asp?cat=63&id=491 kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mgbooyv8 Posted March 1, 2021 Share Posted March 1, 2021 Hi Kent, A very nice kit and interestring that it has a Danish connection OOB. I look forward to your build. Cheers, Peter kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 To support the build, I got the Ship's Camel Datafile. The interior, is as far as this build has gotten... Kent Alain Gadbois, Uncarina, MikeC and 16 others 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dukie99 Posted March 3, 2021 Share Posted March 3, 2021 Beautiful start. I am sure the final result will be gorgeous as per your usual. Your Aeromarine is for me the coolest build I have seen so far on LSP. Cheers, David kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 In my research I found some photos in a Danish 'Arkiv' of a 'scuttled' Sopwith Ship's Camel, with the header 'Forced Landing in Klegod after attack on Zeppelin Base' Could be Samuel Dawsons? Looks to have caused quite the commotion in Klegod, back in the day! Kent Martinnfb, Uncarina, MikeC and 1 other 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kkarlsen Posted March 3, 2021 Author Share Posted March 3, 2021 (edited) This is what I've found on the seven 'Camels'... 2F.1 Ship's Camel serial numbers: Jackson N6771 Williams N6823 Samuel Dawson N6605 Smart possibly N6755 Thyne perhaps N6777 Yeulett being N6789, N6798 or N6815 The seven aircraft were split into two flights, with by Captain William Douglas Jackson, Captain William Forster Dickson and Lieutenant Norman Edmondson Williams in the first flight followed by Captain Bernard Arthur Smart, Capt. Thomas Kenwood Thyne, Lieutenant Samuel Dawson and Lieutenant Walter Albert (Toby) Yeulett. N6771 intentionally partly burnt out, N6823 on a sand spit and N6605 outside the village where the pilot had hoped to buy petrol and escape. The story of the New Zealander Samuel Dawson goes like this: He landed on Holmsland Klit (Klegod). He was dressed in civilian clothes and fled from Palads Hotel in Esbjerg by bicycle through Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The seven 'Camel's aboard HMS Furious. Notice the Camel's to the left are having the band on the middle of the fuselage. Dawson was part of the second wave, together with Smart, Yeulett and Thyne. Thyne was forced to turn around with engine trouble before reaching the target and ditched his aircraft before being recovered. Williams, Jackson and Dawson, in the belief that they had insufficient fuel to reach the British squadron offshore, headed for Denmark and landed there. Dickson, Yuelett and Smart flew to sea to find the British ships. If the photos from Klegod, are indeed of Dawson's Camel, this would mean that the Wingnut Wings profile of Dawson's aircraft is wrong? Another one, interestingly this picture shows only six of the planes three of the Camels having had their roundels obscured. Kent Edited March 3, 2021 by kkarlsen Landrotten Highlander, John1, BradG and 5 others 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dpgsbody55 Posted March 5, 2021 Share Posted March 5, 2021 Interesting project. You're off to a good start too. Cheers, Michael kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zola25 Posted March 7, 2021 Share Posted March 7, 2021 Ah, looking forward to following this.. Local content kkarlsen 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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