P-40 Wairarapa Wild Cat Graphics Set Scale:1/12

P-40 Wairarapa Wild Cat Graphics Set Scale:1/12Curtiss P 40M Kittyhawk III NZ3072 'Wairarapa Wild Cat' of No 14 Sqn RNZAF, flown by Flt Off Geoff Fisken, Henderson Field Guadalcanal, July 1943. The Commonwealth'S leading pilot In the war against Japan, Fisken had Joined the newly formed No 14 Sqn alter escaping from Malaya. In mid 1943 No 14 moved up to Guadalcanal, where he flew this aircraft to claim two Zeros on 12 June. As both he and his groundcrew came from Wairarapa. it was suitably

Atsugi airfield

P-47D-25-RE "No Guts - No Glory

It wasn’t to be

44-14803 "Jasper Joker II" was flown by Lt

Unit: 352nd FG

10 probable victories and 18 damaged

gets air to air kill on first mission

belonged to Erich Hartmann from October 1944

less than 2 mph behind first

Much to his surprise the approaching plane was a Douglas C-47 transport with American markings

Deere destroyed six Luftwaffe aircraft over Dunkirk (and was shot down himself)

1944 and KIA