... and the next Avro paint is ...

[Motormouse]

How about this?



So another 'maybe' scheme for Nigel's Avro; this time dressed as allocated to Groupe Bretagne, Free French Forces, North Africa @ 1943.

Maybe not so strange; we know that Greece had 60 Avro's in service when Greece was forced to enter WW2 , we know that some Greek planes escaped to North Africa (and were utilised with their crews ) as 335 thru 339 Sqn RAF; so here is a former Greek Avro Tutor;
now allocated to Groupe Bretagne , for General Duties





Comments welcome

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Pete

[djs1]

Like it Pete, that's certainly something different. Who knows, there may come a day when I fly something other than the Avro, no doubt about it, Nigel has certainly done a brilliant job.

[huub vink]

Nice repaint and a credible story

Cheers,
Huub

[Motormouse]

Nice repaint and a credible story

Cheers,
Huub

In the library now ; incidentally according to wiki , 4 of the Greek Tutors' escaped to North Africa (Egypt) at onset of
hostilities in Greece... so you never know.

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Pete

[huub vink]

In the library now ; incidentally according to wiki , 4 of the Greek Tutors' escaped to North Africa (Egypt) at onset of
hostilities in Greece... so you never know.

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Pete

But would the British troops hand them over to the Free French? From the stories I have read from the Dutch who escaped to England, I know the British weren't that keen on "foreigners" in the their ROYAL Air Force......

Cheers,
Huub

[Motormouse]

But would the British troops hand them over to the Free French? From the stories I have read from the Dutch who escaped to England, I know the British weren't that keen on "foreigners" in the their ROYAL Air Force......

Cheers,
Huub

Probably, as they were considered 'obsolete' by then... Dowding was more enlightened as to 'foreign' pilots in RAF, but once he was
usurped by Sholto Douglas ; and later Leigh Mallory (in Fighter Command) the 'old boys' network came into play again right enough;
but Harry Broadhurst was in charge of Desert Air Force

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Pete

[nigel richards]

How about this?



So another 'maybe' scheme for Nigel's Avro; this time dressed as allocated to Groupe Bretagne, Free French Forces, North Africa @ 1943.

Maybe not so strange; we know that Greece had 60 Avro's in service when Greece was forced to enter WW2 , we know that some Greek planes escaped to North Africa (and were utilised with their crews ) as 335 thru 339 Sqn RAF; so here is a former Greek Avro Tutor;
now allocated to Groupe Bretagne , for General Duties





Comments welcome

ttfn

Pete

AWESOME!!! Both livery and imaginative cover story - Thanks Pete!