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Jonathan Read-Bone (tourdeairfix)
GB

Douglas Dakota Mark III
RAF Flying Nightingales

Subject:
Douglas Dakota Mk.III
GB Royal Air Force (1918-now)
No. 233 Sqn. FZ692 KWICHERBICHEN
June 1944 Operation Overlord - RAF Blakehill Farm
Olive Drab, Neutral grey
Scale:
1:72
Status:
Completed
Started:
June 27, 2024
Completed:
July 11, 2024

Airfix 1:72 Douglas C-47 Skytrain finished as an RAF Douglas Dakota Mark III using Xtradecal after market decals for aircraft FZ692,, known as ‘Kwicherbichen’, of No. 233 Squadron. Figures are the two sets of RAF Flying Nightingales, one with Wounded, from Modelu and the base is just something I threw together. The painting was predominantly airbrushed using Vallejo, including the D-Day stripes.

It was 13 June, one week since D Day, when three nursing orderlies, Corporal Lydia Alford and LACWs Myra Roberts and Edna Birkbeck; each travelling in an RAF Douglas Dakota, departed from RAF Blakehill on the first casualty evacuation flights to Normandy. The moment of their return was captured by an official RAF photographer. The welcoming party of newspaper correspondents dubbed them the ‘Flying Nightingales’ and the name stuck. They were the first British women on active service to be flown into a war zone.

In recognition of their courage, Douglas Dakota ZA947 in the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight has been know to be painted to resemble Douglas Dakota FZ692 which took part in casualty evacuation flights with ‘Flying Nightingales’ after D Day.

Nice kit, fabulous figures and great fun all round.

Project inventory

Full kits
A08014
Douglas C-47 Skytrain
Airfix 1:72
A08014 2022 New box
Decals
X72195
70th Anniversary D-Day Part 2 RAF, FAA & Commonwealth Multiple-Engined Types
Xtradecal 1:72
X72195 2014 New tool Multi-topic (8)
Figures
50320-072
RAF Flying Nightingales (WW2) RAF Through The Ages: World War 2
Modelu 1:72
50320-072 2024 New tool
50321-072
RAF Flying Nightingales with Wounded (WW2) RAF Through The Ages: World War 2
Modelu 1:72
50321-072 2024 New tool
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Photoalbums

22 images
Douglas Dakota & Flying NightingalesView album, image #18
1:72
1:72 Douglas C-47 Skytrain (Airfix A08014)1:72 70th Anniversary D-Day Part 2 (Xtradecal X72195)1:72 RAF Flying Nightingales with Wounded (WW2) (Modelu 50321-072)1+

Part of my Collection

D-Day
Completed 17×

Comments

27 June, 12:52