Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Final product photos HA7811 Spitfire Mk.I QV-K Brain Lane.

Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series, HA7811, Spitfire Mk.I P9386/QV-K, Sqn. Ldr. Brain Lane OC No.19 Sqn., September 1940.

Brian “Sandy” Lane flew with the No. 19 Squadron during the Dunkirk evacuation and was awarded a DFC. On September 7, 1940 Lane shot down a Bf-110 while flying P9386/QV-K and on the 9th and 11th claimed a Bf-110 and a He-111 while being flown by Flt. Lt. Peter Lawson. 

Later that month Lane was promoted to Squadron Leader. The aircraft was transferred and eventually was destroyed in an accident in 1944. On December 13, 1942 Lane pursued 2 Fw-190s and was never seen again.






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